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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Senator Boyhan. I will take two members at a time. I invite Deputy Ó Broin to put his questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I will start with Ms Rose Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Dr. MacLellan. Deputy Ó Broin still has some of his five-minute slot left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I wish to inform non-committee members that I am obliged to go to committee members first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: We will start with Dr. MacLellan because all of Deputy Barry's questions related to her Department. We will then move on to Ms Timmons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Does Deputy Barry want to use his remaining time to ask a follow-up question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: We have had two days of very informative engagement on this issue. I know that there is a different policy in each country on the allocation of funding. In my county it is done on the basis of time. The local authority receives the allocation and then advertises. There is a closing date and the money is then allocated. I think Senator Murnane O'Connor might have referred to the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Either the State provides housing for people with disabilities or the private individual must adapt his or her own home. We are not meeting the needs of people with disabilities, but the State cannot meet them within its own physical stock, and the private individual is in his or her own residence. However, there are landlords whose houses could be adapted for people with disabilities if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Yes. I was referring more to the first set and the people on the housing lists whom we will not reach. If there was an incentive, we could enter into an agreement with a landlord to adapt a house to meet specific needs. I do not believe that there is any such incentive now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. I thank all the witnesses for attending this meeting and engaging with the committee. These have been two very informative days and they will feed into our report. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, 18 September. I hope everyone enjoys the summer recess.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: He will not listen to anyone.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: 790. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make flash glucose monitoring technology available for persons with type 1 diabetes regardless of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34717/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: 1746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2019 outdoor recreational infrastructure scheme awards will be announced in view of the difficulties in works in 2018 due to the constrained timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36195/19]

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: I fully welcome and support our motion which asks for specific measures to ensure our Wicklow farm families survive this unprecedented crisis in their ability to keep their heads above water. I visited the protest at Slaney Meats in Bunclody recently and discussed with Wicklow beef farmers the completely unfair trading position that the current meat industry places on the work they do. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: On the homelessness figures, I appreciate the level of work being done to reduce the level of homelessness but, regrettably, the numbers continue to increase. While we all accept that 2,825 people either have been prevented from entering homelessness or have exited homelessness, in the past six months some 129 people per week have presented as homeless, or 18 people per day. The figures are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: I have two quick questions. In my interaction with the Minister last time he said that landlords were flowing back into the system. Does he have any numbers on the landlords flowing back into the system? We lost 4,500 or 5,000 tenancies last year, so it is significant if landlords are coming back into the system. My other point concerns the recent regulation around short-term letting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Governance (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the anomaly will be rectified by which the Companies Registration Office is asking community-based organisations such as community employment schemes and community halls to specify a beneficial owner in cases in which no such owner exists in view of the fact that they are community and social enterprise companies; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: 450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade and increase the train service in Arklow and Wicklow in view of the severe overcrowding being experienced by commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification and Future Outputs of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We had a presentation from the approved housing bodies just before we rose for the summer recess. There was a general frustration among everybody around the table that we have not been able to resolve this problem, and I think it is a disappointment to everybody that the approved housing bodies have now been put on balance sheet. We need to...