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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: The Chairman will need the public services card for the free travel soon enough.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: I thank all of the team from the NTA for the reports. It is great to have the witnesses here. The NTA's remit includes developing an integrated transport system in the greater Dublin area. On Tuesday last, a report was published jointly by Kildare and Meath county councils on the experiences of commuters. This is an extensive piece of work on the experiences of commuters. The findings of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: Ms Graham described the position as "not sustainable" and spoke of "putting in place the infrastructure that is required". Looking towards the development plans at a national and regional level - the draft development plan for Meath that has just been published - population growth in the greater Dublin area will continue, as will the intensification of the density of development, which is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: Having been involved in public life for 20 years, one of my frustrations has been that the strategies for public transport, which I use extensively, have not kept pace with the rate of development. My fear, therefore, is for the future. The proposed Navan-Dublin rail line has been mothballed. I joked with the Chairman earlier that he will qualify for the free travel pass soon enough.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: I am afraid that I will have qualified for the free travel pass by the time the Navan rail line is developed. I have relentlessly pursued the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport since my election to the Dáil three years ago on the requirement for the Navan train line. In autumn 2016, which is exactly three years ago, during a Topical Issue debate on the Navan rail line, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: The enhanced bus service is consistently used as the premise for the rejection of the Navan rail line. The NX service is so bad that there is a Facebook page with a daily feed on commuters' experiences, NX Collective Complaints. It is worth reading. This morning, one commuter said this express service took one hour and 48 minutes to go from the centre of Navan to O'Connell Street. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: The study of Meath noted that there were limited road capacity enhancements available within that corridor. Furthermore, the ability to create corridors from that area into the city centre is very limited. We have been examining it for two decades, when I was a member of the transportation strategic policy committee, SPC, on Meath County Council. I will contact the council's chief...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that but that is why the documents that form the basis for the opinions that are formed are out of date, especially considering that a new draft plan for County Meath will be published which will set out those statistics. If Mr. Creegan were to come to Meath and take the journey with me, he would see the congestion which starts inside the Meath boundary before getting inside the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: We could start the analysis in the summer of 2020 on the justification for the expenditure required for that line.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: I do not want to misquote Mr. Creegan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: As a representative for that area, I implore the NTA to include the reappraisal of that project as a priority in that review because we will then have a battle on our hands to get funding. At the moment, the project is being effectively blocked by the statement to the effect that there is not sufficient demand for it. That is a view that the chief executive and senior planners on Meath...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (15 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 102. To ask the Taoiseach the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form. [41590/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (15 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 103. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Acts passed since March 2011 that his Department is responsible for; and the date each Act was signed into law. [41591/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: Has there been any indication yet as to whether that will be a sitting week? If it is not a sitting week, will this committee sit anyway?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: Is the Business Committee making that decision next week?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (22 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which will be provided to local authorities in 2020 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water properties; and the funding provided in 2019. [43286/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: I do not disagree with the recommendation but it is a very important petition in the context of the manner in which the petitioner has suggested a course of action on the issue of housing and apartment developments being bought up by large investment companies, which is a huge problem. We cannot get away from that fact. At the end of the petition, the petitioner states "This is from a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: We saw yesterday at the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government the failure of strategic housing development on a large scale. We are not getting into fake news. The policy has not worked. There is a crisis, which is not acceptable. Things like the Bill proposed yesterday to empower local authorities to stave off this onslaught are worthy of debate here.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: The petitioner states specifically that he does not want to be renting into the future. I accept that Deputy Buckley has a philosophy and ideology but I disagree with it. Home ownership in this country has fallen to 67%. We should offer people that option. The petition specifically referred to "options other than renting". I agree that security of tenure is important but the submission...