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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: AHBs have no role in cost-rental tenant in situ.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: It is the Housing Agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I know of three people paying rent to the Housing Agency, not to an AHB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: But this happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I apologise for being late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Surely Deputy Ó Broin is not suggesting that it requires legislation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: -----if local authorities are already doing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Deputy Ó Broin well knows that everything relies on this with regard to housing. Everything relies on a good housing official or a good worker who is driving a scheme. We have provided varieties of schemes in a host of areas that have statutory underpinning. Some local authorities are performing with them and some not, regardless of the statutory underpinning. What does Deputy Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: It is one of its primary functions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: My view is that what is being proposed here is unnecessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I will put the counterargument and say we have had statutory underpinning for more than 12 or 18 months with affordable housing. Some local authorities are doing the business and others are not doing the business at all. This is with regard to statutory underpinning for affordable housing. It goes back to the original point made by Deputy Ó Broin that it still relies on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: We are all experiencing difficulties with HSE responses to queries at the moment, especially parliamentary question responses. One of those a colleague of mine submitted regarded the costs associated with reviews of medical cards for those over 70 years of age. The reason I am looking for the cost of doing those reviews for over-70s is that I estimate that more than 100,000 of those reviews...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (24 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: I feel this is an important and timely Commencement debate on the pressures being faced by small businesses right across the country. To be clear, I am talking about those that are predominantly high-labour, low-margin, food-based businesses, but also small retailers like the corner shop and newsagents. We all know that many elements of our economy are doing exceptionally well at the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (24 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: I also hope they have an enjoyable day. To follow on from some of the Minister of State's points, the increased cost of business scheme must get to businesses quickly. I stress the need for immediate dialogue with local authorities to ensure it gets to businesses. It is not misinformation but more of a misunderstanding of what the scheme actually is. A communication campaign by the...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to start our debate on what is a fundamental change in local government, namely, this Bill. The people of Limerick were brave in the decision they made in 2019 in going along with the proposal put to the people in a plebiscite. As the Minister of State knows, at the time the people of Waterford and Cork were also given the opportunity to vote and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: The Chair has set out the situation pretty well. From memory, I am fairly sure, and I ask the Chair to clarify, the McVerry Trust wrote to this committee on two separate occasions over the past 12 to 18 months requesting to appear before this committee. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: The reason for asking that is the McVerry Trust wanted to come in on its terms to discuss an issue of importance, but it is not willing now when it is experiencing difficulties. That is unacceptable. This is an organisation that is largely funded by the public purse. As a result of a Cabinet decision taken before Christmas, a bailout was put in place for it to allow it to continue to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: I hope we will all get that leeway. I thank Mr. Coleman and his team for coming before the committee, albeit a bit later than we would have hoped. Certainly it is welcome they are here. That is not the case regarding the Peter McVerry Trust, which we were discussing prior to the arrival of our witnesses today. I welcome the fact that the LDA is here. I and my party fully support the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: Is the LDA set up to sell houses? This is the question I will put to Mr. Coleman. The experience I have had would suggest the organisation is not yet set up adequately to sell houses. I will give the example of Summerfields, not to be parochial but because it is the scheme I know best. Many months have gone by and there is no signage on the site to say there are homes for sale under the...