Results 1,381-1,400 of 2,092 for speaker:Pat Casey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: There is a need for planning permission at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Does Ms McCormick want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: I would like to bring in Deputy Barry at this point. I will call Mr. O'Brien again later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: I take Mr. O'Brien's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. Elliot wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. O'Brien want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: We are running out of time now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Does Deputy Barry wish to come back in as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: We do not have time to get into a long back-and-forth, thank God.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Not today. We will now go back to the witnesses for a quick response. Mr. O'Brien wishes to come back in. I ask him to be quick if he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Do the Threshold representatives want to come in on anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Speak through the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Excuse me, please speak through the Chair. Deputy Ó Broin, you may come back briefly. We are not going into this argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Ms McCormick do you want to come back in? We are finishing up after that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: We will agree to disagree. I thank all the witnesses for attending today and engaging with the committee. The committee will publish a report in the near future. I propose that we go back into private session to discussion some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Residential Tenancies Board (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: I agree with Deputy Eoin Ó Broin in his comments on student accommodation. As I understand it, there is unanimous agreement in the Dáil that it should be included in rent pressure zones. Will the delegates give us their views on that matter and how it could be managed? I also seek their views on the proposed deposit protection scheme. What is the position on implementation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Residential Tenancies Board (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: Ms Carroll said the board would be making a submission to the Minister in relation to this issue. Could we have a copy of that submission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Residential Tenancies Board (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: It would give the committee a practical understanding of the difficulties the RTB is finding in addressing this whole issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing are the biggest social challenges facing our country today. I would be interested in a global definition of homelessness. Our homeless figures are hovering around 10,000 people, including 1,700 families and 3,500 children. However, every month there is an argument with the Minister as he takes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Casey: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures being undertaken to ensure that a school (details supplied) will be moved into its new premises by September 2018 in view of the liquidation of a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25232/18]