Results 41-60 of 630 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: It ignored the experts.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Development Agency (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he intends to ensure the LDA meets its targets with a sustainable source of funding in view of the recent report by the Department of Finance into sustainable funding options for the LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53944/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Development Agency (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: How does the Minister intend to ensure the LDA meets its housing targets with a sustainable source of funding, especially in light of a recent report from the Department of Finance into sustainable future funding options for the LDA?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Development Agency (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: We know the LDA has delivered 2,054 homes between 2018 and 2024. The biggest issue is that, of that figure, only 281 homes were delivered through direct delivery, with the majority delivered through Project Tosaigh. How does the Minister intend to ensure the LDA is adequately capitalised? What is his view of the current financing model of the LDA? I believe the LDA cost rental model is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Development Agency (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Further to that, given that the LDA lacks active land-management powers and has no strong CPO powers, is this something the Minister plans to address? The LDA has to negotiate bilaterally with all these State bodies. There was also something very concerning in the report about the possibility of the LDA selling off its assets. I want to know the Minister’s view on that. Given...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to reduce homeless figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53940/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing body applications currently awaiting approval for cost rental in his Department; the length of time each application is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53938/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the work of the Strategic Housing Activation Office; when the permanent head of the office will be announced; the powers of the office; if he intends to underpin the office with legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53939/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Communications (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with a board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53941/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if the deferral of the proposed tapering of benefit in kind will be continued following Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs overdoses in the prison system, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners held under Rule 62 and Rule 63 in the Prison Service by length of time, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people sleeping on mattresses in prisons, broken down by prison, in tabular form, between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures smuggled into prisons between 2020 and 2025, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners being treated for confirmed substance use disorders in Irish prisons between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/25]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (7 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: It is.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (7 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister for her response. The increase in the cost of developing apartments is complex. We have had multiple interest rate rises and still have not seen the evidence base for these VAT cuts. I would really like to see the publication of the advice from the Department of Finance on this. It is a major transfer of wealth to institutional investors and property developers, with...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (7 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: This was not in either Fianna Fáil's or Fine Gael's manifesto at the general election, nor was it mentioned in the programme for Government. The Government has no mandate for this. This change in the VAT rate for certain costs incurred in the construction of apartment developments might lead to an increase in the development of build-to-rent apartments, provided there is enough demand...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: To McDonald's.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Hear, hear.