Results 221-240 of 1,926 for speaker:Pat Casey

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of enforcement notices served by local authorities on construction projects entered into the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of legal proceedings instigated by local authorities on construction projects entered onto the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of High Court injunctions sought for non compliance in events of a considerable and serious danger to the public by local authorities on construction projects entered into the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the ratio of residential to commercial to mixed use developments as per lodged valid commencement notices since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of valid commencement notices lodged with the building control management software which relate to fast-tracked planning by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation process with persons regarding the residents of a centre (details supplied) due to its upcoming closure; the care plan involved in putting forward alternative residential plans that involves family consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the process, decisions and submissions in respect of the proposed primary care centre for Baltinglass, County Wicklow since 2011, including sites identified, planning and services to be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/17]

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: Sunbeam House Services provides vital services to adults with intellectual disabilities in Wicklow with full-time residential, day services and respite care. There are hundreds of service users and their families requiring the services of Sunbeam House Services throughout Wicklow but particularly in facilities in Bray, Wicklow and Arklow. Needless to say, any organisation providing such...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to answer the question himself. I thank him for his response and for his confirmation that he is meeting immediately with the HSE on this matter. I am also delighted to see that he is meeting formally with the families tomorrow. This is what is needed. Now that action is being taken a public response is needed that all service users, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care paediatric occupational therapists in County Wicklow; the number of persons waiting for care; the waiting times for an appointment for this treatment since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/17]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: In respect of this group of amendments, we were late submitting proposed amendments and will be tabling them on Report Stage, specifically in respect of the strategic transport plans that have been suggested in this section. Some of us in counties neighbouring Dublin would be aware of the impact that "shall", "may" and "have regard to" have on our own county development plans. It is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I will be fairly brief. It is vitally important that we have a balance here. It is critical to maintain democratic control over the process, and with that, political accountability. We are in a different place today than we were a few decades ago. I have been through three county development plans and several local area plans during that period and there has been significant change from...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I wish to inform the committee that we will introduce an amendment to section 7 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome this amendment. While there is a four week timebound period on a local authority to have a meeting, I have a concern that there is no timebound period applying to the output of that meeting. The Minister put in place a fast-track planning process, where the first stage of preplanning is a nine week process and then there is a determined outcome whether it be to move forward to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses. Deputy Ó Broin covered most of the issues. Ms Hegarty spoke of the difference between regulation and control, and the desktop and paper submissions on energy standards as compared to the administration of the building control regulations, which involve going on site visits to give approvals. The witnesses spoke of a pre-1990 period, before the local authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: And they are then forwarded on to somebody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: We are using BCAR now but if I have a problem with a property ten years on, I can look at the building owner, the assigned certifier, the design certifier, the auxiliary certifier and sub-certification. Where would I go with that claim, where would I start and how complicated will that claim be in ten years if we have all these different layers of certification and signing off? Would I be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: My contribution is targeted at the process rather than any individual. I want to put on record my thanks for the offer to me to have an in-depth look at the BCMS system. I will take it up in due time. I am focused on trying to create significantly more independent oversight of building controls. Currently, there are not sufficient resources at local authority level to do much more. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: That was my point. Ms Neary said that Dublin City Council had reached a level of 75% but those inspections might have only involved one visit.