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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: I will ask a few questions. On multi-unit developments and the owners' management companies referred to by Mr. Keeley, the apartment owners attended the committee before the summer, and they equally have a concern that they do not have the funds in place to carry out the works necessary. What can we do on this or is there any solution to try to help them to deal with latent defects and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: We are now trying to inspect HAP properties before we put anybody into them. As part of that process is fire certification being considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: Would the building be reassessed at that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and engagement with the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to investigate reported breaches of the tax benefits enjoyed by the film industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the investment plan timelines for regional cultural infrastructure in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41558/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to protect historic structures at risk in County Wicklow in 2017 and to date in 2018; her plans for 2019 in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on progress made to date to increase funding and staffing levels at the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the precarious working terms and conditions, lack of training, lack of health and safety and lack of pension provision to many workers in the film and television production industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41561/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: The thousands of concerned citizens who protested outside the gates of Leinster House today are reflective of the nation's view that the Government is still not getting the message on its failures in housing. The message on housing is simple but it also involves radical and realistic action. I stated just last week, and it needs to be stated again, that the Irish housing crisis can be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I was well aware what it would contain. Population, deaths, births, marriages and net immigration are the cohort in terms of how we calculate this. In Wicklow, however, the population grew where the infrastructure was located. That is the only place Wicklow allowed the population grow. The Minister of State is getting skewed figures for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: We were informed by email that we would have one minute and a half each for an initial statement, followed by 30 seconds for a supplementary question.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: Let us begin. The clock is ticking.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: As the Minister of State, Deputy English, is aware, I raised this issue in the House and at committee as soon as the draft national planning framework was published. I expressed my concerns, of which he is well aware, at that stage. Those concerns were confirmed when the national planning implementation roadmap was published at the start of the summer. I will refer to Wicklow...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Oct 2018)

Pat Casey: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects in County Wicklow; the timeline for completion of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39945/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Pat Casey: The HAP place finder process is a huge benefit to any county that has it. Some 14 local authorities have indicated that they wish to set up a HAP place finder process. How many of these are up and running? Has the Department received any applications for the mortgage-to-rent scheme? Has there been any take-up of the rural housing relocation scheme? Is it a worthwhile scheme? Have any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Pat Casey: If a project has been sitting there for five years I wonder whether it should be there at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for the report and recommendations which are concise and easy to understand. Some of them relate to matters which it is already within the power of local authorities to do themselves, including ring-fencing income from housing rents. It is in the hands of local authority members to do that at the moment. One of the recommendations was that income from the property tax...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Pat Casey: There are aspects of our worsening housing crisis and the political management of this crisis that need to be called out in this debate. I sincerely ask those whose job it is to report on this debate, and indeed whose responsibility is to bring to public attention the truth about the housing crisis, to reflect on what is said here. The statistics on housing and homelessness are grim and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I would like to comment further on the two schools I mentioned earlier and ask that the Minister engage with me later on the specific issues. First, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin in the village of Redcross opened in 2012, following the amalgamation of two schools from Wicklow town. In terms of distance, Redcross is closer to Coláiste...