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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 6 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4695/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Casey: Public transport is not simply a matter of profit and loss. The laws of the free market and business do not have total control here, nor should they. In fact, the provision of public transport is one of the areas of public policy in respect of which it is important that the principles of equality and social need to remain key in determining the Government's role. The Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Casey: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation process undertaken by the HSE to ensure that the public were informed regarding the changes to the operating hours of Arklow and Baltinglass ambulance stations made in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Casey: 641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation by segment of mackerel quotas for 2017; the criteria for any proposed change; the strategy to ensure equity in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3999/17]

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Pat Casey: I also send my best wishes to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. This is the first urgent Bill to assist in the people’s legitimate desire to see An Post survive, adapt to a changing world and continue to provide its crucial services to all. As such, it is to be welcomed even if its effect will see the cost of certain services rise. The urgency of...

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Pat Casey: I want to come back in on some of the issues that were raised, specifically in relation to pillar 1. A statistic was referred to that it is hoped to have 700 families out of commercial hotels by June this year. I would have some reservations as to how that will be achieved. One of the issues I would like to focus on is the Airbnb situation, specifically in Dublin. What processes have been...

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

Pat Casey: Be consistent, Deputy.

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

Pat Casey: Tell us about it.

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

Pat Casey: Hear, hear.

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]