TDs / Rory Hearne

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Rory Hearne

Social Democrats Dublin North-West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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487
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
142,007
words spoken in the chamber
Across 575 contributions
398
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
112
topics asked about
Across 17 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 487 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 575 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 6 0
February 2025 21 16
March 2025 24 21
April 2025 20 27
May 2025 22 28
June 2025 23 28
July 2025 126 46
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 25 7
October 2025 24 40
November 2025 12 17
December 2025 10 28
January 2026 38 53
February 2026 5 53
March 2026 40 28
April 2026 27 19
May 2026 12 65
June 2026 26 26
July 2026 11 26
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 11 22
October 2026 4 24

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 359 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin North-West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Rory Hearne Written 19 Mar 2026 · to Climate
151. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the launch of the public consultation on the National Building Renovation Plan and its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/26]
Rory Hearne Written 19 Mar 2026 · to Education
274. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update and timeframe for the additional special educational needs classes at a school (details supplied); when the school will be fully open for full school days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20978/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Climate
91. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the National Building Renovation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19282/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Finance
435. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify if local authorities are obliged to pay the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19276/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Finance
436. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify how much residential zoned land tax has been paid by local authorities in 2024 and 2025 respectively, by local authority and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19277/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
908. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the planned opening of special classes in a school (details supplied); the associated construction works; the reasons for the delays; the steps being taken by her Department to ensure the project is completed within the timeline that was previously outlined to the school; the definitive timeline…
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1018. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the protocol to allow households fleeing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to transfer time spent on a social housing waiting list to another local authority; when this protocol will be implemented, to outline the resources that will be provided to local authorities to support the implementation of t…
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1019. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the implementation of a nationwide CBL system; the timeline for roll out of the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1020. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent to date by his Department to facilitate Ireland’s participation in the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes, by expenditure type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18807/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1021. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the persons attending the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes on behalf of the Irish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18808/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1022. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide documentation, presentations and promotional material produced by the Irish government and/or his Department for the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18809/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1023. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the organisers of the Irish stand at the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes; his Department’s involvement in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18810/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1025. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to track and count the number of build to rent units which are being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18821/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1049. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the targets for accessible social housing delivered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19278/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1050. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing allocations for people with disabilities in the years 2024 and 2025, broken down by physical, sensory, mental, intellectual, or other classification of disability, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19279/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1051. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing units delivered for wheelchair accessible housing in the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19280/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1052. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 7.5% targets for wheelchair accessible social housing are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19281/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1719. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; the options available to the person in question; to provide an update in respect of any potential reinstatement of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18548/26]
Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
2242. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on the Build Back Home campaign annually since its launch, broken down by year and by spending on international and national advertising; the tracking exercise being undertaken to count the number of workers returning home; the data being used to evaluate the efficacy of the campaign; and if…
Rory Hearne Oral 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
149. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure transparency in the home-buying process, to curb ghost bids and gazumping, and to curtail bidding wars that are leading to higher house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/26]
Rory Hearne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
195. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department’s review of the National Social Housing PPP Programme, specifically bundles 4–7, which was initiated following the cancellation of PPP bundle 3, and was forecast to be complete for Q1 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17832/26]
Rory Hearne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
210. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase homes due to be delivered in 2026 and 2027 under the local authority affordable purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17831/26]
Rory Hearne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
232. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of a report published (details supplied), which revealed that only one property was purchased through CPO by a local authority in January 2026, the efforts he and his Department are making to support an enhanced programme of CPO to combat dereliction all over Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/26…
Rory Hearne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
253. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the efforts being made to increase ID residential places, in line with the recommendations of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032, that up to the average of 90-new residential places are needed each year from 2020 to 2032 to cater for changes in the size and age structure of the disabled population, and given the views of an orga…
Rory Hearne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
397. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options for individuals fleeing domestic violence and who are forced to leave a joint local authority tenancy for their own safety; the alternatives available to them to moving to a new local authority and rejoining the bottom of the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18045/26]