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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Returning to the topic of public land, I come from the perspective that we should use 100% of public land for public housing. I think everyone in this House agrees that the majority of our councillors also believe that public land should be used for public housing. It is ultimately their decision to propose development schemes. There is an element, therefore, of us putting our trust in...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I support the amendment. The thrust of what everybody has said so far is right. It is fine for us to talk about everything in this House but when we pass this legislation, it will be about delivery. To get real and honest delivery, we need to set ourselves targets. One way we can deliver housing is through local authorities because, to a certain extent, as public representatives, we...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: As there is a lack of infrastructure where we can build homes and local authorities, in dezoning land we have increased land prices overnight. That will haunt us down the road unless this serious issue is addressed. All we are asking is that we build homes where we have tier 1 infrastructure, including water, sewerage and public transport, but we are told "No". Three towns in my county...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank Senator Higgins for tabling the amendment. She tables a similar amendment to most of the finance-related Bills that come before the House. I can understand, to a certain extent, where she is coming from in arguing that we need this type of reporting. As someone who works in the SME sector, I have some understanding of how difficult and restrictive it is at the moment to access...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister. It is hard to believe this is my first time addressing him since his appointment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Yes. Having worked directly with the Minister in the last Dáil and sat through thousands of hours of committee meetings, I know his personal commitment to solving this complex issue and the energy, commitment, passion and drive he will bring to providing solutions. Ten months after his appointment, we already see signs of the results on the ground: the largest capital investment in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank the three gentlemen for their presentations. My focus will also be on business interruption. Most businesses are only now, more than a year later, beginning to make their claims. Without the State acting on their behalf using the taxpayers' money, many of these businesses would not have survived until today. It has been taxpayers' money that has kept them afloat and put them in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pat Casey: As Deputy Richmond mentioned, the taxpayer has funded the survival of these companies through grants, employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, and the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS. Do the representatives think it is right and fair that the State, on behalf of the taxpayer, should subsidise a claim that their companies are liable for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pat Casey: What does Mr. Brennan think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Is Zurich looking at a difference between the EWSS, the CRSS and the capital grants received through the restart grant? How is the company approaching that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Pat Casey: It is clear that there could still be a liability on behalf of the insurance companies to these State supports, and they are waiting for the courts to rule on that or for the Minister of State to make a claim against them. Is that correct?

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Before I begin, I apologise that I must leave immediately after speaking as I have a committee meeting to attend at 2 p.m. I also wish the very best of luck to all the businesses that are reopening their doors today as part of a gradual process. It has been a challenging time. We are looking forward to opening ourselves on 2 June as our hotel reopens its doors. This would not have been...

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Pat Casey: That is all right. We will forgive the Leas-Chathaoirleach this time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (7 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I am sorry for having to cut him short earlier.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 May 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for her commitment to the Seanad. It is appreciated.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Records (7 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Thank you again Minister for your commitment in the House.

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Pat Casey: I, equally, take this opportunity to welcome the Tánaiste to the House. The last time I spoke to him I was on the other side of the aisle asking him questions on employment in Arklow. I want to put on record at this point my thanks, from a hospitality industry point of view, for the supports that have been given to the industry without which we would not be surviving here today....

Seanad: EU Regulations (Europol): Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his statement and for his commitment to this House.

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister. This is my first time to engage with her with regard to tourism. I will read a few extracts from my hotel's old diaries: Ate a hearty dinner and departed fully satisfied with the treatment we received - W.H. Adams. Stayed ten days at Glendalough, noted for the cleanliness and the kind attention it offers its visitors. On the night of Tuesday last, the 11th, a...