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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (10 Jul 2018)

Shane Cassells: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of each presidential, Dáil Éireann, local, European Parliament and Seanad Éireann election and by-election since February 2011, in tabular form. [30291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Expenditure (10 Jul 2018)

Shane Cassells: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of each referendum held since February 2011, in tabular form. [30292/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Elected Members of Local Authorities: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me by allowing me to speak first. I must leave because I am attending the funeral of a former councillor who served in Navan for 16 years. As the parish priest said last night, the councillor epitomised everything that was good about public service. On the morning that is in it, I am glad to be able to speak on this subject matter. I thank the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South interconnector project. [37619/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I am very interested in where the Minister intends to go with this monstrous pylon project, as are my constituents in County Meath and those of my colleagues, Deputies Niamh Smyth and Brendan Smith, who are present, in County Cavan. As Deputy Brendan Smith stated, we have intently read the weekly publication of what have come to be known as "the EirGrid files" in The Northern Standardover...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: The Department has seen everything else.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: As we speak, EirGrid is trying to canvass farmers at the ploughing championships and get them on board with its project to traverse the land of farmers and that of their neighbours with monstrous pylons across counties Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. It will not succeed. The cosy relationship between the Minister's Department and EirGrid was exposed by Michael Fisher in the EirGrid files which I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I have the evidence here. Shall I read it out?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I have it here. I will hand it to the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: The Minister's senior officials are listed in the email.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was published yesterday and, along with the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner, we hope that it will herald a new dawn for policing in Ireland. However, the Garda needs resources, as the Minister well knows, and gardaí are still forced to work in substandard conditions, nowhere more so than in County Meath. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: Certainly not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Chairman. I was open to listening to everyone's opinion on the suggestion put forward. The Comptroller and Auditor General, the person on whom we rely for advice, has advised us what we would be examining is how money is spent, not why it is spent. This sets the parameters for any work that will be done in this room. This debate has spiralled in other spheres, despite the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I thank the representatives for their time, reports and engagement. The information gleaned from the exchange so far has been beneficial. I appreciate the frank offer of information. I wish to begin with Mr. McDonagh's remarks in respect of the social housing engagement NAMA had with local authorities and the offer of 7,000 residential units to them by the agency, of which only 2,717...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: Of the 7,000 units made available, 2,717 were taken up. That was a poor rate of take-up by the local authorities. Many elected members of local authorities are very critical of NAMA but this was a situation where the local authorities had the opportunity to take up units it was making available. Where were the majority of the units? Were they concentrated in particular counties? Were...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: That information would provide significant insight.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that. Mr. McDonagh is providing us with the information.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I refer to the parameters referenced by Mr. McDonagh. The situation is ridiculous. Local authorities have thousands of people on housing waiting lists. As Deputy Connolly said, some have been on the waiting list in Galway for 16 years, while others in my county have been on the list there for ten or 12 years. In spite of that, local authorities are talking about parameters. I delved into...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: To the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Cassells: I discussed the parameters and so forth with the CEOs of many local authorities. At times, the Housing Agency focuses more on parameters than county councils or, certainly, elected members. I presume the Housing Agency reported back to NAMA in regard to the take-up.