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Topical Issues: Film Industry (20 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question. However, the response I have had is very disappointing on a personal level. I was asked to defer this question from yesterday to today so that the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys, would be here to answer it. As we all can see, she is not in the Chamber. This raises more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medicinal Products Supply (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide EpiPens to primary and post-primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide epi medication pens to primary and post-primary schools as this is standardised medication that needs to be provided to schools where students who require them are attending (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32369/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: I thank Dr. Kelly and the rest of the delegation for coming in this morning. An Bord Pleanála has achieved 80% compliance on the decision-making process. What are Dr. Kelly's views on having mandatory time limits from now on? Even though it achieved 80% compliance, 400 cases were not decided within that timeframe. It is important that we move to a time-bound process. Given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: On the environmental impact assessment, EIA, and the appropriate assessment, AA, I want to tease out the question of the fast-track planning process to ensure we are not here next year saying we missed out on some aspects. Dr. Kelly said that if a proposed site appears to have gone through the county development process, an AA has probably been carried out on that proposed site. Is she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: I have a quick one about wind energy policy. In the absence of a national policy on wind energy, does An Bord Pleanála follow the county development plan policy and then quarry? What are the witnesses' views in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: On a point of clarity, does An Bord Pleanála not have the facility to seek clarification or further information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: Does the further information requirement not give both parties additional time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: In the planning process, there is a mandatory timeline. However, the decision can be to look for further information or for clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Pat Casey: Yes, but could the same process be applied to An Bord Pleanála where, at least, when a decision has been made whether it is to seek further information or clarification, the first decision is made within an 18-week timeframe?

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: While I appreciate the unaccompanied minors are being taken from the camp in Calais today and that their first preference would seem to be the United Kingdom, I cannot accept the Government's passive attitude towards this appalling situation. We are good at finding words that lessen the emotional impact a situation can have on us, so can we start using language that actually reflects the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) due to the fact that the school has reached the 55 pupil teacher ratio as of September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32637/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (2 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the huge disparity in school costs which exist from school to school throughout the country, and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for public psychiatric and psychological services in Arklow; the staffing levels for same; the variety of services offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Film Industry Development (3 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation and decision-making processes that were employed by Enterprise Ireland in making the decision to sell the shareholding in a studio (details supplied); the reasons conditions were not placed on the sale to ensure that the studio remains a film making studio in the long term; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (3 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the file and test results carried out by the Marine Survey Office in respect of a vessel (details supplied) from May 2009 until December 2011 in order that the then owners can supply information to the EU petitions committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sale of State Assets (3 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the exact percentage and history of the shareholding that the state has in a studio (details supplied); the reason behind the Government decision to sell that shareholding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33254/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (8 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT revenue gain from the sale of new houses for the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33643/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (8 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: 490. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement for to the judicial systems of member states; if this agreement will need to be put to the people in a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33671/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: I take the opportunity to thank the three organisations for their presentations this morning. I go against the comments of Senator Victor Boyhan on the Irish Planning Institute. The Irish Planning Institute, in the course of its presentation today, gave percentage statistics on the number of permissions granted for one-off rural housing. It stated the number of permissions was between 30%...