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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4694/17]

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank both organisations for their presentations here this morning. I want to focus mainly on the vacant properties. While it has been identified as one of the immediate solutions, my fear is we might move too fast on vacant properties, especially when we look outside the Dublin area at more rural towns. I am concerned that we might not plan for such conversions and would get the wrong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: We could not print the appendix.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: Is it this one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome Mr. John O'Connor, Mr. David Silke and Ms Isoilde Dillon from the Housing Agency and Mr. Michael Walsh, Ms Catherine Keenan and Mr. Joe McGuinness from the CCMA. Before we begin, I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: What is working and not working in the repair to lease and the buy to renew schemes? What changes would the Housing Agency recommend before the Minister rolls them out nationally?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's guidelines and regulations for a company (details supplied); the timeframe for the working group to report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I will be brief. I want to return to a point my colleague Deputy Lahart raised earlier about what we call individual supplies and group water scheme supplies. It is quite interesting to hear the low percentages in both areas. It is significantly higher here. My question is about the initial capital investment into both hamlet schemes and individual schemes. What level of support is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (14 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Wicklow town courthouse is one of the seven courthouse refurbishment works included under action No. 102 of the action plan for rural development over the next two years at a cost of €135 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7281/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: To further expand on the issue of the district metering, Mr. Grant said there are over 4,400 district meters in Ireland. Does that include additional metering that the local authorities put in over the years when leaks were identified in various areas or they are separate meters? The other question on the metering process and the leakage, am I correct to say that 70% are on the public side...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I want to focus on the public consultation process. I will refer to the current Vartry project. It is to be hoped lessons have been learned from that project in regard to public consultation. In that case, we did not bring the public with us. The public were not informed of the project and the impact it would have on the Vartry River. The initial application did not contain an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I live beside the Vartry reservoir. This is the first time in its history it has not filled over the winter. We are now in mid-February and it is still almost empty. The impact of that will not be felt until later on this year; the springs around it are only filling up with the water that is there. There is no doubt there is a need for a new supply for Dublin. This is one of the...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Bill and commend my colleague, Deputy Frank O'Rourke, for his excellent work in bringing forward this important legislation. Changes in public procurement procedures, in particular, the inclusion of social clauses, do not immediately strike many people as vital, considering the chaotic times in which we are living, but a more careful analysis will show that the Bill is crucial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I have some questions about the methodologies used. I would like to think that it was worth the fight to get rent pressure zones, RPZ, extended beyond the initial zones and into the neighbouring zones. That was a hard-fought fight and was well worth doing at the end of the day. Within that, and within my own constituency in Wicklow, we are seeing anomalies arising almost immediately with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: The other example is Blessington, on the far side of the hill. Its proximity to Dublin has put it in a massive rent pressure area but it does not qualify because it is part of the local area that extends for 60 km all the way down to Carnew and Tinahely, which is mostly rural. The case must be made as to whether this should be looked at on a town basis as opposed to a local area basis....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Casey: I will not go back into all of the details. I suppose I am getting a better understanding of how we could progress this in the future. On the anomalies I identified earlier, does the Department agree that these are plausible anomalies that could be addressed in the future? For example, Greystones has the highest rents in Wicklow but is not in a rental pressure zone because it did not tick...