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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for engaging with the committee. I have been assured that we will have all the information we sought on Rebuilding Ireland this evening.

Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: I acknowledge that Deputy Sean Sherlock and the former Senator, Grace O'Sullivan, MEP, introduced a Private Member's Bill on microbeads. We have been supportive of it throughout the process. The introduction of the Private Members' Bill probably triggered Government action. As a result of the co-operation of the committee and all parties in the House, the Bill is before the House today. I...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: This is a political Groundhog Day. For the second time, we are engaged in Dáil time in populist political games. We do so in December, when a defeat for the Minister would plunge the country into a general election which would run through Christmas. A general election during Christmas when homelessness is at its most dangerous and homeless services are working flat out to provide food...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: -----provides certainty for tenants and increases the whole-of-Government response that is needed to get on top of our housing and homelessness crisis. We could use those 40 days to work on housing solutions and get the entire apparatus of Government to realise that Rebuilding Ireland is not working. There are 40 days to increase the State's role in the provision of homes for all who need...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: Is the Taoiseach referring to Deputy Dara Murphy?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank my colleague, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, for introducing this Bill, which forms another significant element of Fianna Fáil's practical, radical and evidence-based policy measures, designed to produce an emergency-level response to the ongoing crisis in housing. A generation faces being left scarred by a Government still not admitting the scale of the crisis or making the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in County Wicklow that have autism units; the number of primary and secondary school students diagnosed with autism in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to each district in County Wicklow as of 20 November 2019; the year, make and model of the vehicles; the equivalent figures as of 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49173/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow awaiting home help hours to be approved, allocated or increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a funding underspend from 2019 in the mental health services for CHO areas 6 and 7; if so, the amount; the location in which this funding was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49179/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the publication of guidelines pertaining to the supply of energy to the national grid through solar energy and solar farms in County Wicklow; the terms and conditions which prospective suppliers must adhere to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49196/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on each application sent from County Wicklow for the sports capital grant 2019, by successful, unsuccessful and incomplete applications. [49217/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Funding (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the clubs, groups and organisations that have received funding under the LEADER RDP programme in County Wicklow in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the level of funding provided to each group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49250/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date by the interdepartmental group on the pension issue of community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49251/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied). [49253/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which will be provided to Wicklow County Council in 2020 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water properties; the funding provided to date in 2019; the loss of income incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: Apologies have been received from Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Deputy Shane Cassells will be substituting for him. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on the device. It is not sufficient to just put phones on silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: Could Deputy Cassells be a little more precise, because we are very tight on time and I am trying to keep it-----