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Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Pat Casey: .... It is partly a negative one, so I had better declare it as a negative one as well as a positive one. Today’s budget is further evidence that the number one priority of the Government is to protect all the people and families facing an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis caused by the continuing plague of populist politics, in particular the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Pat Casey: ...I sat at the computer last night and tried to get the Minister's opening statement, and I saw that, lo and behold, the report for quarter 3 of 2019 has been issued. The report contains 99 pages of data, so I decided I had had enough. I sat through 12 meetings on Rebuilding Ireland and 150 committee meetings. When I went home I asked myself what it is all about. We are coming up to...

Overcrowded Housing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2019)

Pat Casey: ...revealed the scale of the problem but as rent levels continue to rise, it has only worsened. This Bill should form part of a new deal for landlords and tenants that keeps units in the rental market while protecting tenants. As I stated earlier, the statutory definition of overcrowded housing has not been updated since the original Housing Act in 1966. The definition is out of date with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Pat Casey: ...the Minister today, it looks like he will be providing a shared service for all the local authorities, although I could be wrong. This shared service will probably be the one that collates all the data that can feed information to local authorities to identify those properties breaching the regulation. If we had regulation of short-term letting platforms today, that information would...

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

Pat Casey: ...major cities of Galway, Waterford and Limerick, along with the commuter counties of Wicklow, Meath, Kildare and Louth, must be assessed urgently and that this will take place in January. As a result of our work, up to 100,000 homes will now be protected against out-of-control rent increases. This is a start but we must build on it, no pun intended. I have some reservations regarding...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Pat Casey: Social protection is a massive part of Government expenditure, the second biggest after health. Welfare for citizens remains the biggest part of Government expenditure although we were supposed to be keeping the recovery going, according to Fine Gael. In a brave move, Fianna Fáil fought this election on increased public services. We did not campaign for a selfish society based on tax...