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Conor Sheehan

Conor Sheehan

Labour Party

I believe in Limerick. It’s where I’m from, where I’ve worked and studied, but I think we can do better. I want to make Limerick the best place in Ireland to work, live and raise a family. I want to be the voice at the top table for people who have suffered on foot of the economic and housing crisis

Priorities

  • Housing

    We need to build 1500 homes a year, tackle dereliction and vacancy and bring life back into our city centre by getting people living in our city again

  • Transport

    I want to deliver park and ride, implement Bus Connects, roll out contactless payment, a bus service for Newcastlewest and Kilmallock.

  • Law & order

    We need 30 extra Gardaí, as Mayor I will seek to chair the Community Safety Forum and chair a mayoral taskforce on addiction and homelessness.

These answers were provided by the candidate

Taxes and charges
1 of 21 questions
Local Property Tax rates in Limerick should be reduced, even if it means cutting spending on local services and amenities
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The LPT is a progressive tax and one of very few revenue raising measures Limerick City and County Council have. As a net benefactor of the equalisation fund, I want to see LPT revenue invested in community amenities such as parks and playgrounds. "

- Conor Sheehan
Taxes and charges
2 of 21 questions
Commercial rates in Limerick should be reduced to help local businesses, even if it means cutting spending on local services and amenities
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We have a rates rebate scheme which covers businesses earning up to €30'000 a year. We need to introduce higher retail economic incentives to allow businesses to cover the true cost of fitting out a vacant unit. "

- Conor Sheehan
Taxes and charges
3 of 21 questions
On-street parking charges should be reduced, even if it means cutting spending on local services and amenities
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Parking in Limerick costs 50 cent per half hour. "

- Conor Sheehan
Housing
4 of 21 questions
The Council should increase the percentage of social and affordable housing in all new developments
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need to deliver more social and affordable homes by securing full devolution of the housing budget. The LDA need a design team and a programme of works in Limerick and we need to zone more land for housing."

- Conor Sheehan
Housing
5 of 21 questions
If someone refuses an offer of social housing, they should be put to the back of the waiting list
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "There are mechanisms in place by Limerick City and County Council to deal with this and the Mayor will have no role in the allocation of housing. "

- Conor Sheehan
Housing
6 of 21 questions
More accommodation for Travellers should be built in Limerick
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Limerick City and County Council has an excellent Traveller accomodation directorate and I will take their professional advice on the provision of Traveller accommodation."

- Conor Sheehan
Housing
7 of 21 questions
Too many one-off rural houses are being built in Limerick
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need more serviced sites and cluster housing to allow people to live in the communities they were raised in but there must be balance. Housing in rural areas must be constructed where the state can deliver infrastructure. We need to invest in sewage and water infrastructure in rural areas."

- Conor Sheehan
Housing
8 of 21 questions
To increase housing density in urban areas, new developments should be limited to one parking space per house
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Transport
9 of 21 questions
The provision of public transport (rail and bus) should be prioritised over building roads
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need to prioritise public transport but also ensure that our roads are adequately maintained and safe both. The NTA and in turn Government have underfunded Limerick City and County Council in their block grant allocation for road maintenance for 2024."

- Conor Sheehan
Transport
10 of 21 questions
Too many bike lanes are being built in Limerick
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Transport
11 of 21 questions
Road projects such as the N/M20 and the Northern Distributor Road must be urgently progressed
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The M20 must be urgently progressed. The Cork/Limerick road is extremely dangerous. Given that the NDR is not in the National Development Plan, it is not worth the paper it is written on. There is no stream from which to draw funding from and as a result it is undeliverable. "

- Conor Sheehan
Transport
12 of 21 questions
More streets in Limerick city and town centres should be pedestrianised
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Transport
13 of 21 questions
The new 30km/h speed limit in Limerick city centre should be extended to more urban areas
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "I am theoretically in favour of extending this because 58 people have died so far on Limerick roads this year but it is meaningless without enforcement. The RSA have also completely failed in their stated aim of reducing road deaths. "

- Conor Sheehan
Health
14 of 21 questions
To address the trolley crisis, it is better to expand capacity in the UHL emergency department than to re-open other emergency departments in the region
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need a Model 3 hospital in the Midwest with a second Emergency Department, Medical Assessment Unit and ICU. The Minister's smokescreen of a "review" announced a month before a local and mayoral election is a political stunt."

- Conor Sheehan
Health
15 of 21 questions
The development of new private hospitals in Limerick will undermine the public health services and should be opposed
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Law & order
16 of 21 questions
The Council should be more willing to evict local authority tenants who engage in anti-social behaviour
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "The Council has a robust system in place for tenancy sustainment. I don't agree with this statement, evict them where? into homelessness and addiction? "

- Conor Sheehan
Law & order
17 of 21 questions
The Council should step up efforts to impound horses that are held without licence
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Environment & energy
18 of 21 questions
More wind farms (including onshore) should be built in Limerick
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Environment & energy
19 of 21 questions
It would be good for the region if the Shannon liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal went ahead
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "Embedding dirty fuel infrastructure in our energy system is contrary to Ireland’s legally binding climate targets."

- Conor Sheehan
Immigration
20 of 21 questions
Some vacant buildings in Limerick should be used to alleviate the shortage of accommodation for asylum seekers
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Immigration
21 of 21 questions
Limerick should accommodate a proportionate share of the asylum seekers who come to Ireland
  • Agree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Disagree
  • No opinion
Comment: "We need an immigration system that is rule based fair and humane and that works properly."

- Conor Sheehan