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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Barron and I invite Mr. Cunningham to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. Cunningham. I will take questions now in groups of two, starting with Senator Murnane O'Connor and Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I extend a warm welcome to Senator Dolan and acknowledge the work he has done in the sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: The Deputy should ask his final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I call Ms Barron.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. Cunningham wish to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I will make a few comments before we conclude. Senator Murnane O'Connor asked whether having someone with a disability on a board or on different organisations would make a difference. It does make a difference and I have examples of it. We were lucky to elect our first councillor with a disability, Ms Miriam Murphy, in Wicklow in 2014.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: One would listen to Miriam anyway, that is for sure. Her email handle is "murphyinmotion". I also recall my mother's experience in having to retrofit her 1960s house. There is no point denying that the combination of living with and working closely with someone with a disability changes one's mindset and how one thinks, because it does. Ms Murphy had a huge role to play when she sat on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: That is fine..

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: We appreciate the engagement of our guests. It will feed into our report, which will complement our universal living report from last year. I thank all of our guests for attending and engaging with the committee.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I move the amendment No. 7:In page 9, to delete lines 4 and 5 and substitute the following:“(e) the public consultation process that must be followed by a local authority before a scheme under this section is approved; (f) any other matters which appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this section.”. The amendment relates to a vacancy...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Based on the information the Minister of State has given us, I do not believe we have any option but to withdraw amendment No. 8. I take his point on section 14(5). On consultation, the emphasis and thrust of this is that the policies for an abatement scheme should be included in all the plans that will be there. Inadvertently, perhaps there is some consultation in that process. On that...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I did not make a comment on this last night, but this is my third time to contribution to a debate on legislation, where we are bringing in amendments to other Bills on Report Stage. It is disappointing and I accept that there was a presentation on the amendment last week on Committee Stage. My basic understanding is the regional planning process and the regional plans had commenced prior...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: Does Deputy Mattie McGrath want farmers to pay rates again?

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, for his statement and his engagement over the last number of years in regard to this Bill. My colleague, Deputy Cassells, outlined the critical role that commercial rates play in our local authorities. Fianna Fáil welcomes the majority of the provisions in this Bill, which seeks to modernise the commercial rates system and give our local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of ambulance services in Arklow and west County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27759/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording service, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not sufficient to put phones on silent mode, as this will maintain the level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Casey: We will start with Mr. Dunne.