Results 1,901-1,920 of 2,240 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: I am just mentioning the development partner that is in for planning permission in the case of the North Quays project. We do not want a situation where it, or its equivalent in another location, misses three months just because we do not have it open at a particular point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: The question then is whether someone will be able to put forward a proposal that is in the planning system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: The North Quays is an SDZ, as the Minister knows.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: I thank the Cathaoirleach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: That could not be the case. There are not that many on the housing list in Cork at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: The Deputy knows well what happened with the construction sector.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: I commend Senator Boyhan on being able to speak for longer than 15 minutes. I will be sharing time with Senator Seery Kearney. As has been mentioned, this is a colossal Bill. It is 747 pages, has 22 Parts, six Schedules and 590 sections. It is the biggest overhaul of our planning legislation in a quarter of a century. Why are we doing it? We are doing it to bring clarity, consistency...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: At 1 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 July.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Not to labour the points Deputy Flaherty was making, for clarity, there has been no meeting of the stakeholder forum yet. I did not think that was a hard question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: No, I am not asking Mr. Ó Donnchú to remember what was in his diary. I am just asking if there was a stakeholder forum meeting in June 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Was there not an initial meeting of the stakeholder forum in June 2023?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: There was a response from the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, confirming that an initial meeting of the National Parks and Wildlife Service stakeholder forum was held in June 2023 so I am just wondering-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Therefore it is a phraseology issue in the Minister of State’s reply to a parliamentary question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: That is the reason I am asking because there is a response to a parliamentary question to that effect. We will have to follow up on that. Mr. Ó Donnchú is categoric.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: It was not an initial meeting of the stakeholder forum, which is what was contained in the response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: We will have to get clarity on that. I did not intend spending as much time on that but the obvious follow-on question is when that stakeholder forum will be in place. I understood it was supposed to be in place in 2022. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: However, there is no timeline for that.