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- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: The Taoiseach set out his targets yesterday when he spoke in the House on the subject of 20,000 builds in 2018, 5,000 of those for local authorities, acquisitions or Part V builds. He reiterated that it is the Government’s intention to use the local authorities more in the provision of housing. Will the Minister explain today what that means in real terms and where, specifically,...
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: Sinn Féin is taking millions out of the Exchequer which is leading to the housing problems we have.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: This is typical of Sinn Féin shouting people down when it is exposed for taking millions out of the Exchequer.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: It is par for the course for Sinn Féin Members to shout people down. Sinn Féin is taking millions of euro out of the Exchequer and does not want to realise it is contributing to the housing crisis and making people homeless.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: You boys are the joke.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (27 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: I wish to speak on this particular petition because the petitioner has repeatedly referenced the Hill of Tara, the Tara landscape valley and areas that are of particular concern to me and mean a lot to me. The Hill of Tara is a very emotive and passionate subject to every single Meath person. It is an area I visit every single weekend with my children. The area is considered by Meath...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (26 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reforms have been introduced to the prison system arising from recommendations of prison visiting committee over the past ten years; and if so, the nature of the reforms. [40343/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow commencement of the prescribing procedures for Opdivo (Nivolumab) for immunotherapy treatment for affected persons with cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40594/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: The commercial rates Bill appears to be very low in the list of priorities on the legislative programme with no pre-legislative scrutiny date determined. When does the Government expect to see this advanced? Many towns outside Dublin are trying to share in the recovery experienced in the capital. I see this particularly in my home town, Navan, where the archaic system is thwarting any...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: Every Sinn Féin councillor plays a part in-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: What about Sinn Féin councillors-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: The Deputy is talking nonsense.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Shane Cassells: Over the summer, members will have reflected on everything that happened in the committee during the first half of the year and the fallout from and ramifications of our debates have had on a district-by-district and county-by-county basis. Next Monday, I will attend a policing meeting with the local chief superintendent and superintendent as well as political and community representatives...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Jul 2017)
Shane Cassells: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be put in place to open OPW sites which are currently closed to the public, in particular Athlumney Castle, Navan, County Meath. [27616/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (26 Jul 2017)
Shane Cassells: 1690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he is addressing the anomaly which sees city councillors receive a lower remuneration than that of their county council counterparts for effectively doing the same job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36461/17]
- Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)
Shane Cassells: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, and wish him well. He is a very fine advocate. I also commend his predecessor, Deputy McEntee, on her work. I commend Deputy Browne on the work he has done on this Bill. I pay tribute to all those in the House who have been advocates, Deputies Neville and Buckley and all who have contributed in a positive and unified way. It is...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)
Shane Cassells: The programme for Government also has a commitment to building capacity for emergency and acute services by reducing the number of people going into hospital. The decision to close the facility was announced at 4.10 p.m. on Tuesday by the HSE. It will put 124 elderly patients out onto the street. The service has existed for 34 years in Navan. Last month the Taoiseach said from now on the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)
Shane Cassells: The HSE will not spend the money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Shane Cassells: I welcome the Garda Commissioner and her team back to the committee. I will focus on the Commissioner's opening statement and the number of gardaí because in all these debates the issue of gardaí numbers on our streets is sometimes overlooked. Is the Garda on course to meet the target it has set of increasing Garda numbers to 21,000 by 2021.?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Shane Cassells: The key issue that jumps out of the statement is that the focus is very much on the civilian side. Why is that the case?