Results 1,101-1,120 of 2,018 for speaker:Pat Casey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Mr. O'Neill said he offered advice to each of the local authorities in the context of site assessment or tenure mix options. Are there any sites where the agency has failed to come to an arrangement that is financially viable in any local authorities? What is his general opinion of the whole procurement process? Is it delivering value for money or is it delaying the delivery of housing? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you, Deputy Kenny, for your presentation. I will make some comments. I come from a rural area myself. Having dealt with one-off rural housing for the past 15 years I know that it is probably one of the most frustrating processes any family can go through. Not only do they have to deal with qualification rulings, location details and the visual impact that a house might have on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will ask Leitrim County Council about it when council representatives make their presentation. Does Deputy Kenny have any indication of how many planning applications are refused? We have figures on planning permissions granted. Does he have any indication of the number of applications that are refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Deputy Kenny for attending today and engaging with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session. At the request of the broadcasting 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 put phones in silent mode as they will maintain a level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Dr. Tom Ryan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Mr. Ó Coigligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I propose that we start with Dr. Ryan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I have a few remarks to make. Deputy Ó Broin said, as did Deputy Kenny, that it is not intention of this Bill or of the members of the committee to put public health at risk. Equally, no individual living in a rural area would want to contaminate their neighbours' well that supplies their drinking water. However, families are trying to build a home on their own land at a time when we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On the technical point about the willows, from what I can gather, rainwater or surface water cause the major problem in achieving the necessary levels. How deep is the dense soil? Is there 2 ft. or 3 ft. foot of it, or as much as 10 ft.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Can we excavate the soil or is it too deep? Is there is no way of getting the surface water out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank all of the witnesses for attending and engaging with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will be brief regarding where we stand on this legislation. We have supported it so far and we will continue to support it. We have reservations about the percentage and Deputy Darragh O'Brien has outlined these to Deputy Ó Broin. We are concerned about trying to apply the legislation retrospectively to existing permissions. We have just approved our regional and national plans and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Our guests will gather from the previous round of questions that we will be supporting Deputy Ó Broin's Bill. While we have reservations about the percentages, we have spoken to Deputy Ó Broin on that directly. However, we are fully behind the thrust of changing Part V back to a minimum of 20%, which will include affordable homes. We have not delivered on affordable homes for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he has managed the risks associated with the use of valproate in pregnancy; the actions taken to minimise risk from 1990 when studies concluded clear evidence of risk of congenital abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome; and the status of the work of the HSE valproate response team on the matter. [26160/19]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On global revaluations, the Valuation Office is carrying out the valuation of Irish Water and there have been some indications of how the valuation will be broken down for each local authority. I have heard that population size might be used in calculating the figure. I have also heard indications that, by coincidence, the valuation may end up being the same as the current total valuation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: At this stage, I am slightly confused. The purpose of this is to allow the planning regulator to make a report.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I do not know whether or not I am okay with it. If everything was in sync and there was not the timing issue - picking the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly strategy as it is the one that has been adopted - and if everything was correct, what would have happened that at this stage? Would it have gone to the planning regulator who would have made a report to the Minister? Would Mr....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Basically, all we are doing is adding an extra two weeks to allow the regulator to overview the regional strategy that it conforms to all national strategies.