Results 101-120 of 146 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (1 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the changes to the financial requirements for students arriving into the country under a Stamp 2 visa to €6,665 as proof of funds, and the effect that this will have on the viability of English language schools; if her Department intends to provide additional supports to guarantee the future viability of English language...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of short-term lets granted planning permission in 2024, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of short-term lets granted planning permission in 2024, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/25]

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Water and the adequate funding of water infrastructure is something we have failed to address. We all know that there are huge issues with water infrastructure. Uisce Éireann needs at least €60 billion over 25 years to repair our water system. This is something we have failed to adequately address. It is crucial, not only for our economic development but also for the basic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children who avail of the AIM programme in pre-school have the support they receive upon diagnosis of a special need transitioned from pre-school to primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17738/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in County Meath; the number of assessors in the county; the number of assessments carried out annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17739/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I am covering for Deputy Ahern. I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and welcome the Minister to his new role. This is my first time having an exchange with him in the House. We know the Cabinet has approved the proposal to develop a State-led emergency gas reserve in the form of a floating storage regasification unit, FSRU. This will have the capacity to supply Ireland's entire...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister. I am disappointed to hear his reply. Given that the FSRU would, in theory, provide sufficient gas reserves, how can we have faith in the Government's commitment to end fossil fuel use and to reach our targets? Is it a case that the FSRU will not provide sufficient energy security and the Minister feels we need the Shannon LNG too?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I know he referenced coal but greenhouse gas emissions from LNG are 33% more potent than coal. Building an LNG terminal would lock us into fossil fuel reliance for decades. We declared a climate emergency in 2019. I remember having an exchange with a former Green Party TD before the election who assured me the Government's new planning and development Bill, which was then before the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I will make very clear my own position. I do not support the FSRU. The Labour Party believes we cannot justify this if we intend to be very serious about reaching our climate targets and achieve a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030. In light of the 2021 policy statement, which introduced a moratorium on LNG and fracked gas, and the Government's independent analysis which raised a range of...

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

Conor Sheehan: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following the Taoiseach’s recent announcement that will be appointed imminently, the powers the Housing Czar will have (details supplied) ; the function of the position; the remuneration for the position; the breakdown of the appointment process; the qualifying criteria; the person or body that carried out the...

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

Conor Sheehan: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 20 March 2025, if he will provide an updated and more detailed reply to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/25]

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

Conor Sheehan: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority under the void scheme for refurbishing vacant local authority homes, from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16668/25]

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I was not in the Chamber for Deputy Brennan's moving contribution but I did listen to it from my office. It made me stop what I was doing. I was born with a congenital dislocated hip. I have a weakness in one of my hips. I went through some stuff as a child and may have to have more treatment on my hip. Orthopaedic surgery is an especially physical form of surgery, an especially...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister for the response. I will touch on some of the points she made. Schools are very concerned that they are not sufficiently funded to open new special classes. There are issues with space, staffing, resources and appropriate sensory spaces, among other things. The majority of our traditional schools do not have the appropriate facilities for spaces that they need, like...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The national planning framework is a critical piece of work that underpins everything in regional planning, development plans and local area plans. It is vital we get this right, as this document goes to the very essence of how we do planning, development and infrastructure in this country. This plan should be an opportunity to set out and better reflect the need for a more balanced...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: A bit like the Obamas, there is apparently a rift at the heart of this marriage of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Ministers barely being seen together this week. The Tánaiste said earlier that process matters. Can he confirm, with regard to the Government's so-called housing tsar, that Mr. Brendan McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate, as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The Minister, Deputy Browne, said Mr. McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I would like to agree with and be associated with Deputy Mac Lochlainn's remarks. The Minister for housing needs to come in to the Dáil this week to answer questions relating to both the current and future funding of Uisce Éireann, the role of the so-called "housing tsar" and the strategic housing activation office. The principle of a strategic body to unblock the issues...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Today, trolley numbers in University Hospital Limerick have again exceeded 100, exceeding ten hospitals on the east coast of the country. With the recent announcement by the Government of a new accident and emergency department for Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, I am hopeful that we will soon see movement towards a second accident and emergency department in Limerick. When does the Government...