Results 1-11 of 11 for cork speaker:Pat Casey

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: ...issues, one of which relates to some of our larger or medium-sized towns in rural Ireland where there is no internal public transport link. While we have transport to destinations such as Dublin, Cork or Galway, there is no internal bus service within those towns, whether that might be used by children going to school in the morning, by older people trying to get their shopping done or...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Pat Casey: ...on to Arklow, which is another 15 km away, the fare becomes €15.75. That is a 300% increase. If we provide the right fare structure and the right service, we will get people onto public transport. Cork is a good example. When the Cork city to Mallow fare of €3.90 was introduced, the number of passengers doubled almost immediately. If we honestly believe in public...

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Casey: ...and my own community in Laragh and Glendalough was one of the first within Wicklow to get up and running in 2004. I also welcome Celine and Jason who are not from my neck of the woods, one is from Cork and the other is from Dublin so we have a broad range. To come all the way from Cork to this debate today shows what value they put on this legislation. They are the people who are...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: ...When I sat on the housing committee with Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, we a shared a view on the Land Development Agency. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has delivered on that. One hundred percent of public land will be for public housing in the cities of Dublin, Cork and Limerick. That is what we must do and are doing. Everybody agrees that the problem in the rental market is supply. We...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: ...Minister, that was increased to 50%, while the Part V provision was increased by a further 10%, which brought it to 70%. The Minister then increased it to 80% and 20% for the cities of Dublin and Cork, and that must be recognised. It does not always work out that when a policy has been drafted at national level, it works its way down to county level. In the north of my county, Wicklow,...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: ...legislative provisions on this have been changed. Another element is public land for public housing. In fairness, the Minister of State has more or less delivered on this, particularly in Dublin and Cork where it is now 80%, with 20% under Part V. It is now delivering 100% public housing on public land.We also need to give things time to work and to see whether they work out. As I...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Pat Casey: ...They ran away from the responsibility and bided their time so that they could attack from the sideline. If there were all-Ireland medals handed out for hurling on the ditches, Sinn Féin would beat Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary combined. That is the old, cynical, populist politics that has much in common with Donald Trump and the Brexiteers and is doing much to damage the difficult,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome Mr. Pat Ledwidge and Ms Valerie O'Sullivan from Cork City Council; Mr. Anthony Flynn and Ms Eileen Gleeson from Dublin City Council; Ms Margaret Geraghty and Ms Mary Egan from Fingal County Council; and Mr. Michael Walsh and Mr. Ivan Grimes from Waterford City and County Council. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank Mr. Flynn. I am conscious of the time. We were meant to be finished at 12 noon. I will go back to the Cork City Council witnesses now who may wish to respond on the more general items. As Deputy Barry has left, there is no point in responding to the specific question he asked. The witnesses might communicate directly with him in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

Pat Casey: ...when the Minister brought it in - one was the rent was above average, and the other was that in four out of the previous six quarters, rent inflation was above 7% - that was fine, and the whole of Dublin, Cork and a number of other areas came in automatically after that Bill was passed. We do a continuing review of that, and more local areas come in, with the possibility of some falling...

Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Pat Casey: ...committee for housing, planning, community and local government, and with my colleagues in Fianna Fáil over the last number of months. Before I came into the Chamber, I went on the websites for Cork City Council and Dublin City Council to see how much independent oversight is taking place on fire certification. One of the frequently asked questions on the Cork City Council website...