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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge the work he is doing on the insurance sector. It is a complex and diverse sector that needs a huge amount of reform. Such reform will eventually pay dividends for everyone. My colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, raised the issue of Covid payments. I want to focus on that issue too. The way in which the insurance industry behaved towards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for attending. Let me put it on record that my family business has benefited from nearly every scheme that has been mentioned today. I am one of the 51,000 employees and one of the 25,000 premises that have availed of these schemes. Without them my family business would not be alive today and would have folded. I acknowledge the supports that have been provided to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: Rather than having questions, I have a concern about the viability of many businesses moving forward as we emerge from the pandemic because of built-up debt and so on. The viability of the hospitality sector has changed significantly. Some 300 or 400 pubs have not reopened their doors and might never do so. It is a very challenging time for us as a sector to survive and get back to where...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister and he has ten minutes in which to make an opening statement.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: I am sorry for interrupting; the Senator is straying a little bit from the focus of the debate. It is very specific. The Senator is mentioning names. I know he said that-----

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: The Senator is straying into a very specific area.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: This is a very broad debate in relation to agriculture and employment.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: The Senator is putting forward very specific things around one sector within the agricultural sector.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: It is not relevant to the thrust of this debate.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: It is very specific.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: It is not in the spirit of the debate, in fairness.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: I am not taking that away from the Senator.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: The Minister is not in a position to do so. As the Senator himself pointed out in his opening remarks, this is very specific. The Minister is not aware of it-----

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: -----and the Senator is not expecting the Minister to answer this either.

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: Senator Boylan has eight minutes.

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: It has already been mentioned that the importance of broadband will be compared to water infrastructure, electrification and roads. When prioritised, broadband infrastructure is now maybe as important as road infrastructure, because if we can work from home, we do not need the road to take us to work. It has critical importance. Over the last two years of the Covid pandemic, we have...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Pat Casey: I thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for his work on this, and Senator Wall for his previous legislation around illegal dumping. We all agree that it is a blight on everybody and on society. Senator Wall mentioned a rural area. Coming from a rural area, I can give the House example after example of dumping in the uplands. Wicklow started an initiative almost 13 years ago, the PURE project,...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House, and I welcome the Bill. However, as somebody who has lived his life in the hospitality sector I am disappointed that we have to introduce a piece of legislation for the distribution of what is surely the entitlement of staff to their tips. I am disappointed that it has come to that. A minority of businesses are not distributing tips properly. A...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (10 Feb 2022)

Pat Casey: The Minister of State has the last word.

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome to the Chamber our guest, John Fitzgerald, who I know for a long time and who has been at the heart of the community first responder scheme since 2004. I was first introduced to it at a public meeting in Bray in 2003 and my own community in Laragh and Glendalough was one of the first within Wicklow to get up and running in 2004. I also welcome Celine and Jason who are not from my...