Results 521-540 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times his Department officials have met with an organisation (details supplied), or any of the subgroups it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of Housing For All, including a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number of properties that were inspected in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each month of 2025 to date; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44379/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing stock in each local authority area and as a proportion of overall social housing stock, in tabular form; and if he will report on his engagement with local authority executives to ensure that these voids are converted into use without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at local levels, for example, expanding the use of compulsory purchase orders or strengthening the ability to pursue non-payment of fines or levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering plans to introduce an affordable rental and affordable purchase housing scheme for older people who are not entitled to social housing and want to right size after selling their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering plans to introduce an affordable rental and affordable purchase housing scheme for older people who are not entitled to social housing and want to right size after selling their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in Dublin in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44387/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a progress report on the recommendations made in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2024, to create a statutory appeal structure to allow for appeals and reviews of housing decisions made by local authorities;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on progress in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (ending food poverty by 2030). [43586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on plans to reduce wealth and income disparity and inequality in Ireland; and to provide a progress report in the context of the Government’s overall commitments to Sustainable Development Goal 10, specifically the commitment to reduce inequality within countries. [43587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to SDG1 (ending poverty, including child poverty, by 2030); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 2147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering providing significant additional funding to the Ballymun Implementation Board, in a similar model to the NEIC Implementation Board, to address long-standing issues in Ballymun identified in the Montague Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 2382. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a crèche place for a child (details supplied) will be made available; to outline any interventions that can be made for the family; the steps being taken to address crèche place shortages in North Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 3478. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the Government’s plans to support communities where levels of deprivation remain high; and if he will outline said plans in respect of Ballymun, Finglas and Kilmore in Dublin. [43588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an SNA resource for a school (details supplied) previously deemed necessary was subsequently deemed unnecessary following an SNA review, and the resource has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

Rory Hearne: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to protect renters who are subletting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50147/25]