Results 341-360 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: The Minister is saying developers will be able to increase the size and increase the number of units under current planning permissions that they have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Okay. It would be incredible if that were to come out later and the Department was actually aware of legal proceedings regarding the preferred bidder. Are the Department officials aware?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: I appreciate that. We will take that as a "No", that there is no awareness of that. Will the Minister clarify that Dublin City Council and local authorities will be guaranteed the funding to develop the public-private partnership projects as design and build, and there will be no impact on delays? The allocation from PPP funding is over a 25-year period, so it will require an additional...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Can the Minister guarantee that the capital allocation will be there when the local authorities come forward with design and build proposals? It will be higher than what was set aside in the annual budgets for them being delivered as PPPs, because it is over 25 years, so it will require more capital up-front.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Will there be an impact on timeframes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: What impact will there be on timelines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: It is jaw-dropping that the Minister was not aware of the legal proceedings, the judicial challenge to these public-private partnership projects. I cannot emphasise enough the impact of this on local communities in my constituency and throughout the country. A number of serious questions will need to be asked. When the Minister made the decision to withdraw from the public-private...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: It is very unfortunate that we have reached this situation and that questions on this matter cannot be answered. It is an utter disaster and a mess in terms of these local projects that are due to be delivered. It is really unfortunate we have reached this situation. I will go on to another question I want to ask. We have not raised the issue of homelessness. The Minister said it will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Dublin City Council told me directly it has suspended the tenants in situ scheme, as have other local authorities across. It has been suspended because local authorities do not have the necessary funding allocated. Can the Minister not give an emergency allocation to those local authorities to continue with the tenants in situ scheme, as was the situation last year? That would be an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Does Deputy McGrath have something to tell us?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: The Government's last action before the Dáil rises for the summer is to cook the books on affordable housing delivery and ram through new legislation to reduce apartment standards that will mean generations of Irish people will be forced to pay €3,000 a month rent to investor funds to live in dark shoeboxes. Once again, the Government is sacrificing renters to investor funds and...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: How can the Taoiseach ensure the cost savings will be passed on to homebuyers and renters and not just line the pockets of developers and investor funds?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: They will.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: But it is the developers that will come in and-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: The developers-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Not shoeboxes.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: That is not true.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: We have put it in the homes for Ireland scheme.
- Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: I thank Deputy Stanley for tabling this motion on what is a very important issue. The public dental care service has declined significantly in recent decades. It is incredible how the idea of access to dental care is considered a luxury rather than a public service that should be universally available on the basis of need. It should not be about whether people can afford to pay. It is an...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Rory Hearne: Shoeboxes.