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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...and Ed Guiney spoke about developing intellectual property, which Mr. Horan touched on in his opening statement, and developing the screenwriting side. I just wanted to throw that out because in much of our focus in Ireland, we solve things with tax breaks. However, rather than being just a base for American production companies to ship up, use our land, use our facilities and go home...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...night and carried a front-page picture of the former Taoiseach and Meath man with the headline "Death of a Statesman". John Bruton was every bit a statesman who rose to the highest office in this land and served the people with great dignity and diligence. The passing of a former Taoiseach is always a seismic moment in the 100-year history of our country. The passing of John represents...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...USC, raising the entry threshold level and increasing the minimum wage, which have the effect of increasing the net take-home pay of a full-time worker on minimum wage by €2,300. I do not know what land Senator Warfield is living in where that is not real pounds, shillings and pence but I met three young shop assistants last week who were asking me what this budget would mean for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...xe1;la in February 2022 - 16 months ago - is still lying in there on a desk somewhere. That is completely unacceptable. To compound the matter and make it even more farcical, the road built to access the land for this development was funded and provided for by the State. It is strategic land, and the Department paid for and constructed a road so that we could build homes. The council...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Board of the National Library of Ireland (13 Oct 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...these aspects are. Looking at items that have been posted today, it was fantastic to see an illustrated work on the universe and material on the arrest of Charles Stewart Parnell and others for Land League activities. This material is such an asset for the country. Staffing is an issue we need to drill down into. The national libraries in Scotland and Wales each have nearly 200 more...

Seanad: Housing For All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...were bought up by speculators that then went bust leaving properties standing idle for years. Through funding from the urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, the council has now acquired these lands and has set out a draft master plan for the area. There is €8 million in URDF funding. The plan will see the total regeneration of a derelict area in the heart of Navan. That...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (12 Jul 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...Ours is the only county in the greater Dublin area without rail connectivity to its capital town. What has been missing over the past decade has been the political will to make this happen. When the report lands on the Minister's desk, I am confident that the scoring matrix used by the NTA that would be required to recommend the line to Navan will stack up because of the critical...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...commission should consider the question of a referendum on the right to a home. While that issue is being thrashed out, the Custom House might deal with the one major requirement for dealing with this crisis, namely, land. During the previous term, I questioned the then Secretary General of the Department, Mr. John McCarthy, on the delivery of homes by local authorities at a meeting of...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...mark when it comes to homes in our town centres. Now that inter-county travel restrictions have been lifted, I look forward to welcoming the Minister when he will be doing his John Creedon tour of Ireland. I can bring him down and he can buy me lunch because it is important the Minister sees the variance of what is happening on the ground. There are different scenarios, challenges and...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...At what percentage should the levy be set? I thank Ms Morgan for her presentation. She spoke extensively of the work that may not fall within the remit of the Data Protection Commission but is landing on her desk because it has nowhere else to go. Of these complaints, what is the age profile of complainants? Are they under 18 years? How difficult is this? Given the lacuna that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...we know, last week was a fantastic week for the Irish horse racing industry with the success at Cheltenham of so many trainers, with Rachael Blackmore becoming champion jockey and with Jack Kennedy landing the Gold Cup. Last week was also a bumper week for the bookmaker industry. Unlike other industries, which are despondent that their shops are shut, this was a godsend for the bookmaker...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Shane Cassells: I want to touch on the Land Development Agency Bill which came before the Houses of the Oireachtas this week.Coming from a county with such a huge population as Meath, the pressure of providing homes is something we deal with on a daily basis, whether through social housing waiting lists or private developments. I back the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Shane Cassells: ....In respect of councils, what is the anticipated impact of the construction lockdown on their indicative targets? I note that the Minister stated in his speech that he was working on the matter. As for the land banks on the councils' books that were acquired through the land aggregation, LAG, scheme, many were not in desirable areas. What are the councils doing to work through that? ...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Impact of Covid-19 on the Media Sector: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...facing RTÉ. I ask Mr. Lynch to address quickly how that plan is progressing in terms of the €60 million cost cutting, the 200 jobs that were anticipated to be gone this year, and the sale of land at the RTÉ campus in Donnybrook. In the context of rebalancing, there is no point cutting RTÉ to the bone and then not having a State broadcaster that can compete and...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...a good move to have someone with practical regional newspaper expertise on the commission. She is also co-chair of the Irish executive council of the NUJ, a representative on the Press Council of Ireland and has expertise with the Tuam Herald. I welcome her appointment. When the previous Government announced the previous incarnation of this commission, it said it would report by...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...maximise their return even further, the challenge that was already daunting for young couples becomes insurmountable. The Bill seeks to address these challenges by earmarking up to 30% of zoned land for first-time buyers, a very welcome initiative. This is needed because, as Deputy Darragh O'Brien said, the rate of home ownership in Ireland has dropped like a stone over recent...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...all the documents that they are examining? They are lifting them from the senior planners in every county. As Deputy Murphy noted, they are only looking at the development plans, projections for land zoned and so on. Every senior planner in the country is writing the same document. The senior planner in my county has written the business case for the extension of the train line that is...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...for the area of drugs from all parties who came together last week to show their solidarity and demonstrate that there is a united front across our Parliament in dealing with this scourge in our land. As a country, we have to ask whether we have lost the battle against this disease or whether we still have the fight in us to take control back from the drug lords who think they hold...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...xe1;il introduced the Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019 in the Dáil yesterday through Deputy Darragh O'Brien to allow local authorities to designate up to 30% of zoned land for first-time buyers. Initiatives like that to tackle this issue in the context of what the petitioner has said are worthy of consideration. I would not pursue the method the...