Results 121-140 of 289 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Cara, you are an inspiration to parents and children up and down this country. You are a citizen in the true meaning of the word. You have taken selfless action to right what is wrong, you have spoken truth to power and, while you see empty Government seats, that does not diminish in the slightest what you have done, your powerful action or the massive impact you are having. We in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach probably saw the figures yesterday that showed that the average rent in this country is now over €2,000. My question is simple and straightforward. The Taoiseach and his Government accept that the housing crisis is no longer just a crisis. It is an emergency. How, in that context, can he agree with the Minister for housing, who said, as quoted in the Irish Examiner...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Because we also said there needed to be a period of time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: The rent caps. That is what I raised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Under Standing Order 35(3), I would like to propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for housing come into the House and take questions on the housing emergency. It can no longer be called a crisis; it is an absolute disaster. Commencements of residential units have collapsed to a ten-year low. The Government's plan is failing disastrously. Does the Minister have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: -----ideas to turn this around? He needs to come into this House and tell us his plans.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: My question also asked about the Minister for housing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I asked a question specifically about the Minister for housing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Is there not an obligation to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: My apologies but due to some confusion about the time, I submitted my name after the scheduled time. I do not know if I can be considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I have a number of questions that I would like Mr. Taaffe to give honest answers to. I thank Mr. Taaffe for his presentation. I appreciated it and I appreciate all the work that local authorities are doing around the country. The first question relates to the level of need of social and affordable housing. Does Mr. Taaffe believe that the current targets for social and affordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Returning to the delivery of the targets, of that 50,000 figure, how many should be social and affordable to meet housing need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: There is no part of the country that does not need affordable housing, is there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I have a couple of follow-up questions. I appreciate the time the witnesses are giving today. Do the witnesses have a figure on how much local authority-owned land there is that is currently zoned for residential development? If they do not, maybe they can provide it. Do they know if they can provide that information? That is separate from what they said about potential sites. There is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: We hear today that rents are up again 5.5% nationally. The new average rent in Dublin is €2,177 per month. A worker earning €30,000 per year would have to spend their entire take-home pay to cover that amount and that still would not be enough. Renters across this country are struggling. How can they keep paying higher rents? They are stressed and terrified about the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Will the report be published?

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: To back up my colleague, we very much support this Bill. I thank our colleagues in People Before Profit for introducing it. This is important legislation. Collective bargaining is key in terms of Ireland and our economy. When we look at it, the Irish economic model has, unfortunately, been built on an undermining of workers' rights by not ensuring collective bargaining is in place. When...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, which provided a tabular breakdown of funding that has been recouped to date, if he could more specifically provide details of the level of funding that was committed to but may not have been recouped, or drawn down, yet by the local authorities; and if he will...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. We will be supporting it and opposing the Government's amendment. This is a vital discussion. Unfortunately, it feels as if every week, we are discussing a new blockage to providing housing. The incredible thing is that each week, this new barrier is responded to by the Government and the Department of Housing, Local Government and...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Minister and my colleagues for the opportunity to speak on this issue. As an educator who worked as an associate professor in the area of social science in Maynooth University, I emphasise the importance of social policy and social sciences in education. I worked at Maynooth University, but there is also a university in my constituency, namely, DCU. It provides high-quality...