Results 2,061-2,064 of 2,064 for speaker:Pat Casey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Casey: Is ESB Networks consulted during the county development plan process on where residential developments are being located and whether or not the infrastructure is there, similar to what Irish Water goes through?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Casey: In a county development plan, it is clearly indicated if water and wastewater infrastructure is available but that is not the case for power. Can that be worked on? On Irish Water and developer-led investment, we have to learn from our history. Garden Village in Newtownmountkennedy is an absolute disaster. It was left behind. We cannot go back to that. Equally, we have seen the reverse...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Casey: Data centres were mentioned; there was a successful launch of data centre in Arklow recently. I think it was the first time a licence was issued in almost four years. Part of that licence agreement was the data centre could not take energy from the grid unless the grid had excess capacity. It was also obliged to provide the grid with capacity under time constraint. Can the witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Casey: On capital investment, the witness said €10 billion was needed for 33,000 houses a year but only an additional €2 billion to build an extra 85,000 over five years. It would be great value for money - I am not complaining.