Results 261-280 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permission exemptions for VATSUs granted in 2024 and 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44273/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of new operatives and new trades apprentices hired into each of the 31 local authorities, in each years since 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44274/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has investigated forming a State construction company, similar to an ESB for housing, with the aim of providing secure employment for construction workers and a supply of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44275/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has explored setting up State delivered modular housing factories to accelerate housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will launch and oversee an audit of damp in social housing and in accommodation leased by the State or paid for through rent allowance or HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will launch and oversee an audit of mould in social housing and in accommodation leased by the State or paid for through rent allowance or HAP, in the context of widespread issues of mould in local authority and associated housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44382/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the average cost of each home, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V acquisitions made in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 that are occupied, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date capital cost ceilings for each local authority under the auspice of the Social Housing Investment Programme, Part V, turnkey and acquisitions, in tabular form; and if these ceilings have been reviewed recently or are in the process of being reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the average cost of delivery for each local authority under the auspice of the Social Housing Investment Programme, for all forms of social housing delivery – including direct delivery, Part V, turnkey and acquisitions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his thoughts on the cessation of tenant-in-situ purchases made by local authorities; what alternative homelessness prevention intervention his Department is considering replacing preventions previously provided by tenant-in-situ acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the total number of social housing units retrofitted, by local authority area, for each of the past five years including to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority owned properties that have been retrofitted in terms of insulation, windows, and heating systems in the Dublin North West constituency; the number of homes that are currently waiting to be retrofitted, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Appointments (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the planning permission standards for apartment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Appointments (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding planning permission changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times his Department officials have met with an organisation (details supplied), or any of the subgroups it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of Housing For All, including a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number of properties that were inspected in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each month of 2025 to date; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44379/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing stock in each local authority area and as a proportion of overall social housing stock, in tabular form; and if he will report on his engagement with local authority executives to ensure that these voids are converted into use without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at local levels, for example, expanding the use of compulsory purchase orders or strengthening the ability to pursue non-payment of fines or levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44381/25]