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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Pat Casey: ...the Office of the Planning Regulator, that was a complete and utter disaster. We adopted a county development plan where 16 out of 20 towns had exceeded their 2030 population targets. We dezoned land where critical infrastructure was in place to build houses. In fairness to the planning regulator, on this occasion he is only enforcing his own plan he drove through this House, but it is...

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: When it comes to rural planning, we must remember that we are dealing with people who want to build homes on their own land. That is not the same as development and it should be looked at in a slightly different way.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: ...regarding the farmer, Pat Dunne. We all know the importance of outdoor recreation and all our councils now have an outdoor recreation strategy. A critical part of that strategy is access to the uplands and mountains. I came across a piece in this morning's edition of The Irish Timesby Helen Lawless, who is one of the officers with Mountaineering Ireland and its clear position on dogs is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Pat Casey: ...additional accommodation in short-term lettings where these are needed. There are locations far outside of cities that will be ruled not to be viable under the new legislation. They are in no man's land, the depths of rural Ireland, and they are an integral part of the tourism product. They are in the depths of rural Ireland and are an integral part of the tourism product. Fáilte...

Seanad: Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Casey: ...critical pieces of legislation were passed prior to it, which underpin the delivery of housing under the Housing for All strategy. In the previous Dáil, we had the heads of the Bill to set up the Land Development Agency. At the time, many of us in the House had major reservations about it, but by the time it was adopted in this Dáil, the Bill was completely and utterly...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Casey: ...and opportunity to deliver housing. Part of the reality is we must deal with the private sector. In Wicklow, in the areas of high demand for housing, there is not one piece of local authority land.The local authority has no choice but to work with developers in order to deliver social and affordable homes. Nobody knows which is the better option. In fact, we might be getting better...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Pat Casey: ...in regard to how any development conforms to local area or county development plans. That commentary is specifically in regard to amendments Nos. 7 and 8. Senator Higgins raised the issue of a land zoning application which almost made its way through Dublin County Council without the councillors knowing about it. As a former councillor, as far as I am aware, land can only be zoned by...

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

Pat Casey: ...of welfare and farm families and in fighting the scourge of crime and drugs. As a Wicklow Senator, I can appreciate the different priorities and challenges the Government and urban and rural Ireland face. Budget 2022 will make Ireland a better and fairer place to live. It is about the Government being there for people when it is most needed. Budget 2022 is a progressive one. The less...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Pat Casey: This is the second budget of this historic Government coalition, which aims to give the people of Ireland value for the money they pay in taxes by investing wisely in public services such as health and education, and strategically investing in the needs of our people, particularly in the area of housing. We also need to begin the budgetary policies required to make a meaningful contribution...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: ...the tools to bring whatever housing proposals they have, and he will support them. Put the onus back on the local authorities. The Minister has given them the tools to build housing on the land, so let them get in ahead. The LDA will not be needed if the administration and councillors act in advance. It is equally wrong to say the LDA will not understand the community need and the...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: The local authority land in Wicklow has not been used for social housing at all.

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Pat Casey: ...week. With all due respect to Senator Gavan, I am not referring to him directly, but his party has to be called out on its hypocrisy. Wicklow has 4,500 families on the housing list. Bray, whose land is so scarce, proposed a scheme for social housing on public land but the Sinn Féin councillors decided they did not want that. The party's members have to stop talking from both sides...

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

Pat Casey: I am sure the Minister will agree that every opportunity should be availed of to provide 100% public housing on public land where it is needed and that he will support that. We should remember that, as drafted, the legislation provided for 30% and that, in fairness to the Minister, that was increased to 50%, while the Part V provision was increased by a further 10%, which brought it to 70%....

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

Pat Casey: ...park. I grew up beside one of our greatest heritage sites. When I saw this amendment I was unsure whether I was reading it correctly. I cannot for a moment see the LDA approaching any of these lands in respect of development. However, I understand the concerns that the Senators have raised. We have county development plans under which all these lands are protected. Section 52(3),...

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

Pat Casey: Before I begin to speak on the Land Development Agency, I want to say that I agree with Senator Mullen on the vacant site levy. At this stage, we all agree it is not fit for purpose. How it is applied in the various local authorities differs and there is no consistency. It does not do what it was intended to do. I welcome the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of the Bill and I welcome...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Pat Casey: ...is no point in having it if it is not aligned from the top down. We can start with our national planning framework policies, align the critical infrastructure to build on those policies, zone the land around that and then have a working practical vacant site levy. It is the ideal model. There are parts of it that are clearly not working at the moment. For me, it is not about the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: ...this amendment will reduce the potential to give local authorities the power to provide affordable homes. Like Senator Boyhan and others, I have an issue with section 183 regarding the disposal of land. Hopefully, this will be dealt with through the LDA process but removing an option to allow local authority members to deliver affordable housing through the LDA is a retrograde step and I...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: ...No. 6 removes the option of a local authority entering a public private partnership arrangement. In my county of Wicklow, in the areas where the housing crisis is at a maximum, there is no public land.If local authorities are to build social or affordable homes their only option is to reach out to the private sector, and I regret this because it is not my preferred option but it is the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: Returning to the topic of public land, I come from the perspective that we should use 100% of public land for public housing. I think everyone in this House agrees that the majority of our councillors also believe that public land should be used for public housing. It is ultimately their decision to propose development schemes. There is an element, therefore, of us putting our trust in...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Pat Casey: ...set ourselves targets. One way we can deliver housing is through local authorities because, to a certain extent, as public representatives, we control that space. We are a little removed from the Land Development Agency and do not have the same influence over it. The same applies to approved housing bodies. The only entities we can influence to drive the delivery of affordable homes...