Results 81-100 of 218 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and say hello to my kids in the Public Gallery. I want to talk about Beaumont hospital. It is a core provider of healthcare for the half a million people in its catchment area across north Dublin, which includes my constituency areas of Finglas, Ballymun, Whitehall, Santry and many others. Beaumont hospital is a key public service, a key provider...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am aware from consultation with the Simon Community that young people leaving the care system are often not aware of the supports the Minister has outlined which are available to them. I ask the Minister to ensure information about housing and homelessness services, and social protection supports are made available in schools, local communities and youth services. Another issue I would...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: Those are the main issues we wanted to raise today. I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: According to the Simon Community, the number of people aged 18 to 24 experiencing homelessness is approaching 1,800. This represents an 8% increase over the past year. Some of the most vulnerable and those most at risk of experiencing homelessness are young people leaving State care. This cohort of young people often leave care without a support network. They have also experienced trauma...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: The housing crisis is a social and economic disaster. Solving it requires an emergency response that is unprecedented in scale and a radical reset in policy. Yet, what we have seen so far from this Government is disarray, half-baked ideas, kite-flying and a complete lack of a joined-up approach. The proposed appointment of Mr. Brendan McDonagh, NAMA CEO, now appears to have been another...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child with additional needs in Dublin 9 (details supplied); if she will respond to the details of the case; the immediate supports that can be made available to the child’s family in respect of access to appropriate educational supports; the extent to which her Department has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (1 May 2025)

Rory Hearne: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the policy for listing party 1 and party 2 on marriage certificate documentation; if this policy differs between same sex and heterosexual couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21849/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: This planning framework is important but, unfortunately, it is insufficient and inadequate in a number of areas, which I will talk about presently. I wish to discuss the housing emergency because it is linked to this. It is linked to what is absent from the planning objectives. I refer to the absence of an objective to deliver affordable housing and any assessment of what scale of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The housing crisis is an absolute disaster. The Taoiseach spoke about homelessness earlier. I want to raise this issue. It is very clear from the data that the main cause of homelessness is evictions from the private rental sector. There is no lack of clarity in the figures on that. Some 30,000 households have been evicted since the Government linked lifted the eviction ban in 2023....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: Yes, we can. He was a CEO who oversaw the eviction of thousands of people from NAMA receiver properties. He contributed to the housing crisis. The Government will now appoint him as a housing fixer. The only doors that will be battered down, as the Minister said, will be the doors of people who are facing eviction. It is absolutely inappropriate. The Taoiseach can shake his head. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: There were one and a half-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am not shouting. I am just-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is not-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: That is not true, actually. The Taoiseach can take that back.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach just said I was nothing of the sort. I was an academic in Maynooth. That is-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: This is the same nonsense. The Taoiseach is trying to take me down. My academic-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: I am, but I was also an academic in Maynooth. The Taoiseach said I am nothing of the sort of a housing expert.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Taoiseach did. He said I was nothing of the sort.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: There is also housing policy. That is an expertise.