Results 61-80 of 228 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Engagements (27 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with the new strategic infrastructure unit in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation since its inception; to provide a breakdown of Departments and agencies that were present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a single deferential rent scheme for local authority tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27674/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (27 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the programme that will succeed the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I utterly condemn the actions of Hamas and Hezbollah. However, yesterday a member of the rap group Kneecap was charged with terrorism offences in the UK. They were charged under legislation that the British Government has been rather selective in its application of. The British Government has sent over 14 shipments of arms to Gaza. Last year it sent £127 million in military equipment...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: This starts and ends with Benjamin Netanyahu. For many years, Netanyahu and his regime propped up Hamas at the expense of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority in order to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and nobody has done more to undermine the State of Israel than Benjamin Netanyahu. Finally, we are seeing a shift - belatedly - in the position of the international...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I wrote the letter because many of the issues we are having at the moment with housing delivery actually relate to infrastructure. Yesterday, the housing committee heard from the CCMA, which outlined how 30% of local authority land could not be developed because it was not serviced with the necessary infrastructure. It would be useful to hear from the Minister...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. In 2018, the construction sector group was set up in the Department of public expenditure. I am interested to know how this new group is different from that group. When the infrastructure unit was first announced a couple of weeks ago, to me it sounded very similar to the construction sector group. One of the issues I had with the construction...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: We are short 500 of them.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (21 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT appointments cancelled by the NCT service, for each test centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I wanted to ask about the Minister's upcoming section 28 guidelines regarding the reopening of development plans. Is it the witnesses' understanding, from the way this will be worded, that these guidelines will be advisory and not mandatory? Do they think that if there is not a mandatory mechanism with respect to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 860. To ask the Minister for Health when the new national drugs strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current and future funding of Uisce Éireann, whether additional capital funding will be allocated following the revelation that the €1 billion announced as part of budget 2025 was not for additional capital investment; what additional funding the Government intends to provide to cover the shortfall...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review into rent pressure zones will be published; what measures he will take to safeguard renters in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for his assessment of the number of commencements for the first quarter of 2025; what measures his Department is taking to address this number and furthermore the measures his Department is taking to address uncommenced planning, particularly in relation to apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the process for the establishment of the strategic housing activation office; to detail how the office will sit within the structures of his Department and whether the office will be underpinned by legislation; to provide the staffing complement of the office, including the number of people seconded from his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant council houses, broken down by local electoral area, for 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 339. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams and grants that may be available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25051/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I echo what other speakers have said in wishing the Cathaoirleach well as he takes up his role as Chair of this committee. He is very experienced and has valuable previous experience with the public accounts committee and the finance committee, but also as a Minister of State, which is invaluable. The work of this committee is important in cutting across Government policies and Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (14 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current and future status of Uisce Éireann; whether additional capital funding will be allocated following the revelation that the €1 billion announced as part of Budget 2025 was not for additional capital investment; to outline the additional funding Government intend to provide to cover the...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as ucht an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Water and the adequate funding of water infrastructure are issues we have failed to address properly in this country over many years. We all know there are huge issues all over the country, many of which have been outlined this evening with regard to our water infrastructure. Our...