Results 121-140 of 218 for speaker:Rory Hearne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school teacher (details supplied); if her department will engage with the Teaching Council in relation to this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landowners whose land appears on the annual map for 2025 residential zoned land tax published on 31 January 2025 requested to change the zoning to reflect the economic use of the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (8 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda guidelines for engaging with peaceful protests;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16905/25]

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: The housing crisis situation is an emergency and I ask the Minister to take this motion on board. I thank its proposers for tabling it. There are many ideas in it that we in the Social Democrats have put forward. It was ten years ago, when I was involved with trade union groups and housing campaigns, that we called on Fine Gael, which was in government at the time, to declare the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 25 March 2025, the current status of the acquisition delivery team to ensure each local authority meets its tenant-in-situ purchase targets; the work the team undertook to meet these targets in 2023 and 2024; the guidelines issued to local authorities and the Housing Agency in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 439. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for implementation of the register for short-term lets, such as a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the build cost and delivery cost per unit at development (details supplied). [15011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourist Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide data on the number of short term lets which have been granted planning permission in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number that applied and were refused planning, per local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourist Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures planned to regulate short term lets in areas outside of rent pressure zones, given that short term lets are not required to get planning permission in such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 25 March 2025, the funding allocated to local authorities by his Department in order to meet the tenant-in-situ scheme acquisition targets in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of housing units purchased via the local authority scheme specifically in 2023 and 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Uisce Éireann has the capacity to deliver water and wastewater infrastructure for 50,000 new homes to be delivered each year; what additional resources would be required to achieve that capacity if not currently available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15688/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average length of time of assessments of needs nationally, in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of assessments that took 80 hours or longer. [15012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Rory Hearne: 670. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the 14,221 children who are now overdue an assessment of need, the engagement she has made with therapists and professional stakeholders to clarify how long an average assessment takes; the plans in place to engage therapists and professional stakeholders in future reforms, including defining...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (27 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 5 February 2025, the measures he refers to that were introduced in 2023 to support borrowers who wish, and are in a position, to switch their mortgage; to provide any data his Department might have on how those measures are functioning; to outline any specifics in those measures that relate primarily to people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: No, it is the institutional funds.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: Figures for house prices came out yesterday. We are now seeing astronomical house prices and the highest rate of increase in inflation for eight years. The median price of a home is now €420,000. What nurse, garda or bus driver can afford these house prices? What is the Government doing by way of an emergency reaction to the housing crisis, particularly in the area of affordable...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: They say there are delays.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: There is nothing stopping the Minister of State sharing the time with them.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is very clear that this Government is taking us away from the cherished neutrality we have had as a country and as a republic. Our neutrality is something that is core to what it means to be Irish today. It is not a passive thing but something that needs to be chosen and protected. What the Government is doing is shattering that neutrality. Arguably, it is making this decision without...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Rory Hearne: They did not vote for Michael Lowry.