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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: If I can go back to my question relating to the Department of public expenditure being the right entity to deal with infrastructure, Mr. Sweeney might address that.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. First, regarding the LCSP, I sat on the joint policing committee. The joint policing committee has not sat since I was a member of it, which was in May 2024. It is simply not acceptable. What I am looking for is a commitment that the Minister of State will take up the substance of the issues I raised with the Commissioner. We need at least ten...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: They still have not started.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Both of us are united in our concern about the volatility of the situation in Limerick as it pertains to serious crime and the absence of an adequate and visible policing presence to tackle this. Limerick is a wonderful place and a city that has come far since the dark says of 20 years ago, yet the lack of an active and visible policing presence has become a defining feature of our city....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Eight years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I have a number of different questions and I thank the witnesses for their time. In 2017, my colleague Jan O'Sullivan introduced the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill, which sought to amend the Housing Act to impose an obligation on local authorities to treat families as a unit. There was talk that the Government was going to accept this as part of the 2024 miscellaneous housing Bill but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: My understanding is that there are variations between local authorities around the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I personally feel that what the Department of justice is doing is dangerous because it is pushing the bounds of community and social cohesion. I am very concerned at how some of the data the witnesses have presented today might be misinterpreted for malicious purposes. That is my concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Could I get an answer to my question about the PPP and bundle 3?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Given the level of homelessness, including child homelessness, which has increased in the past year, do the witnesses believe the provisions within the homeless families Bill of 2017, which the Government was minded to introduce in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024, should be included within this year’s miscellaneous housing Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I have a question about the PPP bundling and what that means for Dublin City Council's delivery. Has it paused de-tenanting because of the limbo it has been left in with that? I am asking with particular reference to Basin Lane, which is in PPP bundle 5. The planning was granted in February, de-tenanting commenced and 12 families have moved out. Has that been paused? My last question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: So that has been paused.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Does Mr. Mulhern know out of that how many of them the council would otherwise be able to progress if it was funded?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Secretary of State in the past two months. [33520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given that Marino Institute of Education is a third-level higher education institute and not-for-profit charity funded directly by her Department, consideration will be given to extending the eligibility of free frees to students in the BSc in Early Childhood and BSc in Education Studies course; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given that core funding for Marino Institute of Education has remained stagnant in 2005, she will review the core funding settlement for the institute with a view to index linking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light to the popularity of Irish-medium education, she has any plans to increase the number of places offered on the course at Marino Institute of Education given the shortage of teachers applying for positions in Gaeltacht schools and Gaelscoileanna; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Gas Networks Ireland. [33521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of builders that have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, broken down by year since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of capital investment in housing in 2024 and 2025 respectively by programme, in tabular form; to outline any additional capital investment in housing carried out by local authorities, the LDA and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/25]