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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Sorry, Deputy Barry, I will allow you back in later. Senator Murnane O'Connor is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Sorry, Deputy, it is not a matter relevant to the Bill. I ask the Deputy to stick to the subject matter of the Bill. The issue being raised by him is a separate issue for another occasion rather than today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Would Mr. Parlon like to respond to Senator Murnane O'Connor's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Does Mr. Parlon wish to comment briefly before we finish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I invite Mr. Fogarty to give his concluding comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for their engagement with the committee. I am sure they will be back with us before the Bill is passed by the Houses.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (24 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing boats decommissioned from 2008 to 2014; the reasons for the decommissioning; the length and tonnage of each fishing boat; the sectors they fished; the cost per boat to decommission; the amount of money given to each owner to decommission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Administration (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the communication procedures for the opening and closing of crèches, child care and Montessori facilities in extreme weather situations whereby schools were closed by Government announcement but no information was provided regarding child care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44532/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I think the two Ministers for attending the committee this morning. Those of us involved in local authorities in the past have been through regional, spatial, county and local area plans. In fairness, we have all lost any faith or hope in them that they would deliver. The public are beginning to not engage in them anymore because they are tired of public meetings about plans which do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Senator Murnane O'Connor did not mention the housing assistance payment, HAP, today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I wish to inquire about the level of detail that will be stipulated in the ten-year national investment plan. Will it outline specific projects? Will it only be an aspirational plan? Deputy Naughten has raised nearly all of the critical infrastructure needed for the west so I am beginning to wonder if I should have gotten my speak in. Equally, I wish to comment on the impact that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: As a result the areas would become most sustainable and jobs would be retained and created. Not everything must go into Dublin. There are areas outside of Dublin. There are two or three ports in Wicklow that could be developed. I would like to know the timeframe for the national planning framework, the regional plans and the county development plans. It would be a step too far for me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: We could look at some State agencies and their land banks.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: 533. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria, selection processes and scoring mechanisms used to decide awards under the 2017 town and village grants by application, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43402/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Deputy for bringing this Bill before us. He said that what it proposes would not involve any substantial extra cost. I cannot see why there should be any extra cost involved. The Bill proposes that voting on the islands would take place on the same day as on the mainland. Has it been identified where this proposal might involve potential costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: We are now in public session and will engage in detailed scrutiny of the Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016. Our second session today involves consideration of Deputy Sherlock's Bill on the prohibition of microplastics. This session will involve detailed scrutiny of the Bill. On behalf of the committee I welcome Deputy Sherlock to the meeting. Before we proceed, I will give the notice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: Does Deputy Sherlock wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: The secretariat will follow up on the questions to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Deputy Sean Sherlock for attending and engaging with the committee. The committee will meet officials from the Department at a later date to discuss the Bill. Following those discussions a report will be compiled by the committee.