Results 901-920 of 2,015 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome; and the status of the work of the HSE valproate response team on the matter. [26160/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you, Deputy Kenny, for your presentation. I will make some comments. I come from a rural area myself. Having dealt with one-off rural housing for the past 15 years I know that it is probably one of the most frustrating processes any family can go through. Not only do they have to deal with qualification rulings, location details and the visual impact that a house might have on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will ask Leitrim County Council about it when council representatives make their presentation. Does Deputy Kenny have any indication of how many planning applications are refused? We have figures on planning permissions granted. Does he have any indication of the number of applications that are refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Deputy Kenny for attending today and engaging with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session. At the request of the broadcasting services members and visitors in the Public Gallery are asked 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 in silent mode as they will maintain a level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Dr. Tom Ryan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Thank you. I call Mr. Ó Coigligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I propose that we start with Dr. Ryan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I have a few remarks to make. Deputy Ó Broin said, as did Deputy Kenny, that it is not intention of this Bill or of the members of the committee to put public health at risk. Equally, no individual living in a rural area would want to contaminate their neighbours' well that supplies their drinking water. However, families are trying to build a home on their own land at a time when we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: On the technical point about the willows, from what I can gather, rainwater or surface water cause the major problem in achieving the necessary levels. How deep is the dense soil? Is there 2 ft. or 3 ft. foot of it, or as much as 10 ft.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Can we excavate the soil or is it too deep? Is there is no way of getting the surface water out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank all of the witnesses for attending and engaging with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I will be brief regarding where we stand on this legislation. We have supported it so far and we will continue to support it. We have reservations about the percentage and Deputy Darragh O'Brien has outlined these to Deputy Ó Broin. We are concerned about trying to apply the legislation retrospectively to existing permissions. We have just approved our regional and national plans and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Our guests will gather from the previous round of questions that we will be supporting Deputy Ó Broin's Bill. While we have reservations about the percentages, we have spoken to Deputy Ó Broin on that directly. However, we are fully behind the thrust of changing Part V back to a minimum of 20%, which will include affordable homes. We have not delivered on affordable homes for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: Mr. O'Neill said he offered advice to each of the local authorities in the context of site assessment or tenure mix options. Are there any sites where the agency has failed to come to an arrangement that is financially viable in any local authorities? What is his general opinion of the whole procurement process? Is it delivering value for money or is it delaying the delivery of housing? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. During my three years as a Deputy, the issue that has come back to haunt us has been the complete failure to get to grips with this country's child homelessness problem. There has been a 90% increase in family homelessness and a 102% increase in child homelessness over that time. As I have said previously, I have witnessed child homelessness...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost if the budget for the Inspector of Prisons increased by 50%. [24109/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 386. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular form. [24111/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Casey: 931. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of applications that have been approved or refused. [24112/19]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Pat Casey: My question is not a priority for the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government but it is probably a topical question in light of last week's events. At a recent committee meeting we had a detailed discussion on the importance of political research, the reasons behind voting and why people vote a given way. One of the key points was that political scientists had committed...