Results 961-980 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase apprenticeships in the construction sector in view of the shortage of skilled staff to address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building programme for County Wicklow at both primary and secondary-level and the start date for the construction of each in tabular form. [9280/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by the school building programme for tendering procurement; and the changes to this criteria and scoring since 2011 to date. [9282/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of guidelines for schools on the specific issue of restraint or seclusion in educational settings; and the current rules in relation to the matter. [9284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor of a school building project has been successfully pursued for costs arising out of failure to comply with a building contract from 2011 to date in schools in County Wicklow; and if so, the details of same. [9476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vehicles allocated to the Wicklow Garda division in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number that were withdrawn during same period. [9732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 8.25 a.m. DART from Bray towards Dublin city centre due to high demand. [9750/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I welcome this debate on the worsening Brexit crisis and the Bill to address key areas should a no-deal scenario come to pass. Following the general election in 2016, little did any of us think that, within months, all the norms of our political system would be thrown into chaos by the decision of the British people to leave the EU. The triggering of Article 50 and the two years of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: The committee has been reviewing Rebuilding Ireland for just short of three years. I want to start with homelessness. I do not need to refer to the famous quote by the former Minister that nobody would be living in a hotel by June 2017, although we are almost two years on from that. However, I want to refer to various quotes from the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. In May 2017, he said:...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: The Minister indicated that 5,100 people exited emergency accommodation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: Some 6,363 adults were homeless at the end of 2018. At the end of 2017, the number was 5,837. That is a difference of 526, which can be added to the 5,100 that the Minister claims have exited homelessness and which have been replaced by another 5,100 who are now homeless. Those are the facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: In fairness, the committee has been willing to work with the Minister on several items of legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: We have been waiting and the residential tenancies Bill has only just come before us. All of the members of this committee have stated that we will scrap all our Bills to help the Minister get his across the line.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: It is happening very slowly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: Aside from the bond perspective, how many projects have been stalled or stopped completely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: I am not talking about weather conditions. I am talking about contractual conditions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: Has work on sites stalled or has work ceased on sites because of such issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: I am not trying to be particular. The Minister stated that this could happen for many reasons. On how many sites has work stalled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: I am not referring to the weather.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Pat Casey: Have any projects been stopped for longer than three months?