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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: We understood the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: Deputy Cowen has probably covered most of the issues relating to the Bill and the presentation this morning but I will comment on some matters mentioned. Nowhere in the Bill do we refer to new buildings but new buildings have been mentioned by both people in submissions. This refers to existing and vacant buildings. With regard to the planning process, the local authority has an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I will address the inspection process again and tease it out a little bit. We are all on the same hymn sheet and want the same result at the end of the day. Deputy Ó Broin hinted at it too. At the moment, if I refurbish a building, is there an inspection under BCAR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: All this Bill introduces is that that is done independently, copying that process, and we follow the same procedure and that the same documents are submitted. What we are looking at is to have that person assigned in an independent manner and not paid for by the developer, builder or whoever, but by the local authority. There is no extra cost in that because that cost has already been...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I did not interrupt the Deputy. Sinn Féin has the brass neck to attack Fianna Fáil, which after the 2016 general election took its duty to the Irish people seriously and facilitated the formation of a Government. What did Sinn Féin do? They ran away from the responsibility and bided their time so that they could attack from the sideline. If there were all-Ireland medals...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I support the Fianna Fáil amendment. I will briefly outline the reasons the Sinn Féin motion is playing politics with the serious efforts being made by everyone in this Chamber to address the housing crisis. Having spoken on many housing motions, I am often struck by the high level of commonality that is a feature of them. However, when I examined the Sinn Féin motion, I was...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. We did not mean any intervention at any stage. We are specifically talking about an intervention on a planning file. We accept that there are inconsistencies throughout the country in how that is recorded. Given the Minister of State's commitment to bringing forward the appropriate wording for this amendment in the Seanad, we will withdraw the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: No.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I will not move amendment No. 56 on the basis that the Government confirms it will be brought forward as an amendment in the Seanad.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I move amendment No. 74:In page 47, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(b) by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (i):“(ia) requiring planning authorities to ensure that any interventions made by elected members in respect of specific planning applications are noted on the planning application file and that the file is made available for public...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I do not wish to discuss it. I just want confirmation from the Government that it will prepare related amendments and table them in the Seanad.

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for his reply, although I note it appears to be identical to the reply I received when I submitted a parliamentary question last week. That is not good enough. The Minister for Education and Skills should not be content with observing from the sidelines as the dreams and aspirations of the school community in Bray are dashed. As a result of Government incompetence,...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: Two schools in Bray are completely unsure as to when their school buildings will open and what their future maintenance services will be due to the collapse of Carillion. Coláiste Ráithín and St. Philomena's in Bray are awaiting the completion and opening of the long-awaited essential buildings. When the news broke I immediately contacted the Department by means of a...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: It is important that I, as a Deputy, put on the Dáil record my position on the upcoming referendum on the eighth amendment. I believe that following the Citizens' Assembly and the joint committee report, there is a requirement for a referendum to allow the Irish people decide on the future of the eighth amendment. The Constitution belongs to the Irish people and there is ample evidence...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: We have not used eight.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: We have only used seven.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: There is an eighth slot left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I will start with Pillar 5, and the issue relating to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, figures versus the other statistics coming into us. Will the Minister update us on how that is progressing and what the likely difference is between the CSO statistics and the information coming back from the local authorities and other mechanisms? In respect of the turnaround of vacant properties or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I do not deny that the Minister is spending the capital funding on getting these homes back into use. My original understanding of Rebuilding Ireland was that we were looking at derelict buildings that had been boarded up for a long period, such as 18 months or two years, but now we are looking at houses that have been vacated by a long-standing tenant, who may have passed away, and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: I am not arguing about that. I am arguing that we should describe them differently.