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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Where is the occupied territories Bill then?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: It contributes to it.

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank Deputy Stanley for tabling this motion on what is a very important issue. The public dental care service has declined significantly in recent decades. It is incredible how the idea of access to dental care is considered a luxury rather than a public service that should be universally available on the basis of need. It should not be about whether people can afford to pay. It is an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Investment Bank (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the State, through the Housing Finance Agency or another State body, took out a loan from the European Investment Bank for the purpose of delivering Social Housing PPP Bundle 3; whether that loan has been drawn down; if so, whether interest payments are being made on the loan by the State; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the proposed move of a crèche to a new building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on any additional childcare facilities planned in the Ballymun and Finglas area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39795/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: How can the Taoiseach ensure the cost savings will be passed on to homebuyers and renters and not just line the pockets of developers and investor funds?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: They will.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: But it is the developers that will come in and-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: The developers-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Not shoeboxes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: We have put it in the homes for Ireland scheme.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Government's last action before the Dáil rises for the summer is to cook the books on affordable housing delivery and ram through new legislation to reduce apartment standards that will mean generations of Irish people will be forced to pay €3,000 a month rent to investor funds to live in dark shoeboxes. Once again, the Government is sacrificing renters to investor funds and...

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Minister and his officials for providing the information. Maybe he can explain some of it to me. Given he has said we have a housing emergency and we also have a budget surplus of billions of euro, has he requested significant additional capital in the budgetary process and does he expect a significant increase in capital allocation in the budget for social and affordable...

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Minister. Can he understand how members of the public would be very confused and frustrated when they look at a budget surplus of billions of euro, a Government and everybody saying there is a housing emergency and that money not being allocated into delivering the additional social and affordable homes it could be if that decision was made?

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. I find it deeply frustrating and a lot of members of the public do as well. It is stated that €3.9 billion is being allocated to housing in terms of capital and then the Minister said €6.8 billion. I have a couple of questions on that. Of the €3.9 billion, how much capital is delivering new, additional units and is not in other schemes like regeneration and...

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Minister stated that €6.8 billion is being spent on housing each year. I am trying to figure out how much of that is being spent on delivering new housing each year. I refer here to LDA and Housing Finance Agency funding. I not referring to money that was spent on housing that was built a couple of years ago and that is being used to pay off loans, etc.

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: If the Minister could do that and get back to me, I would appreciate it. Following on from Deputy Ó Broin's question, my analysis is that there has been a reduction of 12% in the funding for local authority housing between 2024 and 2025. Is this right? In the 2024 Estimate, the figure was €1.6 billion. The figure for 2025 is €1.4 billion.