I would like to thank Deputy Ward for all his work on this motion. It is very technical and I was proud to cosign it on behalf of Labour.
I heard the response from the Minister for Housing, Deputy Browne, earlier and to be honest, I was shocked - even by my standards - at how bland and unresponsive his response was to the substantive issues raised in the motion. The Government has designed a scheme that is so rigid …
TDs / Conor Sheehan
Conor Sheehan
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875
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
101,335
words spoken in the chamber
Across 379 contributions. Plus 139 contributions from the chair, not counted
390
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
195
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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What they ask about
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Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 875 in all
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Contributions to debates 379 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 6 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 26 | 15 |
| March 2025 | 38 | 10 |
| April 2025 | 26 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 29 | 13 |
| June 2025 | 57 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 126 | 34 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 49 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 37 | 25 |
| November 2025 | 36 | 34 |
| December 2025 | 50 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 36 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 47 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 75 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 40 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 54 | 35 |
| June 2026 | 43 | 27 |
| July 2026 | 23 | 31 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 48 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 29 | 12 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 190 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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- constituency Limerick City 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
They would be targeted.
We did say "targeted".
She is not playing to the Gallery.
It is amazing what the Government can find time for when it wants to. The Government could not set aside time for the Tánaiste to take questions on children on waiting lists for spina bifida, yet it can find time for this motion. It is a complete waste of time designed to shield a clapped out Government from political accountability in the lead-up to a presidential election. I spoke to Gillian Sherratt-----
----- in August of this year. I was struck by her strength and her determination to get the answers she needs in order for her and her poor husband to have closure. We need accountability. The public inquiry into this must be wide enough. It must be statutory. It must get the parents the answers and the children the treatment they need. Accountability starts with political accountability and it starts here. I have no…
The Government must be worried.
That is not what the Housing Commission said.
It is to rent shoeboxes.
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis an Rialtas as ucht an Bille seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Aontaím agus aontaíonn Páirtí an Lucht Oibre leis an mBille seo.
This is not a complicated Bill. It makes a simple change to ensure that the Housing Finance Agency can continue to fulfil its mandate in the months ahead. This is something that we in Labour are broadly supportive of. We all know the importance that the …
2. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he intends to ensure the LDA meets its targets with a sustainable source of funding in view of the recent report by the Department of Finance into sustainable funding options for the LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53944/25]
How does the Minister intend to ensure the LDA meets its housing targets with a sustainable source of funding, especially in light of a recent report from the Department of Finance into sustainable future funding options for the LDA?
We know the LDA has delivered 2,054 homes between 2018 and 2024. The biggest issue is that, of that figure, only 281 homes were delivered through direct delivery, with the majority delivered through Project Tosaigh. How does the Minister intend to ensure the LDA is adequately capitalised? What is his view of the current financing model of the LDA? I believe the LDA cost rental model is broken. Rents are way beyond th…
Further to that, given that the LDA lacks active land-management powers and has no strong CPO powers, is this something the Minister plans to address? The LDA has to negotiate bilaterally with all these State bodies. There was also something very concerning in the report about the possibility of the LDA selling off its assets. I want to know the Minister’s view on that.
Given that direct delivery is expected to deli…
Hear, hear.
It ignored the experts.
Terrible.
This budget is a budget for property developers and big American fast food conglomerates. In fact, the only PAYE worker who benefits from this is Ronald McDonald. Student fees are up by €500, with no commitment to €200 childcare or a public childcare scheme and no second tier of child benefit. In their speeches, neither the Minister for Finance nor the Minister for public expenditure cared to mention homelessness. Th…
There are, routinely, 150 people on trolleys. The Minister knows this and we need the Government to urgently act on that.
To McDonald's.
Hear, hear.
This was not in either Fianna Fáil's or Fine Gael's manifesto at the general election, nor was it mentioned in the programme for Government. The Government has no mandate for this. This change in the VAT rate for certain costs incurred in the construction of apartment developments might lead to an increase in the development of build-to-rent apartments, provided there is enough demand for these high-rent units. It ce…
I thank the Minister for her response. The increase in the cost of developing apartments is complex. We have had multiple interest rate rises and still have not seen the evidence base for these VAT cuts. I would really like to see the publication of the advice from the Department of Finance on this. It is a major transfer of wealth to institutional investors and property developers, with little or no clawback by the …
It is.
Sorry, I made a mistake. It is the Minister to respond to an Teachta Ó Snodaigh.