Results 41-60 of 708 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does Dr. Crowe think the figures, for example the 2% vacancy rate and the reports of significant reductions in vacancy, are accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: My time is short so I would ask Ms Sherry and Dr. O'Connor to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (21 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: 462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if there is a practice of applying cost deductions on AHB scheme approvals, in the form of disallowing major portions of land, construction, communal, and financing costs; to clarify if this practice is in some cases disallowing costs ranging from €2-4 million of the cost to build the schemes, making the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the new voids programme, as promised in the Programme for Government 2025, to improve the turnaround of vacant social housing units and if AHBs are now being provided with tenant nominations prior to housing completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56597/25]

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Social Democrats are happy to strongly support this motion. I thank Deputy Ward and the Independent Technical Group for bringing it forward. It is absolutely one of the most important motions that will be brought forward in this Dáil term because the issue that faces people across the country who are affected by defective blocks is twofold. It is State and market failure. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Chair for bringing me in. I am also not a member of the committee but as the witnesses may be aware, housing and the housing crisis is my perspective and approach to this. I have been following the progression of this legislation, or should I say the lack of it. I am very concerned, at the outset, as to whether this will address the issue of homes, particularly family homes,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: My interpretation is that it is essentially saying, if this is the case, that if you are in an area with population of under 10,000, you are being advised to grant planning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Let us say, theoretically, that it is the case. We will have towns in Dublin like Newcastle, Kilcock in Meath and these sorts of places to which, potentially, the restrictions will not be applied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. I am very concerned about that as being potentially limiting. The other issue is the planning requirements. If all of these short-term lets have to apply for planning, what sort of timeframe does Ms McGuire see all of those units being granted planning in, given the pressures in councils with regard to a lack of resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. Ms McGuire has no sense of what point. To me, it would seem like that is going to take a long time if all these operators have to apply for planning permission and get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Has the Department done any estimation of how long it thinks that will take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: It seems like it would be a core aspect of achieving this and implementing it. I would have thought the Department would have looked at that and was estimating it was going to take this long and, with regard to the measures having an impact, this is when they will start impacting from.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: It seems very unlikely that thousands will have that in place by then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does the Department have any concern about how councils are essentially going to be certifying these units of accommodation and short-term lets in terms of fire safety standards? Given the pressure councils are under, does the Department have any concern that the deregulation of accommodation in back gardens, for example, is going to lead to a proliferation or an increase of substandard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. Does the Department have any concerns about the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes.

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Social Democrats are happy to support this increase to the borrowing ceiling for the Housing Finance Agency. It is the correct thing to do, but it is limited. We would like it to be higher. We believe there needs to be a significant increase in the delivery of social and affordable housing beyond what is currently being delivered and financed. Many questions are being asked at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: More emergency accommodation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: Because the Government is causing-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is the developers. You just give it to the developers.