Results 1-20 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Building Energy Rating (BER) Standards for Private Rented Accommodation Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank Deputy Murphy and People Before Profit for bringing forward this Bill. When we look at housing conditions in the private rental sector, we see that there is an absolute tsunami of situations where people are living in substandard accommodation. I have met people living in the private rental sector who are living with mould and damp. As the Minister of State will know, this is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach did not read it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Government is ignoring the ideas.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach has given up on its own plan already. Where are the targets?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Government does not even have it in the plan.

Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: One of the most frustrating aspects of this is that the Irish people have shown leadership where the Government has failed. No other country has seen the level of protests, mobilisation and community action there has been in every one of our cities, towns and villages. We have seen Irish people take action on a daily basis in support of and in solidarity with Palestine. The Irish people...

Ukraine: Statements (18 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Go raibh míle maith agat. I start by expressing the Social Democrats' warm welcome for President Zelenskyy's upcoming visit and our absolute, unreserved condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which is an imperial war that has caused massive loss of life. We talk about the war in Ukraine and Russia's attack and sometimes I think there has not been enough focus on the number of...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Aois Vótála a Laghdú go Sé Bliana Déag), 2025: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank Deputy Farrelly for introducing the Bill. Dr. Farrelly and I were lecturers together in the department of applied social studies in Maynooth, and one of the areas he worked on in particular, as was spoken about, was the issue of youth work. His research has been in this area and he is one of the foremost experts in the country on it. We really need to take seriously the evidence...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: No accountability

Cost of Motoring: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: The issue Sinn Féin has raised is extremely important. The cost of motoring, particularly in the context of tolls, is a massive issue for people. This is another example of the price gouging taking place in this country. The Government throws its hands in the air and asks, "What can we do about the cost-of-living crisis?" The Government created the aspect of the cost-of-living crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (12 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to empower the Land Development Agency to purchase a factory (details supplied), ensuring it could be kept open to deliver homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships registered in Dublin northwest from 2022 to date in 2025, by LEA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61350/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (6 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit but that is an inadequate response. He acknowledged that the HSE is facing significant challenges in the provision of residential placements and in the availability of suitable housing and staffing, as well as the increasing costs of providing residential care and the changing needs of service users. He has outlined the challenge, but we need to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (6 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Táim anseo today to speak about an issue related to disability services in my constituency but which affects the wider Dublin area and the country. I will speak about St. Michael's House and about a constituent whose issue I have raised and want to raise again today. St. Michael's House on the Ballymun Road provides a range of services and supports for people with disabilities and...

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: In recent weeks we have seen in Citywest and Drogheda absolute violence with the potential for children and adults to be murdered with that arson attack. That is the reality. The Government can talk about condemning and say it absolutely thinks this is disgraceful, but I encourage people to read what the Hope and Courage Collective has put out. It makes it clear that it is the words of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yesterday's report from the Department of Finance said that the housing disaster will continue for another 15 years. That seems to be an optimistic forecast based on housing delivery doubling to 60,000 by 2030. We are facing 30 years of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil housing failure unless their housing plans radically change or they are removed from office. The lives of generations of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: -----trying to put together a housing plan. Does the Minister agree that we face another 15 years of a housing disaster?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Who is actually to blame for this housing catastrophe?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: Have you just figured this out now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank everyone for coming in today. It is a big crew. It is frustrating that we have a short amount of time to go through these things. I have a couple of questions for different groups, starting with CIF and Mr. O'Connell. We all want to see affordable homes. That is what we need. In my view the main type of supply should be affordable homes. On reducing the cost of delivery, land...