Results 21-40 of 150 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the ESB, councils, communities and individuals for the work they have done and the support they have shown to each other. Again, as we saw during Covid, ordinary people and communities in this country showed the way forward while the Government followed behind, very delayed and inadequately. The Government failed to take a serious emergency response to this storm, just like it...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I wish the Minister the best of luck. She has a hard job ahead of her, as the entire Government does. Unfortunately, I have to raise again the issue of the 40,000 homes that were not built last year. The truth is that this Government was elected on a false claim, that it had turned the corner on housing and that it was fixing the housing crisis. The question is why it ignored the truth...

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion. The empty Government benches are indicative of the Government's lack of seriousness in dealing with the housing issue and its lack of willingness to listen to new ideas. This Friday is St. Valentine's Day, and we all know who will be getting the flowers and chocolates from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Valentine's card has gone to the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Ballymun has a strong proud community that I am honoured to represent but it faces major challenges resulting from decades of State underinvestment and persistent inequalities. Despite national economic growth, between 2016 and 2022, the number of areas in extreme disadvantage in Ballymun actually increased. The Taoiseach visited the area. The State promised to support the Ballymun...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes. Where is the €2 million that was promised? Will the Minister for Justice meet the board? Will recommendations for a multidisciplinary team in Ballymun and for additional gardaí be rolled out?

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and former Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD, repeatedly promised to deliver 40,000 homes last year but spectacularly failed, with just 30,330 homes delivered; - housing delivery is not just slowing down, it is reducing, with a drop in housing delivery of nearly 7 per...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Where were you this morning?

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: No, you were not here for the debate.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: You came in at the very end.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I appreciate the Minister coming in for the last ten minutes of the debate. I look forward to hearing from him the reason he was not here earlier. I believe, in all fairness, that it is disrespectful for the Minister to claim he was present for a debate when he arrived in at the very end. It is indicative of a Government that is unwilling to listen to new ideas. When this country was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: This issue relates to access to services for children with disabilities. The Government is utterly failing a generation of children with disabilities and their families. We can see this clearly in Dublin North-West, the area I represent. The children’s disability network teams, CDNTs, are under-resourced and there are unacceptable delays in assessments, with multiyear waiting lists...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: The response, while welcome, is inadequate. If we look at the situation facing these families, particularly the children, they cannot wait. They cannot be left waiting for months and years for access to basic services and assessments of need. Early intervention is absolutely key in this regard. These families are struggling. I have spoken to them and they have contacted me. I have met...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Thousands of children with disabilities up and down this country are waiting for vital services, therapies and school places. We have been raising their cases in the Dáil. I raised the case of Noah who is autistic and non-verbal, and of Jack who is six. Is it acceptable to the Tánaiste that children are left without services and school places? We know early intervention is key....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Can you guarantee every child will have a place?

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I wish the Minister and Minister of State the best of luck. It is going to be a tough job. All of us here know it is the most serious issue facing the country. I have described it as a social disaster and a social catastrophe. The Minister and Minister of State know it is too. I often speak very passionately and very emotionally and bring forward the cases and human reality of the crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on work being done in respect of early diagnosis interventions and access to services as referenced in the Disability chapter of the Programme for Government. [6427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (25 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the number of properties subject to the vacant homes tax (details supplied); the measures being taken to increase the effectiveness of this tax in respect of bringing vacant properties back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (25 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work is being done to establish a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a child-centred, school-based service across occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology in primary schools in the Ballymun area, given current levels of need; if she will engage with the Ballymun Implementation Board established by the Government in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department conducted research to inform the Government decision not to re-introduce a ban on no fault evictions; if so, if he will make this research publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (25 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of spending by the Land Development Agency in the years 2023 and 2024, including a breakdown of that spending by type/area of expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8185/25]