Results 401-420 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 533. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria, selection processes and scoring mechanisms used to decide awards under the 2017 town and village grants by application, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43402/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I think the two Ministers for attending the committee this morning. Those of us involved in local authorities in the past have been through regional, spatial, county and local area plans. In fairness, we have all lost any faith or hope in them that they would deliver. The public are beginning to not engage in them anymore because they are tired of public meetings about plans which do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Senator Murnane O'Connor did not mention the housing assistance payment, HAP, today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I wish to inquire about the level of detail that will be stipulated in the ten-year national investment plan. Will it outline specific projects? Will it only be an aspirational plan? Deputy Naughten has raised nearly all of the critical infrastructure needed for the west so I am beginning to wonder if I should have gotten my speak in. Equally, I wish to comment on the impact that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: As a result the areas would become most sustainable and jobs would be retained and created. Not everything must go into Dublin. There are areas outside of Dublin. There are two or three ports in Wicklow that could be developed. I would like to know the timeframe for the national planning framework, the regional plans and the county development plans. It would be a step too far for me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: We could look at some State agencies and their land banks.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Administration (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the communication procedures for the opening and closing of crèches, child care and Montessori facilities in extreme weather situations whereby schools were closed by Government announcement but no information was provided regarding child care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (24 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing boats decommissioned from 2008 to 2014; the reasons for the decommissioning; the length and tonnage of each fishing boat; the sectors they fished; the cost per boat to decommission; the amount of money given to each owner to decommission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44973/17]

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: The national planning framework builds on the historic and internationally significant national spatial strategy that Fine Gael scrapped under their short-term approach in 2012. Now, accompanied by a new flashy website and jargon-driven Government spin, the national planning framework is being launched with more ministerial photos and introductory paragraphs than I can remember reading in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I will take questions from Deputy Ó Broin and Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor and I will then come back to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I now come back to Ms Ní Fhloinn and Ms Hegarty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I am conscious of time as the meeting must conclude by noon. I ask the witnesses to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank the witnesses for their attendance and apologise for the interruption. I am sure we will engage with them again as the Bill progresses. I propose we suspend for a few moments to allow the next group of witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome from the Construction Industry Federation, Mr. Tom Parlon, Mr. Mel O'Reilly and Mr. Hubert Fitzpatrick and from the Construction Industry Register Ireland's admissions and registration board, Mr. Hank Fogarty and Mr. Liam Egan. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of evidence given to the joint committee....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. Fogarty. Before I take questions from the members, I want to make them aware we have to be out of the committee room by 12 noon. They should be as precise as possible with their questions and we will try to get the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Sorry, Deputy Barry, I will allow you back in later. Senator Murnane O'Connor is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Sorry, Deputy, it is not a matter relevant to the Bill. I ask the Deputy to stick to the subject matter of the Bill. The issue being raised by him is a separate issue for another occasion rather than today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Would Mr. Parlon like to respond to Senator Murnane O'Connor's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. Parlon wish to comment briefly before we finish?