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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: There is no instruction-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: ----- from the Department to the director of planning or the chief executive to postpone publication, which has been postponed from tomorrow.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: The circular that has been circulated to the councillors refers to the interaction with the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: It was on a sound statutory footing to go ahead and publish that plan. This plan has been in preparation since the autumn of 2016 and has involved a huge number of stakeholders and statutory public consultation. It is extremely important for the development of one of the biggest counties outside Dublin, and just this week with 48 hours' notice, it has been postponed. Mr. Walsh is telling...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: There was no advice to Meath County Council to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: I find it very strange that the chief executive and the director of planning would pull the plan which had been due for publication tomorrow. There are 40 elected members who are extremely concerned for the lives of the 200,000 people that this impacts. This would offer the county a chance to thrive economically. This is as a result, as Mr. McCarthy has said, of this legislation having...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: That leaves that plan in a legal limbo. Has the Department offered any legal advice to this local authority in this respect?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Okay. Would Mr. Walsh not be concerned for all of the people given the prospective economic development and housing development, because many landbanks are impacted by this in terms of the legal standing of both the current plan and the draft plan?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Will it continue to have effect ad infinitum?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Could a challenge to that be taken? Could anyone reasonably challenge that?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Okay, that is fine. Mr. Walsh has clarified that there was no directive and no advice of any nature - implicit or explicit - to Meath County Council to postpone the publication of that draft plan tomorrow.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Finally, I note that at the Committee on Public Petitions yesterday there was a petition in respect of city status for Drogheda. I thank Mr. Lemass who wrote a supporting letter providing background information in respect of that. Because the petition sought to annex a large part of Meath, in particular, Laytown, Bettystown and Mornington, its credentials effectively were null and void. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hospitals are charging excessive amounts to health insurance providers for the venesections of persons with haemochromatosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/18]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: I accept the Chair's ruling, which will keep the discussion open. Some of the issues that surround the petition have been pointed out. In my capacity as Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on local government, I met Mrs. McKenna and seven other members of the Drogheda city status group last week to hear their petition, which seeks to have Drogheda recognised with city status. The methodology...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: I could be harsher. I am being a diplomat today. It has been recommended that this committee should wait for the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's upcoming report on local government structures. Quite frankly, that report will not go far enough to address the deficiencies that exist. Having tabled parliamentary questions on this matter - indeed, I have tackled the...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: As we discuss vulture funds and the stress they are causing to thousands of people, I cast my mind back to and reflect on the property advertisements 15 years that ago sold people a utopian dream. Property supplements in the national and local newspapers ended up being bigger than the newspapers and there were advertisements by the banks, one bigger than the next, offering, ultimately, 100%...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (6 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for an, autistic spectrum disorders, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (6 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for holding plebiscites on a directly elected mayor for Dublin and other cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10754/18]

Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Shane Cassells: The Taoiseach wants to enlarge it further.