Results 561-580 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Concern has been raised about the services that are provided. The core issue was that funding was not sufficient to ensure that there were sufficient services, including enough social workers, support services, on-site support and so on. There were reports of family hubs having only one staff member. That was not particularly the case with the Peter McVerry Trust, but in others, especially...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: I have just one or two more questions. I apologise if I missed this being discussed already. Was an update given in terms of the number of new units of social housing planned that have been delayed as a result of all of this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Yes. There are no projects that the trust is currently responsible for developing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: It was roughly 20 projects that had to be put on hold. How many units did that represent, roughly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Okay. It is likely a significant number of units were impacted and delayed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Ms Woods does no have that figure, no?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Are those projects progressing now? Is that the witnesses' understanding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: The delivery of housing first units has been commented on. Where is it felt the trust is in this regard? Can it progress with these units? What are the big challenges? What does the trust need to get from the State to make it happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Okay. Very briefly, we are here as the housing committee, so how does the trust, as a homeless service, see things now in this area and where does it see things going in future?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: It is a broad question. The trust has experience and is working in the area. What is it seeing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: My first question is for the regulator for whom one of the key areas of responsibility is protecting tenants. In terms of the Peter McVerry Trust, did the regulator have any concerns in relation to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Does the regulator have any responsibility in relation to emergency accommodation provided by AHBs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: Has the regulator undertaken any assessments or inspections of emergency accommodation provided by AHBs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: My next question is for the Department and relates to the funding model for NGOs in the provision of emergency accommodation in particular and in housing first as well. Will the changes made to the funding model address these issues such that we will not see a situation like this emerging again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: At what point will NGOs provide all the emergency accommodation rather than for-profit private entities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: My time is very tight. Sorry, I do not mean to be rude. Does Ms Tobin have concern for the welfare of children in for-profit emergency accommodation in Dublin? Situations have been highlighted - and Ms Tobin probably saw this - where only one staff member has been available in emergency accommodation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: On the concern about standards in emergency accommodation, a lot of it is for-profit, private accommodation. There was information on the small number of staff present. Are Ms Hayes and Mr. Mulhern concerned about that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: On housing first and the context of all this, housing first in Dublin has collapsed by 70% between quarters 1 and 2 of 2025 in comparison with the same period in 2024. Maybe the Department and the DRHE could provide an explanation as to what is going on here. I know it is happening nationally as well. What are we going to do to address it? To Mr. Mulhern----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Rory Hearne: ----and the Department, at what point are we going to deliver the social housing that will actually address the homelessness crisis?