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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate it is very difficult for the departmental officials once the State enters the market in terms of the price and the acquisition. Are directors of housing looking at possible existing land banks? Is preliminary work done with departmental officials to identify if it is something that could be progressed?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the PAYE modernisation scheme will place an unfair burden on small firms and businesses that cannot afford to have a dedicated member of staff to deal with wages on a weekly basis to satisfy the terms of the new scheme and avoid the penalties that will follow from non-compliance with the new system. [42554/18]

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: I pay tribute to Deputy Breathnach for bringing forward the Bill. Any of us who grew up in the 1980s had a weekly market. In my case, the weekly market in Navan was a paradise to explore as a young child. One learned fairly quickly that not everything on sale in the market was kosher and one did not have to have watched an episode with Del Boy and Rodney to figure that out. By the time I...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: The impact of the sale of illegal goods in markets and, more particularly, as Deputy Breathnach has said, in large commercial operations, is very real in the sense of the harm it does to people's health in the first instance and, of course, if people are getting them cheaply they will avail of larger quantities, which will do them more harm. From a financial point of view it is harmful to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (24 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: On the final petition, with reference to the discussion we had on the previous occasion and the review which the petitioner was seeking to address, significant information was provided on the level of awareness of the issue, which was much higher than perhaps people appreciated, given the statistical information we had been given. In one sense, it showed the value of the review both for the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the geothermal energy development Bill, which has been stalled now for a number of years. Given all the debate about energy over the past number of weeks, the advancement of this Bill should be addressed. I live in a town in which mining is one of the largest employers. More than 600 people are employed in Tara Mines, which is the largest zinc mine in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (23 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the tripling in the number of outpatients waiting a year plus since September 2016 for an appointment in Navan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43609/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: Deputy Murphy asked how we got here. When the representatives of the Tax Appeals Commission were before the committee, we had never heard a set of witnesses willing to offer the woes of their office as much as they did. I suppose that is why the Minister for Finance determined that the matter would be subject to a whole paragraph in the budget speech. When one sees the amounts of moneys...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: The point the Chairman made is quite right in that while this committee examines expenditure, the scenario where tax income is being left in hiatus for a long time is equally as impactful on the resources of the State. This should be pursued.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (17 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has examined the possibility of utilising the site identified for the provision of a new courthouse in Navan announced in Project Ireland 2040 for a new Garda divisional headquarters for County Meath to ensure the maximum return for the public purse and the delivery of both projects. [42435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42547/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: It was the methodology-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: Deputy Kelly has encapsulated everything well. The Chairman made the point, but the IGB is not "out ' the gap" on this issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: Recall the day when its delegates appeared before us. Their happy attitude, based on their understanding that this bailout was effectively coming anyway, raised questions about what it was that people understood was really happening. There was no transparency in the process. What galls me is that the Department of Education and Skills wrote the cheque. Did the Department get value for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: Who is the current chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: Is the Chairman going to invite the chairman of the CCMA or just the chairman of the sub-committee on housing? Is it the same person?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the witnesses. I will start with chapter 6 of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Miesian Plaza offices for the Departments of Health and Children and Youth Affairs. The answers thus far have been insightful. These offices lay vacant for 18 months at a cost of €11 million. It was far from a good deal overall. That is not even with the basin point in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: We are going to get into that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: That is Mr. Buckley's claim. The constitutional officer of the State has said €11 million. The answer is "No". The two words Mr. Buckley has used are "not compatible". He also used the term, "quickly and efficiently". Then in the following breath, he said there was a delay. They are not compatible. The answer to what Mr. Buckley has said is "No". That is my frustration with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Shane Cassells: I want to discuss that process and what the Comptroller and Auditor General had to say. Page 2 of the report refers to a significant commitment of public funds. Why were there no documents detailing the risks associated with what Mr. Buckley has said was a significant project and a difficult journey? It is not the first time we have had bodies before the committee with no documentation...