Results 681-700 of 2,180 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: I will not take all the time because I am conscious there are Oireachtas Members present from other affected counties who have questions and I want to allow them time. I wish to ask a question about the point Professor Doherty made in his previous contribution on downsizing and to tease it out a little bit in terms of his thinking. I understand where he is coming from in that respect but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: I thank Professor Doherty for his response, which I fully understand. I come from that perspective myself, but what he suggests in terms of the creativity piece is fraught with danger due to potential legal challenges on planning. I am not saying that as a block; I am just saying it as a reality. We could end up in a scenario where a homeowner wants to downsize because they want to get that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Mr. Doherty has made a valid point but I do not know how we would overcome the planning issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: That they have not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: I am happy to give way to other members. I am conscious of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: I will follow up on some of the points made in previous rounds. Am I correct that Mr. Forde said he had looked at 5,000 units with regard to the foundation issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Okay, it is split down the middle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: To be clear-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Mr. Forde has not experienced-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Yes. Regarding the body of work being done by NSAI, does Mr. Forde have an expected date for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: That is fine. I will follow up on a couple of the points my colleague, Deputy Higgins, made in her contribution regarding the timelines to do the body of work and to redo it. Mr. Mahon said that two to three months was the parameter for the existing one and that he was reliant on goodwill and volunteerism to do the excellent work he has done. He must be able to put an estimate on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Yes, and the extended areas in terms of regionalisation, as was referenced in Mr. Mahon's initial response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: From what Mr. Mahon said, it sounds as if it is an extensive body of work and would take longer than three months, if it has taken that amount of time to get the existing body of work. Are we talking five months or six months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Yes, and that was the question asked by Deputy Ó Broin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: Yes, they are two different points. On the eight house types that were used, they are typical house types. Mr. Mahon said that he does not view the cost per square metre as the best way to go about this. However, are the eight house types not a good barometer for what we are looking at here in terms of analysis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: I cannot think of a better way of looking at this than by using the eight house types. We cannot analyse every house type.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)
John Cummins: There are hundreds of house types. Is Mr. Mahon satisfied that the eight house types are a good barometer of what we were analysing?
- Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
John Cummins: I can see the thrust of what Senator Moynihan is proposing. I am more minded towards respecting county boundaries apart from where a particular urban area is bordered by another county and people in that area look towards the urban area. This could be captured in a boundary. I am not as concerned about the removal of three-seat constituencies as I am about the addition of six-seat...
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister and thank him for bringing forward this very important legislation which will help many thousands of families right across the country, particularly in affected counties. While the passage of this legislation has encountered some opposition in the Lower House over the allocated time given to debate it, it is important to note and to acknowledge the extensive work that...