Results 1,521-1,540 of 2,092 for speaker:Pat Casey

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for his presentation earlier. I have to agree. We have had the argument on the voids so I will not go back over all of that again. There is general disagreement on that. I fully agree with the remarks on the description of re-letting of a property. There will be a percentage of those every year. In every county a case like that arises, where an elderly couple die...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: To follow up on that, I cannot remember the number of applications the Minister of State said did not get through the pre-planning process. Is there a common trend in that respect, or could information be provided in order to tweak the system to improve that position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: No, they did not get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: Regarding the appointments, the second appointment will be on a temporary basis until 2019-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: -----or extended to 2021 whereas the first appointment will be permanent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: The first appointee would come within the bracket of board's ten members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: The second appointee will be an additional member above that complement and that appointment will be on a temporary basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I was just trying to get my head around it. The first appointment was made under the legislation where we could appoint a ninth member so there was no need to have that made on a temporary basis whereas the second appointment, the one from 2019 and extended to 2021, will be on a temporary basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: For additional appointments because of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 Order: Motion (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: Did any of the applications require the EIS process?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Jeyes report recommendations with regard to a service (details supplied); the status of all residential and day-service units, staffing ratios, and staffing pay disputes; his plans for future alignment with additional services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13768/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I second Deputy Barry Cowen's proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I will start where Deputy Ó Broin finished off. I am not going to get into the legal decision. I fully understand that the final plan is a decision by the Government and I accept that. However, it is clear from the interactions in the Dáil Chamber that it is rather different. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister indicated a view on three different occasions. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I wish to make a few comments. I refer to Deputy O'Dowd's comments about transparency. Having been involved in a local authority for 12 years, I have gone through three county development plans. I think we have moved on as a country, the planning process has moved on and there is transparency through all stages of the county development plan process. That is a positive step from where we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank Ms Walsh, Mr. Cussen and Mr. Hogan for attending and engaging with the committee. The meeting is now adjourned. The next meeting of the joint committee will be held on 27 March at 12 noon, when we will undertake consideration of a motion regarding An Bord Pleanála.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I welcome Deputy Michael McGrath's continued focus on the crippling costs of business and motor insurance. I also welcome the presence of business owners in the Visitors Gallery, as well as representatives from my industry, the hotel sector. The unsustainable increases in insurance premia have reached a stage where workable businesses with long-standing records in communities are now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Mar 2018)

Pat Casey: I have two brief questions. One relates to the reduction in lead standards. Maybe Irish Water could answer what percentage of the pipe network is currently lead. What is the timeframe it proposes to have the lead removed, regardless of the new standards coming in? I have a specific question for Mr. Page. He mentioned lakewater and algae bloom. We have had a number of issues with that in...