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Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: -----desperately hoping they will produce magic houses out of the skies to tally with the magical figures they quote in here when they talk about houses built.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: The houses these guys are building must be in Brigadoon, because they disappear as quick as they appear in its reality.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: The people know that when it comes to the big ticket items such as housing, it will only be Fianna Fáil that solve it. I opened my comments about relationships. Ultimately, for Fianna Fáil the only contract or relationship that matters is the one we have with the Irish people. No matter what slurs the buckos on the far side will try to hurl at us, we know that when it comes to...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: The Government party's own councillors are even saying that to us.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The fact that the dream of home ownership for those who have the wherewithal to actually purchase a home has evaporated should fill Deputy O'Donovan with shame. People at the start of the noughties could aspire to own their own home in their mid-20s, now it is in their mid-30s, if they are lucky enough to find a property that has not been swallowed up by...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: The Taoiseach said earlier that he needed time. He is out of time. The choice for the people of Ireland will come soon. The people of Ireland can make the choice to give their children a better future, where the basic principle of having a home is not a fairy tale like the spoofers to my right, but an attainable reality because one party has always ensured that there were houses for our...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should remind the Shinners of that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: At a meeting last week of the Committee of Public Accounts, I questioned the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners on the issue of the removal of flat rate allowances as the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance had told me in this Chamber that this was not a matter for them, even though it impacted some 600,000 workers and many hundreds of miners in my home town of Navan. Last night, on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 99. To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [49911/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [49901/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [49905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [49904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [49909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places available in second level schools in Navan, Trim, Longwood, Oldcastle and Athboy, County Meath, by school, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49744/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students seeking places in second level schools in Navan, Trim, Longwood, Oldcastle and Athboy, County Meath, by school, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students with learning disabilities and autism when sitting the junior certificate examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are circumstances in which students sitting the junior certificate examinations can apply for an extra allocation of time to complete the paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding students who are sick or suffered a bereavement on the day of a State examination; and if students with ongoing conditions can advise the State Examinations Commission in advance for the examination in case the symptom of the condition arises on the day of an examination. [49857/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report, in tabular form. [49902/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (3 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a speeding offence committed in the UK should be listed as a criminal record on Garda vetting disclosure documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/19]