Results 941-960 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: Does the EPA have any statistics on the extent of unsustainable drinking water and contamination and illness caused by that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: My next questions are for both Irish Water and the Department. I understand that for public group water schemes there are a few connections that take the water from a public source and distribute it through a network of piping. Where does responsibility lie in that scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: To follow up on the point made by Senator Conway about rural towns and villages, the only source of funding for them is LIHAF or the town and village renewal scheme. There is no policy in Irish Water such that it will start investing directly in the smaller towns and villages.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: Many rural communities are in trouble. The population is leaving them and the schools are beginning to suffer a fall in numbers. Many of them are on mains water and sewerage but the capacity is gone and there is no new development in these villages. I would be interested to know about the draft policy because a village is unlikely to secure funding under LIHAF because that fund is needed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: Is the guidance on how small villages qualify driven by the local authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: The local authority will identify where it believes the investment should be made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I come from the village of Roundwood. It sits on the Vartry reservoir, which I look at every day. It does not have any water, so giving water to Dublin every day of the week when people cannot seem to get a pipe from the reservoir back to Roundwood is difficult for the community to take. That is just another example. If there are no further questions, I thank the witnesses for attending...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I will be brief. I welcome Deputy O'Sullivan and her Bill, as well as Deputy Barry and his Bill. My party also has a Bill on this issue, as does Sinn Féin, and the Government has its Bill on the way too. There is a fair emphasis to try to resolve this issue regarding landlords and tenants. We had a fairly productive meeting with the Minister in private session of this committee last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: It is important that we get the balance right in this sector and that we do not end up with unintended consequences. I have a few specific questions to ask of the witnesses from the Irish Property Owners Association. I am fully aware there is a significant number of good landlords and tenants out there. We all know there are also bad landlords and tenants. We need to make sure we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I wish to make the committee aware we still have another session to go through. We have to be out of here by 1.30 p.m. In the final wrap-up, I will ask members to restrict themselves to about two minutes, please, and I will start with Mr. O'Brien.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I am concerned that we need to move on so I will move to Threshold and either Mr. McCafferty or Ms O'Reilly can make their final statement on its behalf.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for attending today. It was definitely lively if nothing else. I propose that we suspend the meeting for a few moments to allow our next set of witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session. On the request of broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to flight mode for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient to put phones on silent mode as this will maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Walsh. I forgot to apologise for holding up the witnesses outside for so long this morning. I call Deputy Barry who will be followed by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank everybody for their contributions today, including Deputies Jan O'Sullivan and Mick Barry, who attended the meeting in respect of their own Bill. I thank the witnesses from the RTB for coming before us for a second time in a fortnight. If the Minister has his way, they might be in again in a fortnight or three weeks' time. This is an area of significant concern to everybody around...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SMEs that received loan funding by firm size of less that ten, 11 to 49 and 50 to 249 employees, respectively, in tabular form. [9254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the changes in the VAT rate for cookery schools between 2016 and 2019 and the rationale for the change in view of the skills shortage in the sector. [9255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposed changes to section 481 tax relief for film production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9261/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the terms of the diesel rebate scheme in view of the rising costs of fuel for Irish hauliers. [9262/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to uphold the Labour Court decision of 2008 under which community employment supervisors should be granted access to a public pension in view of the current industrial dispute and the ten year campaign to secure justice in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/19]