Results 781-800 of 2,015 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll out of the affordable housing scheme and serviced sites fund; the number of housing schemes approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40947/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the Department and the LDA for the presentations. How we manage our land and affordability is critical. As such, I welcome the establishment of the LDA, albeit I have some questions about the establishment process and how oversight will be carried out. I will start on the oversight issue. It concerns the oversight of the LDA and, subsequently, any subsidiary of it. When I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: The agency will determine the affordability aspect for a site and that will determine the value of the site.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: Is that the reason for the high level of private housing on some of the sites? Is this high level to offset the affordability requirement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: What process does the LDA apply when approving a scheme compared with the Department? A local authority might decide to go to the LDA because it is much simpler to do that than to go to the Department. Is there a process in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: This is probably the single most important legislation we are going to pass this term. It needs scrutiny. I do not think we are going to run out of time today but I am sure we will be back again another time. Deputy Ó Broin mentioned something I would like to return to regarding the off-balance sheet proposal. I have a certain concern around that. To achieve off-balance sheet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: We want it to build houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: Yes, and we are trying to deal with that unknown as we are passing this legislation. The disappointing thing today is that 60% of State land could end up being used for private development to get over this scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: That is not the point. It is State land being turned into private developments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: Fundamentally, though, it is the delivery of housing that it all relates to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I am not disagreeing with Mr. Coleman on the long-term objectives, which are very important. That is why it is important that we get this legislation right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. Coleman wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: I want to discuss how we progress from here because both rows are very important. As a number of delegates will come before the committee next week, this is going to go on for a while. When we issue a report, would it possible for the Department and the LDA to respond to it prior to publication of the Bill? I also ask that the delegates engage with the committee again prior to publishing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: We are trying to pass significant legislation. The more engagement we have prior to the Bill being published, the easier it will be for the committee to get through this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: We will have another Christmas lights session. I thank all of the delegates for attending and engaging with the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (1 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Central Bank on the increased levy being imposed on certain credit unions in view of the vital role of the credit union movement in providing financial services to communities and the voluntary nature of its commitment to providing that service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39679/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Oct 2019)

Pat Casey: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out and take-up of the multi-annual rural water programme announced in February 2019 and for which the deadline for applications was 14 March 2019; the number of applicants successful and unsuccessful by local authority area for each measure under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification and Future Outputs of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We had a presentation from the approved housing bodies just before we rose for the summer recess. There was a general frustration among everybody around the table that we have not been able to resolve this problem, and I think it is a disappointment to everybody that the approved housing bodies have now been put on balance sheet. We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification and Future Outputs of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2019)

Pat Casey: That is the current debt, but my point is that the potential-----