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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: I am concerned about the calculation of the local government fund, specifically the surplus of €112 million that local authorities are being forced to spend on housing. This has implications on other services provided by local authorities. In our county, we have suffered big time in trying to retain libraries services and recycling centres because of the way the local government fund...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: At local level, each council decides on its local property tax rate in September even though its budget is not agreed until November. There is a complete disconnect in that regard. It seems to me, as someone who was a local authority member until a few months ago, that it is almost the case that the real budget decision is made in September when the council decides whether to set the local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: I am learning.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: I agree with both comments regarding the service being provided for councillors, especially when it comes to development plans. One of the most frustrating aspects of An Bord Pleanála process is the lack of decision-making and the trend of kicking things down the road for six months and then another six months. In the context of resourcing that organisation, is there any chance that we...

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: The Minister of State has to conclude.

Other Questions: Housing Policy (29 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: Twice.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (29 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: Not so.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Strength (22 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in County Wicklow on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17092/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Strength (22 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: As this is my first time addressing the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, I wish her well in both of her roles. My question relates to Garda stations, the number of gardaí in Wicklow, the change in numbers between 2011 and April 2016 and the impact that has on crime figures.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Strength (22 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: I acknowledge the good work the Garda is doing in exceptionally difficult and constrained times. I know the Minister is talking about the distribution of gardaí. There is still only a limited number of gardaí available for the country as a whole, and Wicklow has suffered by a reduction of 40 since 2011. More worryingly, Wicklow received ten new recruits, two of whom have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Strength (22 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: The retirement of senior personnel and the knowledge that goes with them is also a concern. As an immediate response, would the Minister consider increasing the retirement age of gardaí from 60 to 63 on a voluntary basis? I think I have heard this mentioned before. That would help address the situation immediately and the force would retain that knowledge. The cost-benefit balance...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: It is with frustration and disappointment that I will oppose the motion. I am frustrated because I wanted this Dáil to be different from its previous incarnations when the Chamber was used for party political gamesmanship, rather than as a forum for exchanges on policy proposals that would resolve the challenges facing the nation. There is no doubt that housing is a national crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Genomics Scheme (8 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the participation rate of farmers and the programme spend to date under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14473/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve fund; when he will announce its conditions for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14485/16]

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: Listening to the debate on mental health services, I have been impressed by the unity of purpose and sincerity shown by Deputies. This problem requires a continuous national response by the Government and a local response by wider society and non-government actors, such as the community and voluntary sector. Mental illness is widespread and there is not a family on the island which has not...

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Jun 2016)

Pat Casey: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed responsibilities that are to transfer to her Department in regard to rural and regional development; the additional financial resources that will transfer with the responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13300/16]

Other Questions: Appointments to State Boards (31 May 2016)

Pat Casey: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he will ensure greater transparency and independence in the appointment of persons to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13066/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (31 May 2016)

Pat Casey: 829. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the updated roll-out dates for live rural broadband in Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12961/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (31 May 2016)

Pat Casey: 834. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the updated roll-out dates for live rural broadband in Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12962/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (31 May 2016)

Pat Casey: 875. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend to date on all aspects of the funding streams available for development of the Wild Atlantic Way; the number of private and-or voluntary organisations and public sector projects which have made applications; the amount of the funding applied for by each project; the amount funded to each application; the spend to date, in...