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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure Ireland increases its diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure the peace in South Sudan deal holds; his further plans to continue to support the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan that are addressing the root causes of the conflict and to fund and support the conflict resolution and peace building efforts at...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised human rights abuses in Turkey such as the case of a person (details supplied) imprisoned without due process at EU level and directly with the Turkish embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52189/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise matters concerning a fishing vessel (details supplied) with his German counterpart in view of errors in a stability book issued by a German classification society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised issues concerning a fishing boat (details supplied) with his German counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51927/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Marine Survey Office advised the committee on safe seas of possible dangers that nine fishing boats registered under EU flags may have the same or similar stability issues as an Irish fishing boat (details supplied); if the Marine Survey Office ascertained if the member states affected had been advised of same; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (11 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: 454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Marine Survey Office did not follow up on a matter (details supplied) with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51926/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: He will be doing a lot of grinding now.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: I may not make it next Tuesday.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: Maybe we can thrash this out later. I am still not fully clear at what level this new urban area plan is going to be and who adopts it at the end of the day. If it is a local area plan which sits under the county development plan, it goes for only one period of public consultation and is then adopted. An environs plan is like a county plan. The variations are made and it is put on public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: Will it include the rural areas that do not form part of the town, if the Minister of State knows what I mean?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: The majority of people here are not against this concept. We are all in favour of it. We have worked positively on all legislation that has come through here. This legislation came to us on Tuesday night and this is the first time that we have seen the detail that we are being asked to agree. The Government introduced 71 amendments on Report Stage of the Planning and Development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2018)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: We now resume our discussion of the funding and delivery of public housing under Rebuilding Ireland. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Brendan McGrath and Mr. Dermot Mahon from Galway City Council; Mr. Conn Murray and Ms Aoife Duke from Limerick City and County Council; Mr. Joe McGuinness and Mr. Paddy Donnelly from Louth County Council and Ms Moira Murrell and Mr. Martin O'Donoghue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: Maybe we will get answers to the first two questions first. We will start with Galway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: Mr. McGrath can answer whichever he wants but I know that Deputy Grealish is in a hurry to leave us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: We might be glad to get rid of him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: I appreciate that. We will move on to Mr. Murray.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: I can see the Deputy. How could I not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: If I do not see the Deputy, I will definitely hear him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Pat Casey: I call Mr. Murray.