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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I mentioned the schemes we have to try to promote compact development in terms of brownfield sites. Does the panel feel that more needs to be done given the viability challenges in achieving development on those sites? Will Mr. Lawlor answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I will ask about transport next. Waterford is where I know best and where I have lived for all of my life. It is obviously an area targeted for significant growth in the national planning framework. It achieved 10% growth in the last census. However to speak to transport, the metropolitan transport strategy underwent consultation and was published in December, I think. A really good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: Sure, 100%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: We want to see it built on for all of those reasons. Thankfully, lots of houses are being built in county Waterford, but there are particular pinch points in some communities. The 360 bus from Tramore into the city is being rerouted. That will go via the Kilbarry Road, which will have one service provided. However, there is a business park, 2,000 houses are planned, of which 300 have been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: What I am suggesting is in the NTA document.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I have a final question as I will not come back in. Rail services are also in that document. It mentions priority additional services to Plunkett Station in Waterford to improve connectivity. I am trying to understand the NTA's remit in the context of the review under way at the moment, in terms of the Irish Rail consultation currently open for some of the intercity routes. One of their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I have submitted, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: Will that be the end of this year?
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I thank the Taoiseach for being in the Chamber. In the brief time I have I want to stress the importance of continued investment in regional Ireland, particularly in the context of the review of the national planning framework, NPF, that is under way. To have propulsive growth in the counties and cities outside of Dublin, namely Waterford, Galway, Limerick and Cork, we have to have...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is great to have her here. She has ten minutes.
- Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State. I commend the Minister and the Minister of State for the work they have done in modernising the entry system for access third level education. The changes that have been by the National Tertiary Office for people who do not have to have the requisite leaving certificate points is a really welcome move. I know this is only the start of the process and that...
- 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.
- 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?