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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (9 Nov 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister for his forthright comments and again I thank him for the approval that has been given today to SETU to purchase that iconic site in Waterford. It is hugely welcome and I put on record my thanks for all those who have been involved in the process over the past 12 months and more. Regarding the PPP process, there has been justified inflation. It is a build and...

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. Debates on housing in this Chamber are always welcome. I echo many of the comments made by the Minister with regard to the progress that has been made through both Housing for All and Rebuilding Ireland. If we look at where we came from in 2013, fewer than 5,000 homes were being built in this country. Last year, 30,000 homes were delivered....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)

John Cummins: I have to follow the thought-provoking contribution of my esteemed colleague Senator McDowell. I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. I welcome our friends from Comhairle na nÓg in Wexford, guests of Senator Byrne, and representatives from the National Youth Council. This is thought-provoking legislation. It is one on which I have an open mind. I probably do not look as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Weather Events (24 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for taking what I feel is a timely Commencement matter this afternoon on the need for a more specialised and location-specific warning system for extreme weather events in light of the recent flooding experienced in my own county, Waterford, Cork and many other areas.I acknowledge at the outset the utter devastation that businesses and home owners have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Weather Events (24 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Unfortunately, there are no timelines for the implementation of a more localised approach. Perhaps he could follow up with a written response to me in that regard. While generalised weather warnings might have been appropriate yesterday from the north tip of Kilkenny down to the south of the county, often, as was the case last week and this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Cathaoirleach for welcoming my guests from Waterford. I hope they enjoy their visit to Leinster House. I reiterate the comments by my colleague, Senator Lombard, regarding the serious flooding in the south of the country at the moment. A status orange rainfall warning will remain in place until after lunchtime. The evidence locally across my constituency of Waterford is that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: The Cathaoirleach will give me a little latitude in recognition of the more than 70,000 junior cycle students receiving their results across the country today. I congratulate them, their teachers and their parents. They had a very difficult time over the past three years of the Covid crisis. They are to be congratulated on their results today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I will raise one issue on the Order of Business, that is, the large scale sports infrastructure fund. As the Leader will know, it was introduced in 2018 to try to focus on those larger national governing bodies and regional projects. In my county of Waterford, the county board received €3.753 million in 2019 for the redevelopment of Walsh Park. Fantastic work has been done there in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: It will be good to have the Cathaoirleach back.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, to the House. I congratulate her and her colleagues, the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, for their work, and all of their ministerial colleagues who have put a tremendous amount of work into budget 2024 over the last number of...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State and his colleagues for their work on budget 2024. As I said in the previous debate, the fact that only three Opposition Members have spoken in the House this evening is testament to the fact that the Government has clearly put significant measures in place to be able to assist the public with the cost-of-living pressures they face. The budget is framed with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: This session is useful, as is the piece of work that is to be done here. I do not think there is a mystery to this or that there is a host of missing landlords out there. I think it is probably a miscategorisation and a non-catagorisation. I am not sure how the CSO will capture this but there are many people out there who rent from a family member. There is no requirement for them to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: No, if someone is renting from a family member, it is not required that it be a registered tenancy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: That is a big cohort, I would suggest. I am not certain how the CSO's matching exercise will be able to capture that data set. Will it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Somebody who is renting from a family member is not entitled to avail of a renters tax credit because it is not a RTB-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: -----that will not be there. I suggest that there is a significant cohort in that space. That is along with what the Chair spoke of with AHBs and licences in terms of rent-a-room and so on. I think that will get you a long way towards the figure. Dr. Byrne mentioned a sample size of 146 and he accepted Senator Fitzpatrick's point. It is a very small sample of 0.04% or 0.06%, depending on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Of course. Would Dr. Byrne care to comment on the piece about people who rent from family members? It was not mentioned in his submission but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: What was the census question for clarity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: If someone is renting from a family member and is not living rent free but paying rent, which a lot of people do, the only option they would have ticked would have been a private landlord because they would not have ticked a local authority nor would they have ticked a co-operative housing trust.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: It might frame the next census question, potentially.