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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is not happening in my county. It is the biggest issue in my county at present. One could see that from the front pages of the tabloid newspapers last week and from the Joe Duffy show. Following a very serious incident the front cover of my local newspaper referred to crime in Meath being out of control. A shopkeeper was beaten around the head with a glass vase by thugs. The Mayor of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: There are also retirements.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: There is little point in the Garda Commissioner quoting statistics and telling me she in confident there are people on the street, if that is not the reality. That incident proves it is not the reality. Gardaí are on my local radio station every week detailing the crime. There is little point in only telling the people about the crime that has occurred when there is no follow-up. Has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: However, does the Commissioner wish to know that the style of policing they are implementing for the force is one that gives confidence to people that they can walk down the street and that the gardaí are not stuck in the Garda station in Navan, Mullingar or Thurles or in the new headquarters in Kevin Street? That is the point of my question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: The public attitude is that it is out of control. This is a picture of his face. He was beaten around the head.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that, but the journalists are capturing the public attitude. The Garda Commissioner spoke to Deputies Kelly and MacSharry about the money being spent on PR and making sure that the Garda is not insular. However, the journalists in these counties are capturing the public attitude. Paul Williams is doing so on his roadshow. Is the Garda gathering that information and directing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: Regarding Operation Thor, the traffic corps and the transport element, is An Garda Síochána trying to increase and duplicate the mobile force? Again, in my area members of the traffic corps were taken from north Meath and redeployed in south Meath, which means that one part of the county has been left without an available traffic corps. I do not want the witnesses to focus on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is fine. My only concluding remark concerns the attitude of the public and the focus on it. I ask the witnesses to take away from the meeting the fact that journalists in my county are capturing the attitude of the public. If a headline reads "out of control", it reflects the attitude of the public. I ask the witnesses to ensure the style of policing adopted is one that will get...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, and wish him well. He is a very fine advocate. I also commend his predecessor, Deputy McEntee, on her work. I commend Deputy Browne on the work he has done on this Bill. I pay tribute to all those in the House who have been advocates, Deputies Neville and Buckley and all who have contributed in a positive and unified way. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be put in place to open OPW sites which are currently closed to the public, in particular Athlumney Castle, Navan, County Meath. [27616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (26 Jul 2017)

Shane Cassells: 1690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he is addressing the anomaly which sees city councillors receive a lower remuneration than that of their county council counterparts for effectively doing the same job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36461/17]

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)

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Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)

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Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: The Deputy is talking nonsense.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: The commercial rates Bill appears to be very low in the list of priorities on the legislative programme with no pre-legislative scrutiny date determined. When does the Government expect to see this advanced? Many towns outside Dublin are trying to share in the recovery experienced in the capital. I see this particularly in my home town, Navan, where the archaic system is thwarting any...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Over the summer, members will have reflected on everything that happened in the committee during the first half of the year and the fallout from and ramifications of our debates have had on a district-by-district and county-by-county basis. Next Monday, I will attend a policing meeting with the local chief superintendent and superintendent as well as political and community representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (26 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reforms have been introduced to the prison system arising from recommendations of prison visiting committee over the past ten years; and if so, the nature of the reforms. [40343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow commencement of the prescribing procedures for Opdivo (Nivolumab) for immunotherapy treatment for affected persons with cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40594/17]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: The Taoiseach set out his targets yesterday when he spoke in the House on the subject of 20,000 builds in 2018, 5,000 of those for local authorities, acquisitions or Part V builds. He reiterated that it is the Government’s intention to use the local authorities more in the provision of housing. Will the Minister explain today what that means in real terms and where, specifically,...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Sinn Féin is taking millions out of the Exchequer which is leading to the housing problems we have.