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Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is a busy day for him, as well as for the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: This is the second budget of this historic Government coalition, which aims to give the people of Ireland value for the money they pay in taxes by investing wisely in public services such as health and education, and strategically investing in the needs of our people, particularly in the area of housing. We also need to begin the budgetary policies required to make a meaningful contribution...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (6 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to answer that important question.As he said, many thousands of families need a resolution to this to allow them to get on with their lives and move forward. I thank the Minister for coming in.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank Senator Cummins for raising this important issue. Unless we build these facilities, we cannot downsize in the first place. They must also be attractive enough for people to want to move into them.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (6 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State and thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I am sure my fellow constituent and colleague, the Minister, Deputy Harris, will not let us down.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fuel Poverty (28 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: The Minister of State has one minute to respond.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: It is on the record now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: I wish to thank the witnesses for their presentations and, indeed, for sharing their strong personal stories with us. I have two brief questions which may be more suited to Ms Grace. We all know that, in many cases, people who have made protected disclosures suffer personal and financial implications and are therefore entitled to access compensation payments. It is also becoming clear that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Grace. I wish to follow up on situations where a person makes the protected disclosure to an individual who is an officeholder. Let us take the Minister of a particular Department. If that individual subsequently leaves their role, should the responsibility for acting on disclosure remain with the individual, with the role or with both, in Ms Grace's opinion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Grace. I am not sure whether anybody else wants to comment on any of that but in the absence of that, I thank Ms Grace for promoting me back to Deputy from Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Pat Casey: It is fine.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: As we had a good discussion about this at the finance committee last week, I will be brief. First, it must be acknowledged that this review has probably been long overdue, since 2013. I say that in relation to the revaluations. The longer we leave revaluations to be carried out, the harder it becomes to bring in the change. The other significant thing is that this Bill brings into the tax...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: Now.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: Now.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister to the House. As someone involved in the industry, it is hard to take what I have heard today. It is even harder to take what was said in the Dáil Chamber on Wednesday night. As the Minister and other speakers have said, Covid is not fair. Nobody disputes that Covid discriminates and has a greater impact on certain sectors of society than on others. We have...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: Having worked with the Minister of State in the previous Dáil when she was a Deputy, I know her work ethic. She was our spokesperson on older people and I know this has been an issue on her agenda. When she was appointed Minister of State, I know what it meant to her. Today is another milestone so I congratulate her on her success in getting this important legislation through that we...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: It is a false statement to say that the Minister has not listened to what the Members have said on this floor. He has listened, throughout the debate, to what the Members have said.It is wrong to say the Minister has not listened to members. That is factually incorrect. He has made significant changes from the time this was entered. Even since it was introduced during the previous...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: Chairperson...