Results 61-80 of 146 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: We still have not had a proper rationale as to why the Minister has decided to curtail this scheme. Now that single people are excluded from it, and we know single people are not moving on the housing list at the speed we would like due to the shortage of available units, can the Minister outline what new measures the Government will be bringing forward to stop them from entering...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I welcome our visitors to the Public Gallery. I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. It would be remiss of me to speak about young carers without acknowledging our 2024 Limerick Person of the Year, Ellen Gannon from Newcastle West who cares for her two brothers, nine-year-old twins Andrew and James, both of whom are autistic. Today we heard very powerful testimony...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in situ properties acquired in 2024; the number he expects to be completed in 2025; to provide a breakdown of the €265 million announced for housing acquisitions, including unit allocation, by local authority; if the allocation of funding for tenant in situ includes funding for refurbishments; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a timeline and action plan for meeting the targets to work towards ending homelessness, as agreed in the Lisbon Declaration; the additional policy measures he intends to take; if he will consider amending the Housing Act 1988 to oblige local authorities to take into account the best interests of a homeless child, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Offices (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when he will establish the Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Delivery Office, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if the office will be underpinned by legislation or sit within the existing structures of his Department; if he has developed the criteria and detailed job description for the chief of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local democracy task force will be convened; if he intends to review the number and distribution of councillors across local authorities; if there will be a review of the boundaries used for local authority elections in advance of the next local elections; his timeline for the establishment of town councils; if there...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 332. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the recent legal action threatened by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all the agencies and organisations that he has met with in his first thirty days in office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Reviews (4 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how he intends to progress the measures contained in the Industrial Relations (Provision in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department intends to implement the proposed reduction in the distance eligibility criterion for post-primary students under the school transport scheme from 4.8 km to 2 km; if she will provide details on the planned timeline and any associated budgetary or operational considerations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 829. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the €265 million approved for housing acquisitions in 2025, by housing programme; the amount approved in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units local authorities will be able to acquire under the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; if each local authority has been provided with the numbers each can acquire; if not, when that will be outlined; the amount in total allocated for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; the amount approved in 2023 and 2024, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will revise current housing policies to ensure fairness for older individuals who have contributed to society throughout their lives, specifically, many retirees who only become eligible for placement on the housing waiting list once their income drops upon retirement, a situation which forces them to face unaffordable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 965. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications under the cost rental equity loan scheme are under consideration by his Department or relevant agencies; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the value of funding requested; the date on which each application was submitted, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 966. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications under the cost rental equity loan scheme have been approved by his Department or relevant agencies in 2024, and in 2025, respectively; the sponsor and location of each approved application; the number of units in each; the level of approved funding for each; the date of submission and the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 967. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation for the cost rental equity loan scheme in 2024; how much was used; the allocation for 2025; the current available amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 968. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation for the capital advance leasing facility scheme in 2024; how much was used; the allocation for 2025; the current available amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 969. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications under the capital advance leasing facility scheme, CALF, have been approved by his Department or relevant agencies in 2024 and in 2025, respectively; the sponsor and location of each approved application; the number of units in each; the value of funding provided; the date of submission and the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications under the capital advance leasing facility are currently under consideration by his Department; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the requested funding level; the date on which each application was submitted by a local authority, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 971. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications under the capital assistance scheme are currently under consideration by his Department; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the stage of the process each is at; the date on which each application was submitted and the estimated value/cost of each, in...