Results 101-120 of 150 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: What is very clear is that Trump does not care about working people in the US. He does not care about working people in Europe or anywhere. What he is doing to the world economy and the US economy is sending it into freefall. As my colleague said, Trump's new world order will require a shift in our economy and our economic model. This will result in a shift globally. The question is how...

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: There are a couple of things I want to raise in this very important debate. We know we have a housing crisis and a housing emergency. The first one is the issue of responsibility and accountability. We have a fundamental problem here in that the area of water is clearly on the Department of housing's website as one of its core five competencies, along with planning, housing, heritage and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Conservation (10 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ‘Evaluation of applicability of the water reuse regulations in Ireland’ consultation which was awarded a tender in 2023, and due to be completed in early 2024; to provide details of the results and recommendations of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school teacher (details supplied); if her department will engage with the Teaching Council in relation to this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landowners whose land appears on the annual map for 2025 residential zoned land tax published on 31 January 2025 requested to change the zoning to reflect the economic use of the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda guidelines for engaging with peaceful protests;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16905/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: Somebody got a grant for €1.5 million home.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: How is that affordable?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17124/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The housing crisis is an absolute disaster. The Taoiseach spoke about homelessness earlier. I want to raise this issue. It is very clear from the data that the main cause of homelessness is evictions from the private rental sector. There is no lack of clarity in the figures on that. Some 30,000 households have been evicted since the Government linked lifted the eviction ban in 2023....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes, we can. He was a CEO who oversaw the eviction of thousands of people from NAMA receiver properties. He contributed to the housing crisis. The Government will now appoint him as a housing fixer. The only doors that will be battered down, as the Minister said, will be the doors of people who are facing eviction. It is absolutely inappropriate. The Taoiseach can shake his head. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: There were one and a half-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am not shouting. I am just-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is not-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: That is not true, actually. The Taoiseach can take that back.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach just said I was nothing of the sort. I was an academic in Maynooth. That is-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: This is the same nonsense. The Taoiseach is trying to take me down. My academic-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am, but I was also an academic in Maynooth. The Taoiseach said I am nothing of the sort of a housing expert.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach did. He said I was nothing of the sort.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: There is also housing policy. That is an expertise.