Rory Hearne

1712. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the total number of social housing units retrofitted, by local authority area, for each of the past five years including to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44300/25]

1713. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority owned properties that have been retrofitted in terms of insulation, windows, and heating systems in the Dublin North West constituency; the number of homes that are currently waiting to be retrofitted, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44301/25]

1714. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the planning permission standards for apartment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/25]

1715. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding planning permission changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/25]

1716. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times his Department officials have met with an organisation (details supplied), or any of the subgroups it represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/25]

1725. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of Housing For All, including a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number of properties that were inspected in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/25]

1726. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each month of 2025 to date; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44379/25]

1727. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social housing stock in each local authority area and as a proportion of overall social housing stock, in tabular form; and if he will report on his engagement with local authority executives to ensure that these voids are converted into use without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44380/25]

1728. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at local levels, for example, expanding the use of compulsory purchase orders or strengthening the ability to pursue non-payment of fines or levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44381/25]

1729. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will launch and oversee an audit of mould in social housing and in accommodation leased by the State or paid for through rent allowance or HAP, in the context of widespread issues of mould in local authority and associated housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44382/25]

1730. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering plans to introduce an affordable rental and affordable purchase housing scheme for older people who are not entitled to social housing and want to right size after selling their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44383/25]

1731. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in Dublin in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44384/25]

1732. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a progress report on implementation of the Housing Commission’s recommendation to hold a referendum on the right to housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44385/25]

1733. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44387/25]

1737. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44423/25]

1738. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering plans to introduce an affordable rental and affordable purchase housing scheme for older people who are not entitled to social housing and want to right size after selling their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/25]

1739. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a progress report on the implementation of the Housing Commission’s recommendation to hold a referendum on the right to housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/25]

1740. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a progress report on the recommendations made in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2024, to create a statutory appeal structure to allow for appeals and reviews of housing decisions made by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44427/25]

1741. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/25]

1743. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on progress in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (ending food poverty by 2030). [43586/25]

1744. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on plans to reduce wealth and income disparity and inequality in Ireland; and to provide a progress report in the context of the Government’s overall commitments to Sustainable Development Goal 10, specifically the commitment to reduce inequality within countries. [43587/25]

1901. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to SDG1 (ending poverty, including child poverty, by 2030); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/25]

2147. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is considering providing significant additional funding to the Ballymun Implementation Board, in a similar model to the NEIC Implementation Board, to address long-standing issues in Ballymun identified in the Montague Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/25]

2382. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a crèche place for a child (details supplied) will be made available; to outline any interventions that can be made for the family; the steps being taken to address crèche place shortages in North Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42143/25]

3478. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the Government’s plans to support communities where levels of deprivation remain high; and if he will outline said plans in respect of Ballymun, Finglas and Kilmore in Dublin. [43588/25]