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

Pat Casey: A lot of what Senator Murnane O'Connor said was not directly related to the reclassification.

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

Pat Casey: Yes, I am just giving the delegates the option. They might not have the answers for the Senator today because some of the questions were about specific issues. If they do not have them today, perhaps they might get back to her directly.

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

Pat Casey: I call Deputy Boyd Barrett to respond briefly, as Deputy Ó Broin wishes to come in.

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

Pat Casey: I thank the Deputy. As happens, we end up straying into other areas. Deputy Ó Broin wanted to come back in.

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

Pat Casey: I have a few brief questions. I thank the witnesses for their submissions. Sometimes when we sit here we get caught up in all the red tape and bureaucracy of everything. It is very hard to understand that throughout Europe the equivalent of approved housing bodies are delivering social housing off-balance-sheet. We sit here and ask what is the difference between them and us. Mr. Hannigan...

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

Pat Casey: This is a fundamental issue that radically needs to be solved as quickly as possible. Based on this ruling, all private funding received is the State's responsibility.

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

Pat Casey: The impact on the delivery of housing, as everybody has said, whether we agree in principle or not, is that we now rely more and more on the likes of the Housing Alliance to deliver social housing for the State. We all have different views as to whether it should be this way. I cannot understand how private funding is now part of the fiscal space. Getting into the technical end of why it...

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

Pat Casey: Why are we so different from the rest of Europe? This is what is frustrating. We read reports on how social housing is delivered throughout Europe via various models that are all off-balance-sheet. They all have vehicles that deliver social and affordable housing off-balance-sheet but in this country we do not seem to be able to strike that balance. Why is this?

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

Pat Casey: From my ignorant point of view, I just do not understand why we cannot resolve this. Everybody here is agreed, as is the Department, that this needs to be fixed. It is in the Department's interest because if it fixes this it will take this debt out of its fiscal space and will give it the money to spend on the overrun on the children's hospital. I am disappointed to see that the level of...

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

Pat Casey: We can discuss Deputy Ó Broin's proposal in private session, if he is agreeable.

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

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their interesting engagement with the committee. It is frustrating for everybody that we cannot resolve this issue, which is fundamental to resolving the housing crisis.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On global revaluations, the Valuation Office is carrying out the valuation of Irish Water and there have been some indications of how the valuation will be broken down for each local authority. I have heard that population size might be used in calculating the figure. I have also heard indications that, by coincidence, the valuation may end up being the same as the current total valuation...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: At this stage, I am slightly confused. The purpose of this is to allow the planning regulator to make a report.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I do not know whether or not I am okay with it. If everything was in sync and there was not the timing issue - picking the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly strategy as it is the one that has been adopted - and if everything was correct, what would have happened that at this stage? Would it have gone to the planning regulator who would have made a report to the Minister? Would Mr....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Basically, all we are doing is adding an extra two weeks to allow the regulator to overview the regional strategy that it conforms to all national strategies.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Realistically, that is all this legislation does.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: If the regulator has an issue with the plan, what happens then?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: The Minister is basically acting on the planning regulator's advice to give direction to the regional assembly. It is similar to a county development plan-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: -----where there is a ministerial direction and it goes through a process. It is the same process taking place.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Of the €46 million generated by Irish Water, two counties receive zero compensation. Some counties will lose out significantly on this apportionment if it is done on a population basis because until now, the valuations have been done on the basis of the assets in each county. What will happen if there is a gap between the revenues in the counties? Before the Minister comes in, I...