Results 81-100 of 106 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and former Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD, repeatedly promised to deliver 40,000 homes last year but spectacularly failed, with just 30,330 homes delivered; - housing delivery is not just slowing down, it is reducing, with a drop in housing delivery of nearly 7 per...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Ballymun has a strong proud community that I am honoured to represent but it faces major challenges resulting from decades of State underinvestment and persistent inequalities. Despite national economic growth, between 2016 and 2022, the number of areas in extreme disadvantage in Ballymun actually increased. The Taoiseach visited the area. The State promised to support the Ballymun...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes. Where is the €2 million that was promised? Will the Minister for Justice meet the board? Will recommendations for a multidisciplinary team in Ballymun and for additional gardaí be rolled out?

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion. The empty Government benches are indicative of the Government's lack of seriousness in dealing with the housing issue and its lack of willingness to listen to new ideas. This Friday is St. Valentine's Day, and we all know who will be getting the flowers and chocolates from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Valentine's card has gone to the...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I wish the Minister the best of luck. She has a hard job ahead of her, as the entire Government does. Unfortunately, I have to raise again the issue of the 40,000 homes that were not built last year. The truth is that this Government was elected on a false claim, that it had turned the corner on housing and that it was fixing the housing crisis. The question is why it ignored the truth...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the ESB, councils, communities and individuals for the work they have done and the support they have shown to each other. Again, as we saw during Covid, ordinary people and communities in this country showed the way forward while the Government followed behind, very delayed and inadequately. The Government failed to take a serious emergency response to this storm, just like it...

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: I commend the tireless work of people across this country in the Palestine solidarity movement and the many groups that have held vigils, protests and fund-raisers for Palestine. Their genuine and active solidarity stands in contrast to Governments that dithered, delayed and now are abandoning the implementation of the occupied territories Bill. This Bill is an important act of solidarity...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 17 October 2024, to provide a definitive timeline for the commencement of construction of Metrolink, as well as a timeline for its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2471/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what consideration, if any, has been given to further extending the Luas Green Line as part of Luas Finglas to include a Luas stop in Ballymun; if not, the reason such a proposal has been rejected given the opportunity to provide a light rail service in Ballymun and link the Luas Finglas project with the Metrolink project; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to set a maximum interest rate which credit servicing firms can charge mortgage holders; if such a maximum interest rate would be aligned with the European Central Bank interest rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on progress made since May 2024 regarding the development of the permanent buildings for a community college (details supplied); if a definitive timeline for the construction of the new buildings can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes granted planning permission in Dublin city in each of the years 2020-2024 inclusive, by local electoral area and type of dwelling (whether apartments or houses), in tabular form; the number of these homes that will be affordable-purchase homes, as well as the number that will be allocated for social...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new home completions in Dublin city in each of the years 2020-2024 inclusive, by local electoral area and type of dwelling (whether apartments or houses), in tabular form; the number of these homes that are affordable-purchase homes, as well as the number that are allocated for social housing; how many of these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 795. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Ballymun Implementation Board which was announced in February 2024; whether there have been any changes to its membership since September 2024; the number of meetings of the board held since September 2024, including the dates of these meetings; whether the board’s agenda and programme of work has...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 912. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in the period after they have received an initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between six to nine months, and more than nine months for an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 913. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in the period after they have received an initial contact from a CDNT, by CDNT in CHO9 and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between six to nine months, and more than nine months...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 914. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive a therapy or other support appointment in the period after they have been referred for one following an assessment of need, by CHO and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between six to nine months, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 915. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive a therapy or other support appointment in the period after they have been referred for one following an assessment of need, by CDNT in CHO9 and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between six to nine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1092. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address overcrowding at Beaumont Hospital in light of a recent report on inspections undertaken at the hospital in late 2024 (details supplied); when the required refurbishment works cited in the report will be carried out; if she will provide an update on progress in relation to plans for a new ED and ward block at Beaumont...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Feb 2025)

Rory Hearne: 1093. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements, if any, she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in 2024 and 2025 regarding the organisation’s concerns on the future of its services; if she is supportive of the organisation expanding into Finglas west, given the need for a new GP service for the more than 20,000 people living in Finglas; the engagements she has had...