Results 1,101-1,120 of 2,064 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the terms of the diesel rebate scheme in view of the rising costs of fuel for Irish hauliers. [9262/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to uphold the Labour Court decision of 2008 under which community employment supervisors should be granted access to a public pension in view of the current industrial dispute and the ten year campaign to secure justice in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase apprenticeships in the construction sector in view of the shortage of skilled staff to address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/19]

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

Pat Casey: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building programme for County Wicklow at both primary and secondary-level and the start date for the construction of each in tabular form. [9280/19]

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

Pat Casey: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by the school building programme for tendering procurement; and the changes to this criteria and scoring since 2011 to date. [9282/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of guidelines for schools on the specific issue of restraint or seclusion in educational settings; and the current rules in relation to the matter. [9284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor of a school building project has been successfully pursued for costs arising out of failure to comply with a building contract from 2011 to date in schools in County Wicklow; and if so, the details of same. [9476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vehicles allocated to the Wicklow Garda division in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number that were withdrawn during same period. [9732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 8.25 a.m. DART from Bray towards Dublin city centre due to high demand. [9750/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I will be brief. I welcome Deputy O'Sullivan and her Bill, as well as Deputy Barry and his Bill. My party also has a Bill on this issue, as does Sinn Féin, and the Government has its Bill on the way too. There is a fair emphasis to try to resolve this issue regarding landlords and tenants. We had a fairly productive meeting with the Minister in private session of this committee last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: It is important that we get the balance right in this sector and that we do not end up with unintended consequences. I have a few specific questions to ask of the witnesses from the Irish Property Owners Association. I am fully aware there is a significant number of good landlords and tenants out there. We all know there are also bad landlords and tenants. We need to make sure we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I wish to make the committee aware we still have another session to go through. We have to be out of here by 1.30 p.m. In the final wrap-up, I will ask members to restrict themselves to about two minutes, please, and I will start with Mr. O'Brien.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I am concerned that we need to move on so I will move to Threshold and either Mr. McCafferty or Ms O'Reilly can make their final statement on its behalf.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for attending today. It was definitely lively if nothing else. I propose that we suspend the meeting for a few moments to allow our next set of witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session. On the request of broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to flight mode for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient to put phones on silent mode as this will maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Walsh. I forgot to apologise for holding up the witnesses outside for so long this morning. I call Deputy Barry who will be followed by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: I thank everybody for their contributions today, including Deputies Jan O'Sullivan and Mick Barry, who attended the meeting in respect of their own Bill. I thank the witnesses from the RTB for coming before us for a second time in a fortnight. If the Minister has his way, they might be in again in a fortnight or three weeks' time. This is an area of significant concern to everybody around...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: Over several previous contributions on homelessness in our Republic, I have pleaded with this Fine Gael Government to declare homelessness to be a national emergency and I have asked that it do this now. Our homelessness national emergency needs a whole-of-Government response, with monthly targets and delivery reports. We must declare today that the common good of the people dictates that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: Most of my questions are for Irish Water. I thank our guests for their submissions. I wish to refer to a few points that were not touched upon, some of which are outside the delegates' control. I will start off with the commercial harmonisation of rates. The CRU has still not published the information, which is disappointing. Irish Water has now been established for six years and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Casey: We will start with Mr. Gallen.