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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: I will try to stick to the rental amendment we are discussing. The rental sector is not working and is in crisis, as we know. It is a significant element of the housing problem. Less than a year ago, Fine Gael refused point blank to consider rent controls when the then Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, attempted to introduce them. It is through the work of Fianna Fáil that Fine Gael has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (16 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40454/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the 5% fall in Garda numbers in County Wicklow between the end of October 2015 and the end of September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40455/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: It was also raised by Deputy Curran.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the application by the PURE project managed by the Wicklow uplands council for multiannual funding to continue its work on rural dumping and the potential for the project to be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40252/16]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: We vote on them in the order they come up but we discuss them as a block.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: It is much higher than 1,200.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: I wish to be associated with those remarks.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progression figures by region of community employment, Tús and JobPath, in 2016; the budgets allocated for each of these schemes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39632/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Works Scheme Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application for flood relief works at North Beach, Arklow submitted by Arklow municipal district council to the OPW under the coastal flooding minor works scheme in May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Urban Renewal Schemes (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocations to projects under the town and village schemes by county; the total allocation to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39753/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the roll-out of town centre health checks on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39754/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: It was on the extension of time if the debate concludes tonight.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: This is the first major Bill to give effect to the Dáil's response to the housing crisis. As such, it must be welcomed even though its provisions will have to be monitored closely as to its overall purpose, which is to reduce radically the timescales involved in the planning of housing developments. The ultimate solution to the housing crisis is obvious but difficult to achieve; a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (6 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the new Irish fishing quotas; the details of the medium-term strategy of the Government for this industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 6,000 children were waiting over a year for an outpatient consultation in the children’s hospital group in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38044/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Casey: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours Wicklow local health area can expect in 2017. [38045/16]

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: I was not elected to this Dáil to play games. Ireland's housing crisis is too serious for political games. Tonight, 142 people are sleeping on the streets outside these Houses. Unlike others, I am not concerned whether Fianna Fáil gets media coverage or high poll ratings week in, week out. Fianna Fáil wants to work to help to solve the crisis in all its forms, including...

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: Deputy Lisa Chambers is going first.