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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the Arklow primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49145/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department, local residents and Wicklow County Council regarding ongoing land management access and maintenance of the Glen of Imaal firing range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs associated with the launch of the national broadband plan in Laragh, County Wicklow, on 21 November 2019. [49143/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 445. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve funding for youth services in County Wicklow. [49111/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 446. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist in planning for provision of further childcare places in County Wicklow. [49112/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (26 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: 447. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure quality and safety in childcare providers in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49113/19]

Overcrowded Housing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State and Deputy Ó Broin for their contributions. Deputy Ó Broin referred to the likes of three and four generations living in one house. It illustrates the fact that we do not fully know the depth of the housing crisis, given that people are couch surfing and three or more generations are living in a house. The crisis is a lot bigger than is portrayed to...

Overcrowded Housing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: We will put it into our diaries.

Overcrowded Housing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill forms a small part of Fianna Fáil's practical and evidence-based suite of measures designed to produce an emergency-level response to the ongoing crisis in housing. A generation face being left scarred from the Government still not admitting the scale of the crisis or making the necessary decisions. The unprecedented costs...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I refer to the programme for Government in the context of job creation and rural development. On Monday night senior management at Rondo Foods in Arklow announced the potential relocation of the facility to Germany. That would result in 130 jobs being lost in the Arklow area, the impact of which on the families affected and the wider area would be immeasurable. The company has had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank our guests for their presentation. As previous speakers noted, it has taken a long time to get here and we appreciate how quickly the review group has acted in preparing its report. We thank it for that. A lot of this has probably been dealt with and we have spoken about many of these issues already. One of those issues is the collection of data and how important that is moving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: Yes. It does not add to overall stock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: I understand the point being made by Deputy Ó Broin. I do not think this committee has worked very well together. We do not wish to be a stumbling block but we have genuine concerns about removing powers from local authorities. I was a local councillor for 12 years and in that time I was not aware of any Part 8 application being refused. As we do not have the data available, this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: It is a technical point which we are teasing out here, or of which we are gaining a better understanding. We are removing responsibility for the final Part 8 decision from the local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: That is a significant change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: It is, but we do not know that that is where the problem is. We do not have the data to show that is the case. It has been mentioned clearly by Deputy Ó Broin and me that the problem actually lies elsewhere. I am gaining a better understanding of the Office of the Planning Regulator, the local area plans and the tying in to plans. I can understand it better now than I did this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: That is not where the blockage is. It is one of the blockages. In my 12 years as a councillor no Part 8 application put in front of us was ever refused.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: What we are talking about is removing the power of local authority members to make the final decision and giving it to the executive, but we do not have data to show that the problem lies with the members. We have anecdotal information that the blockage is somewhere between the point in question and where the consultation started and that it is not associated with the vote of the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: We are all trying to get to the same point.