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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Deputy. I might add a few questions as well. I am interested in this whole area of building control regulation and I believe we should be taking it entirely back into local authorities and should have an independent review and inspection regime. I would like a comprehensive inspection regime of all the different stages of construction. I still have concerns that the current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I think Mr. O'Reilly has to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. O'Reilly for attending and for his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I have a few final comments. We are all concerned because we are heading into another significant increase in property construction, but we are doing so with a lack of skills. There is a significant skills shortage at present. The practical operation of the BCAR system is that if I am the owner of the property that is being developed, I am paying the assigned certifier and the auxiliary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank our guests for their contributions, which I am sure will lead into a further debate, and for attending. This is the first of our meetings on this topic. The committee will meet with other relevant stakeholders next week to resume our considerations on the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons from County Wicklow enrolled in the areas of natural constraint scheme; the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his Department has completed the mapping exercise in County Wicklow; when the maps will be published; the consultation which will be undertaken with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (4 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons from County Wicklow that have not received 85% of their total 2016 GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS payment; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16669/17]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: 7. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the new Garda recruits assigned to the Wicklow Garda division in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the attested personnel strength of the Wicklow Garda division in September 2014 and at the end of February 2017. [15758/17]

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: Wicklow has seen a decrease of over 15% in the number of gardaí in its district. Perhaps the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality will indicate the number of new Garda recruits assigned to the Wicklow division in each of the years since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014, and the certified personnel strength of the Wicklow division in September 2014 and at the end of...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Tánaiste for her answer. I appreciate the situation we are in but out of the 277 gardaí we have in the Wicklow division at the moment, some 28 could retire tomorrow morning if they so wished. This would put huge pressure on the system. Equally, of the nine new recruits we did get into the area, three have since retired and have moved on. Wicklow has seen a 63%...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Tánaiste but to be fair with regard to Wicklow’s case, neighbouring County Kildare got 14 new recruits during the same period, and Laois and Offaly got 41 new recruits. There is a discrepancy there that needs to be looked into. All I am asking for is that Wicklow gets its fair share. While I have the Tánaiste’s attention there is a vacant Garda station...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: I would appreciate it if the Minister could look into that issue also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: Basically, the main point, which has already been mentioned, is in respect of when the fast-track planning process will be implemented. I think we are all anxious to know that. From my knowledge, specifically in respect of Wicklow, there is evidence that some developers would still prefer to go through the normal planning process but that will not be available to them once this comes into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: I will be very parochial in respect of Pillar 2. I come here frustrated and annoyed - and those are light words to use for how I feel - by what has happened in Wicklow specifically. A total of 194 houses were going through the four stages in Wicklow, 34 of which reached stage 4 approval in mid-December last year. The planning permission runs out on Saturday. I have heard about the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the purchase and installation of the robotic da Vinci surgical system in public hospitals in Dublin, Leinster and Munster, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15872/17]

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: There were no numbers given.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Eacnamaíochta, Sóisialacha agus Cultúir), 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: The issue of enshrined economic, social and cultural rights is a complex and contested area not just in Ireland, but in political debate internationally. It is a debate that I welcome, and while Fianna Fáil is opposing this Bill, at this time, I note that we are in agreement with the principles behind this Bill. It is central to our thinking as a republican party that the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Control Management System (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of valid commencement notices lodged with the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12858/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Control Management System (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of valid commencement notices which included a completed optout declaration lodged with the building control management software since 1 September 2015, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Control Management System (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Casey: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of on site inspections carried out by local authorities on construction projects entered onto the building control management software since 1 March 2014 that were deemed to be covered by valid commencement notices, by each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...