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Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: The Bill was introduced to the Dáil prior to the passing of the rental pressure zone legislation in December so it is somewhat out of date. That is not to imply the situation in the rental market has in any way improved for the great majority of renters, especially tenants who have had to move to a new property or those looking to rent. It is not clear that this Bill offers any new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome from Irish Water Mr. Jerry Grant, managing director, and Ms Trudy Higgins, environment strategy lead; from the Commission of Energy Regulation, CER, Dr. Paul McGowan and Ms Sheenagh Rooney; and from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Mr. Dara Lynott, deputy director general; Mr. David Flynn, programme manager, and Mr. Noel Byrne, senior manager. We will engage with them on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. Grant for his presentation. I now ask Dr. McGowan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Dr. McGowan for his presentation. I now invite Mr. Flynn of the EPA to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: Officials from the Department were not invited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I wish to clarify again the position of the Department so everyone is clear. The Department was not invited to today's meeting, and that is why it is not here. However, there are some members of the Department in the Public Gallery taking notes of today's meeting. At the private meeting next week we will ensure we invite them to the meeting the next time. I will call the witnesses in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I would like to make a few points before the witnesses respond. First, do we know what impact the surface water accessing wastewater treatment plant has on the plants? If it is having a significant impact is there any way of mitigating it? The witnesses mentioned a wastewater treatment plant in my constituency, Arklow. I suppose they are right, that was not a result of lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: We will move on to Mr. Grant and will come back if Deputy Ó Broin wants to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: Before we go back, just to clear things up, is Deputy Ó Broin willing to receive written answers on the funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: We will get it back to the committee rather than going backwards and forwards here trying to find €100 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: With regard to surface water, I am more focused on smaller towns and villages where we probably will not see capital investment for a significant number of years as the focus will be on larger projects. From the few I have dealt with over the years, one could say capacity of the plant has been reduced by approximately 30% because of surface water entering the system. Is there any way that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank all of the witnesses for attending today and engaging with the committee. We look forward to meeting them all again in the near future. We will ensure that we invite the Department to attend on that occasion. The next meeting of the joint committee will take place at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 24 May 2017. The meeting will be held in private.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I am glad he agreed with the comments made here tonight. We are all aware that strategic transport needs to be integrated into land use planning. While we are willing to accept his proposal that we would withdraw the amendment on the basis that it will be examined, can I ask if the Minister is proposing that the drafting of the amendments would...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: We are prepared to withdraw the amendment on the basis that we all agree that this is needed in terms of having some oversight of transport and land use planning.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: I move amendment No. 4:In page 6, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“ ‘Strategic Transport Plan’ is a transport plan drafted by a transport authority; ‘transport authority’ means either the National Transport Authority or Transport Infrastructure Ireland as defined in the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 and the Public Transport Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there are significant problems with section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, which only allows for a second extension for housing developments that commenced on site before their original planning permission expired, in view of the fact most of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he has not commenced section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. [23537/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the advice which can be given to developers whose planning permission and a section 42 extension have expired and are awaiting section 28(2) commencement to apply for a second extension; if, in the intervening period, all construction work should cease until such time as the Minister decides to commence section 28...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Act provided for a second extension for a housing development with 20 or more units that had been commenced and had not required an EIA or AA screening in the initial application, rather than just in respect of a development of the type...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 May 2017)

Pat Casey: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether a major mistake was made by him and his officials in the drafting of section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016; and his plans to hold anyone to account for this error in view of the costly effect it is having and will have on delaying major...