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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: The Minister is correct. Fifty percent will be local authority homes and 50% will be private rental homes, which will have a very positive impact on the private rental market in Waterford City.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: One such incentive is the announcement yesterday in relation to the vacant property refurbishment grant, which will now give people who own a derelict property up to €70,000 in grant support to bring that into productive use for themselves or another family. It is another important incentive introduced by Government to proactively engage with the owners of those properties to try to...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: I will share my time with Senator Burke if I may.

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: I compliment my Green Party colleagues on bringing forward the motion. It is an important and timely discussion on water services. We have had yesterday's announcement on the waiving of connection charges for domestic wastewater and water connection charges to try to unlock and speed up the development of housing. The same logic applies here in the development of public water bottle refill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: I agree with the Minister on the importance of the fresh start principle. I sent him a copy of an email, having blocked out the names, received by my office about a month and a half ago from a lady who is separated and divorced and who, because of the change in rules from 20% to 10% and the changes to implement fresh start via the shared equity scheme, is now going to be moving into a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: Not enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: Will the Department issue it by circular?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: What of targeted leasing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

John Cummins: Nobody does.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. She has had a busy morning filling in for her ministerial colleagues. I am sure that the Minister of State will agree with me that the housing adaptation grants that are issued by local authorities to older persons and those with disabilities is some of the best value to be had for the money the State spends each year. Last week, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. My local authority received €1.8 million last week under the disabled persons grants scheme but I believe that is insufficient to meet the needs in my area of Waterford. I welcome the fact an announcement is imminent in regard to the social housing stock but from engaging with the housing team in Waterford, as an example, it could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: I will continue on the same subject. The representatives should excuse the simplicity of my questions because I want as simple a breakdown as possible. What is the difference between existing-use value and market value? If we are talking only about land subject to an uplift and if it has been zoned as residential for the past 15 years, does it come into scope?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: It would still be considered an agricultural land value, despite the fact it is zoned for a period of 15 or 20 years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: It goes back to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: The register that has been mentioned will form an integral part of this. I always get worried when I hear the phrase "subject to GDPR". What is the anticipation with regard to what can be and what will not be on the register as a result of GDPR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: These would be suboptimal obviously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: Valuations play an integral role. Notwithstanding the principles that will be set out, if three valuers come in to value a parcel of land, house or anything, they will not all come up with the same figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: I will move on to the urban development zones, UDZ. I note the commentary from Mr. Hogan at the outset on the strategic development zones. There is a significant SDZ in my county of Waterford at the North Quays. One of the difficulties with it for several years has been with the upfront public infrastructure required to unlock a site after it has been designated. The urban regeneration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

John Cummins: It would be a UDZ fund. If a site is designated but over and above this a piece of infrastructure must be funded to unlock it, is this something the necessary Department could feed into? For example, the Department of Transport could give X amount to the fund and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage could give another amount. I am just trying to tease it out with the...