Results 81-100 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey
- Seanad: Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024: Second Stage (3 Jul 2024)
Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)
Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State. Before I bring in anyone else, I welcome Marguerite O'Loughlin and her colleagues to the Public Gallery. They are very welcome to Leinster House and I hope they enjoy their day here. While we have finished the item, I will allow brief comments.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)
Pat Casey: I thank Senator Gallagher. Indeed, were I not in the Chair, I would say all of those things myself. However, when a Senator is in the Chair, he or she has to be neutral about all these things. I cannot heap praise on the Minister of State, but if I could, I would. I ask Acting Leader, Senator Gallagher to propose a suspension until 6.45 p.m.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)
Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: I welcome everybody. It has been interesting, but I do not think we learned anything new this morning, that we did not hear about already throughout our consultation process. We did not hear about any silver bullets to solidly fix the situation. There were snippets of some. The key problem with local government is its financing. Without financing you can have all the powers you like, but...
- Seanad: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: Before I bring in Senator Murphy, I welcome the Minister of State, Dara Calleary, to the Chamber with his friends. I hope he has given them a nice guided tour and will look after them afterwards. Enjoy the rest of your trip here. Senator Murphy has ten minutes.
- Seanad: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: Now.
- Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Pat Casey: At 9.30 a.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024)
Pat Casey: I welcome the Acting Leader. I wish to raise the issue of today is in relation to Circular 15/02, which was issued by the Department of Finance. Basically, this provides for civil servants to be granted leave to attend training and emergency search and rescue operations. Every one of us in this House eventually finds a community organisation that touches them. In my case, one of those...
- Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)
Pat Casey: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)
Pat Casey: Now.
- Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)
Pat Casey: Now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Coming from a county that is not suffering the effects of mica, I have more or less been observing what has been happening. Hopefully, we will not see it in my county, as going through this is devastating for any family. The most critical information we require will be found in the NSAI’s report on IS 465. Were my house affected, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: It does not guarantee the loan. Does the certificate cover someone from an insurance point of view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: It was not covered initially anyway. Is the engineer’s certification covered indemnified once the engineer certifies that the work has been carried out to his or her standard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: Is there now a liability on those carrying out the inspections?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: Are there many engineers unwilling to participate in the scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)
Pat Casey: What would eliminate that fear?