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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: What Mr. Montague has set out is really stark. I do not think it is really understood properly by the public and it is certainly not being talked about enough. The reality is that 100,000 people are living in homes that do not have an acceptable level of fire safety.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes, Mr. Montague is saying the figure is up to 54,000 homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: That number are currently in unsafe living situations in terms of fire safety.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: I cannot get my head around that. The State knows this situation is there and that there is a potential risk to life. We have seen Grenfell. There is a lack of pace. Even if they start now, it will be two or three years before it is actually done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: The State should be intervening in some way, whether it is owned or not, to ensure people are safe. The most basic level is fire safety.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: I appreciate that the witnesses have put this across. It is imperative that this is done on an emergency basis. We cannot leave people in that situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: What comes to mind to me is that it is like a Grenfell sitting there. Are we talking about a potential Grenfell in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Is Mr. Montague saying that some apartment blocks do not have proper smoke alarms?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond on matters raised in correspondence regarding public transport issues in Dublin 5 and surrounding areas (details supplied); if there are plans to address these issues in the near future; if there are plans to provide new and additional public transport options in the referenced area; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties made available to the housing market through the 'over the shop' premises relief in each of the years and in each county, since the beginning of the relief, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: 618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been recouped for the State through the derelict site levy since its introduction to date; whether this levy will remain in place until it is replaced by the newly announced derelict property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55173/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: In this budget, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael once again showed that they put generation rent behind the developers and investor funds, which were completely prioritised. During the election campaign, they never said that their big idea was going to be a tax-cut giveaway of up to €500 million a year to wealthy developers and funds. Today, the Government's developer VAT cut has been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Who is? Is the Tánaiste saying I am?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: That is completely untrue.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: No, it is not. It is a fact that the Government is giving billions to developers and investors.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Can the Tánaiste justify billions for apartments that are built?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is half a billion.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: In two years' time, it will be up to a billion.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: In four years' time, €2 billion will have been spent.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes, because the Government will be.