Results 521-540 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for his reply, although I note it appears to be identical to the reply I received when I submitted a parliamentary question last week. That is not good enough. The Minister for Education and Skills should not be content with observing from the sidelines as the dreams and aspirations of the school community in Bray are dashed. As a result of Government incompetence,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I do not wish to discuss it. I just want confirmation from the Government that it will prepare related amendments and table them in the Seanad.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I will not move amendment No. 56 on the basis that the Government confirms it will be brought forward as an amendment in the Seanad.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I move amendment No. 74:In page 47, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(b) by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (i):“(ia) requiring planning authorities to ensure that any interventions made by elected members in respect of specific planning applications are noted on the planning application file and that the file is made available for public...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. We did not mean any intervention at any stage. We are specifically talking about an intervention on a planning file. We accept that there are inconsistencies throughout the country in how that is recorded. Given the Minister of State's commitment to bringing forward the appropriate wording for this amendment in the Seanad, we will withdraw the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: No.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I support the Fianna Fáil amendment. I will briefly outline the reasons the Sinn Féin motion is playing politics with the serious efforts being made by everyone in this Chamber to address the housing crisis. Having spoken on many housing motions, I am often struck by the high level of commonality that is a feature of them. However, when I examined the Sinn Féin motion, I was...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I did not interrupt the Deputy. Sinn Féin has the brass neck to attack Fianna Fáil, which after the 2016 general election took its duty to the Irish people seriously and facilitated the formation of a Government. What did Sinn Féin do? They ran away from the responsibility and bided their time so that they could attack from the sideline. If there were all-Ireland medals...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: We understood the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: Deputy Cowen has probably covered most of the issues relating to the Bill and the presentation this morning but I will comment on some matters mentioned. Nowhere in the Bill do we refer to new buildings but new buildings have been mentioned by both people in submissions. This refers to existing and vacant buildings. With regard to the planning process, the local authority has an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I will address the inspection process again and tease it out a little bit. We are all on the same hymn sheet and want the same result at the end of the day. Deputy Ó Broin hinted at it too. At the moment, if I refurbish a building, is there an inspection under BCAR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: All this Bill introduces is that that is done independently, copying that process, and we follow the same procedure and that the same documents are submitted. What we are looking at is to have that person assigned in an independent manner and not paid for by the developer, builder or whoever, but by the local authority. There is no extra cost in that because that cost has already been...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: Red card.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: I support Deputy Dooley in bringing forward this welcome motion to address sensibly the shambles that is the seven-year saga of the roll-out of rural broadband. In Wicklow more than 34,000 people are still awaiting a connection. A perfect example is my home village of Laragh and Glendalough, where the primary school is not connected, the Brockagh Resource Centre is not connected, farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: 57. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the lack of dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO6. [6414/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputies Bailey and Cowen. I propose that the committee goes into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: At the request of broadcasting and recording 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 just put a phone on silent mode, as this will maintain a level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. Ó Siochrú.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: I will be brief because most matters have already been addressed. Mr. Grant said lessons were learned from last summer and I acknowledge that as so in terms of the recent water incident in Vartry. Getting the information out to the public straight away and informing them alleviated an awful lot of problems and concerns and I appreciate the fact that public representatives were included in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Pat Casey: I spoke to Mr. Grant last week specifically on the Arklow wastewater treatment plant and the progress it is making. When Project Ireland 2040 national development plan was launched on Friday, there was no mention of Arklow in that document. I seek confirmation that Arklow wastewater treatment plant is not forgotten, and will not be delayed and will happen on time. It just did not make...