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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2019: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: That is all. I just wanted a bit of clarification on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2019. In accordance with Standing Order 75, the following message will be sent to the Seanad: The Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: The second session of our meeting today is on the topic of the report of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. Once again, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, and the officials who have joined him to take part in this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: We need permission from the committee to allow Ms Tobin to come in. I do not think there will be a problem but we just need to formalise it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: Do no other members wish to speak? I will make a few observations. Deputy Ó Broin has probably hit on most of them. I will start by trying to get a better understanding of the allocation to local authorities from a funding point of view. I assume that is based on each local authority requesting funds-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: -----as opposed to on the basis of population. The local authorities are requesting this funding initially, and yet they are not drawing it down, so clearly there is some fault here. I am willing to try anything, and I am not here to be a stumbling block in this process, but I got the feeling that the local authority members were being blamed for a lot of the delays. A question I asked on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: That was my point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: On a point of information, would there be information on Part 8 processes that have started but that never got to the vote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: I call Deputy Ó Broin to be followed by Senator Kelleher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: The budget allocation is based on what the local authorities believe to be the level of Traveller need. How much money is needed to fix the problem? That figure is probably much higher than the amount the local authorities believe is needed to meet Traveller needs. The Minister of State spoke of the type and quality of build. We must also remember the importance of managing housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: If the Minister of State engages with the secretariat, it will inform members who can then attend if they wish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (5 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for engaging with the committee. I have been assured that we will have all the information we sought on Rebuilding Ireland this evening.

Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: I acknowledge that Deputy Sean Sherlock and the former Senator, Grace O'Sullivan, MEP, introduced a Private Member's Bill on microbeads. We have been supportive of it throughout the process. The introduction of the Private Members' Bill probably triggered Government action. As a result of the co-operation of the committee and all parties in the House, the Bill is before the House today. I...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: This is a political Groundhog Day. For the second time, we are engaged in Dáil time in populist political games. We do so in December, when a defeat for the Minister would plunge the country into a general election which would run through Christmas. A general election during Christmas when homelessness is at its most dangerous and homeless services are working flat out to provide food...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: -----provides certainty for tenants and increases the whole-of-Government response that is needed to get on top of our housing and homelessness crisis. We could use those 40 days to work on housing solutions and get the entire apparatus of Government to realise that Rebuilding Ireland is not working. There are 40 days to increase the State's role in the provision of homes for all who need...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: Is the Taoiseach referring to Deputy Dara Murphy?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank my colleague, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, for introducing this Bill, which forms another significant element of Fianna Fáil's practical, radical and evidence-based policy measures, designed to produce an emergency-level response to the ongoing crisis in housing. A generation faces being left scarred by a Government still not admitting the scale of the crisis or making the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in County Wicklow that have autism units; the number of primary and secondary school students diagnosed with autism in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to each district in County Wicklow as of 20 November 2019; the year, make and model of the vehicles; the equivalent figures as of 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49173/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (27 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow awaiting home help hours to be approved, allocated or increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49177/19]