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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. The more we go through the Bill, the more holes we find in it and the more questions are raised about it. How we manage land now and into the future is how we will develop affordability, so we are considering critical legislation. Something is needed to try to control and manage land but I do not know if this legislation is the vehicle to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: On the role of the LDA, I did not read into the legislation what our guests have read into it. Unless the LDA has a function in acquiring land for future use, it will not serve its purpose. One of its primary objectives is to stockpile land for future use. I have an issue with State land being sold to the LDA at market value. Whether it is HSE or CIÉ land, the State bought it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I would not call it stockpiling but buying strategic land in advance. Otherwise, we are back into the market cycle again where the State comes in too late to purchase land that has already been zoned.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda national protective service and its roll out and operations in Wicklow Garda Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank representatives from both bodies for their presentations. We keep coming back to how we achieve affordability. Land cost has been identified as a critical part of that. While Project Ireland 2040 is concentrating on stronger urban growth with higher densities and brownfield sites, the LDA can form part of the solution. When we talk about land, even when talking about the agency,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I think we ended up roaming into the area of discussing affordability as opposed to the specifics of the LDA. I will return to the issue of affordability later on but with regard to the transparency of the Agency, as outlined in the general scheme of the Bill, I think criteria such as freedom of information are listed in the second part of head 9. In the context of our engagement last year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: We would not need the commercial strength and profitability in the LDA if this fiscal space was not hanging over us, with this on-off balance sheet matter. I would be much happier to support the LDA because then it could go for entirely social and affordable housing whereas this fiscal space and on-off balance sheet matter is bringing commercial viability and profitability back into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 30 September 2019 waiting for homecare support by county in tabular form; the number of applications for homecare support up to 30 September by CHO areas 6 and 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of the VAT rate to 9% to improve competitiveness in view of the fact this is the highest rate of VAT on tourist accommodation in the EU; the Brexit effects on British visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the rank of Ireland in the EU in terms of the level of motor insurance and business insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the number of persons living in direct provision centres nationally; his further plans to cease using hotels as emergency centres; the procedures for residents of these centres to make complaints against operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve and expand the existing community text alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses by county that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of such businesses that have been sanctioned financing to date; and the total value. [40986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses by county that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme which opened in March 2018 up until the end of the third quarter of 2019; the number of such businesses that have been sanctioned financing to date; and the value of same. [41038/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in introducing a thorough newborn screening programme to provide lifesaving essential early diagnoses of conditions such as MLD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow on waiting lists for home support hours. [40988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent proposals put forward at the EU Agriculture Council on the need to ensure there is no reduction in funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Resources (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 391. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is planning to confirm plans with the European Commission this week to build gas import terminals here as a project of common interest that would allow the importing of fracked gas from the United States of America. [41035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mobile Telephony Services (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 387. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to quell health concerns regarding 5G roll out; the actions he will take to ensure that information is provided on the health impact of 5G roll out here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents of Blessington, County Wicklow, that BusConnects by itself will not provide adequate public transport capacity for the area; his plans to improve public transport in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40936/19]