Results 181-200 of 415 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: The motion is a very important one. It is putting forward solutions. We have heard criticism directly from the Taoiseach regarding the lack of solutions, but they are there, we have put them forward and we are putting them forward again tonight. The Opposition parties are bringing this motion to highlight that this housing crisis is no longer just a crisis. In fact, it has not been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: My first questions are for the Housing Agency. According to its analysis of the rent measures, average rents will rise. Could Mr. Whelan give an estimate of how much the agency sees average rents rising by in the next three to five years as a result of the new measures? When does it see rents falling as a result of the new measures? What is the agency's estimate of how many affordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: Based on that analysis, the Housing Agency still expects average rents to rise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does the Housing Agency have any plans to do assessment of need for affordable housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: I think that should feed into the new housing plan. As time is short, I want to move on to the Land Development Agency. How much capital did the LDA spend last year in delivering housing? How much does it intend to spend this year? Are there any viability risks or sustainability risks in the delivery of cost-rental housing? If the Government gave the LDA an additional €1.5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: Are there any viability risks in terms of delivering cost-rental housing particularly in relation to rents? If the LDA got an additional €1 billion or €2 billion, could it deliver more housing in the coming two to three years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does Mr. Coleman have any concerns into the future over cost rental and the affordability of rents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: Following on from previous questioners, in terms of the Land Development Agency and the issue of moderately constrained land and the potential of 56,000 homes, the timeframe Mr. Coleman has set out feels very long given the context of the crisis we are in. I again ask the question: what can be done to speed that up and bring that land on board? In particular, he said the land report relates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to expand the e-scooter legislation which was introduced in May 2024 in order that it also involves a requirement for registration and insurance of an e-scooter, and statutory checks on the technical specification of an e-scooter. [32197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance further to interactions at the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport on 28 May 2025 (details supplied), if he will clarify his Department’s interpretation of the Revenue Commissioners v. Karshan (Midlands) Ltd t/a Domino’s Pizza [2023] judgment in the Supreme Court in respect of self-employment versus employment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide available data on the impact of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2027's Implementation Plan on people with intellectual disabilities, including stakeholder feedback on housing accessibility, waiting times, and unmet needs; how the Government plans to improve data collection and consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2024 interim review of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32597/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooter related road traffic incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: 581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooter related road traffic offences recorded by An Garda Síochána since the introduction of e-scooter legislation in May 2024, by policing district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31803/25]

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is another scandal. It is another failure of our State to protect our most vulnerable. The failings of care that have been revealed in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme are horrifying. Vulnerable residents were left unsupervised, there was a lack of basic supplies and there was the rough handling of older people. One of the nursing homes featured is Beneavin Manor in my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: When did I say that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Rory Hearne: I never said there was no role for the market. That is a lie.