Results 941-960 of 2,064 for speaker:Pat Casey

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: We had a fairly detailed conservation on amendment No. 15. There is no point in going through half the alphabet and discussing it all over again. We are willing to support this amendment today with a view to having a closer look at it when the staff have agreed to send us on the details of that formula and how the amendment around the A to K formula is actually worked out practically. We...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On amendment No. 6, my heart goes out to these local authorities which have so many commercial bills to send out, that it is causing financial constraints to send them in prepaid envelopes. I wish we had that many to send out in Wicklow. I am not 100% sure what is the purpose of amendment No. 7. Is it to take liability away from the person who was using the property and putting it back...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: My understanding of the regulation at the moment is that if I own a property and I rent it out, once I give that information as to who that person is, their address and details to the local authority, my liability then ceases. If so, why is this amendment needed? If the liability on the owner-occupier ceases, why is it the case that, where "the name of the liable person concerned cannot be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I seek clarification. While I understand the logic presented by the Minister of State, this amendment seems to read that, even though I as the owner have provided the local authority with all of the necessary information, I will be next in line if the occupier absconds. Does the amendment place the liability back on me? I am concerned. Given the way this is worded, it looks like the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I am concerned that it exposes an owner to that charge. What the Minister of State has set out is not actually mentioned in the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will briefly speak to the amendment. I put on the record that I am a commercial ratepayer so that everybody knows that. Wicklow went through it is revaluation process this year and March was an exceptionally busy month in my office. The purpose of this amendment to take the shock out of a revaluation system. As the Minister of Sate said, 40% of properties received an increase.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: It was the 40% who received an increase who contacted my office not the 60% who did not receive an increase. While the Minister of State mentioned that properties could have had improvements carried out and extensions added, the critical factor is that a revaluation had not been carried out in Wicklow during the past 30 years. The fundamental problem is that revaluations do not take place...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: There is a grand coalition now.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he has managed the risks associated with the use of valproate in pregnancy; the actions taken to minimise risk from 1990 when studies concluded clear evidence of risk of congenital abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome; and the status of the work of the HSE valproate response team on the matter. [26160/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you, Deputy Kenny, for your presentation. I will make some comments. I come from a rural area myself. Having dealt with one-off rural housing for the past 15 years I know that it is probably one of the most frustrating processes any family can go through. Not only do they have to deal with qualification rulings, location details and the visual impact that a house might have on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will ask Leitrim County Council about it when council representatives make their presentation. Does Deputy Kenny have any indication of how many planning applications are refused? We have figures on planning permissions granted. Does he have any indication of the number of applications that are refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Deputy Kenny for attending today and engaging with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session. At the request of the broadcasting services members and visitors in the Public Gallery are asked 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 their device. It is not sufficient to put phones in silent mode as they will maintain a level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Dr. Tom Ryan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Mr. Ó Coigligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I propose that we start with Dr. Ryan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I have a few remarks to make. Deputy Ó Broin said, as did Deputy Kenny, that it is not intention of this Bill or of the members of the committee to put public health at risk. Equally, no individual living in a rural area would want to contaminate their neighbours' well that supplies their drinking water. However, families are trying to build a home on their own land at a time when we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On the technical point about the willows, from what I can gather, rainwater or surface water cause the major problem in achieving the necessary levels. How deep is the dense soil? Is there 2 ft. or 3 ft. foot of it, or as much as 10 ft.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Can we excavate the soil or is it too deep? Is there is no way of getting the surface water out?