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- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Now.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Government takes plenty of flak for many things but it certainly cannot be accused of not taking this matter very seriously. It is implementing a fix to what has become an issue. It is clear, as others have said, that asking students to pay for out-of-term accommodation is not appropriate. The Bill seeks to introduce three main...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cardiology Services (11 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: The expansion of cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford, UHW,is a topic on which the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I have worked continually because we are acutely aware of the need and the impact it has on our constituents in Waterford and the wider south east region. We have worked collaboratively along with other public representatives and campaign groups on a...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cardiology Services (11 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: That is the key issue. It seems from the Minister of State's discussions with Mr. O'Sullivan that we can get to that level of service while the recruitment is ongoing. Obviously, these are highly skilled individuals who are not waiting around for a phone call to take up a post at UHW. It is good that we will be able to move to that level of service while the recruitment proceeds at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: I will keep him here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: It is disappointing that we do not have the 2023 report before us. It is clearly ready. When did the RTB conclude the report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: No problem. The witnesses will be aware that in this committee, I have been focused on timelines relating to dispute resolution for the past number of years. Mr. Keegan's predecessor would have said that the ideal timelines for dispute resolution through the mediation process were four to six weeks and 12 weeks for adjudications. Would Mr. Keegan agree that these are the ideal timelines...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: So the RTB is at 9.2 or 9.3 weeks for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: The obvious follow-on question is this: when does the RTB expect to meet its target timelines of eight weeks and 16 weeks that have been agreed with the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Is it not eight weeks and 16 weeks then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Absolutely, and I understand that point. I go back to the question, which was when does the RTB expect to meet the eight-week and 16-week target timelines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: The RTB will be meeting the eight-week and 16-week deadlines by the first quarter of next year. . Ms Louise Loughlin: That is the intention, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Yes. This is obviously a major focus here because, as Mr. Keegan said, these numbers are unacceptable. If we look at the most recent report, from 2022, 33% of the RTB's cases were as a result of rent arrears or overholding, 19% concerned validity of termination notices and 17% were for breach of landlord obligations. On the other side of all this are landlords and tenants, who, in many...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: To pick up where Mr. Keegan left off, the exercise the RTB carried out on the data between quarter 4 of 2022 and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: -----May of this year was very useful. What number does the 5.5% he mentioned represent? What is the total number of notices from quarter 4 that were analysed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: I agree.