Results 181-200 of 2,156 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Context is always important but it is often lost. I have often said this but it seems to be ignored. In regard to the discussion between the CSO and the RTB on the dataset, when they were in previously I said that tenancies of family members are not captured in the data. It is not a requirement for registration. Is that a significant figure? I am asking the RTB to speculate but given the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: It did surface. In regard to the periodic inspection of private rental tenancies, some local authorities have been more effective at that than others. Mr. Keegan can perhaps comment in his previous capacity in relation to that also. While local authorities have been proactive I have actually encountered two instances which are particularly problematic. I can see how they occurred. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: That might take 12 months. If, for example, I registered a tenancy in January 2024 and the property is sold to the tenant or another person in June 2024, they could get an inspection in July, August, September or October up to the following January.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: In my head I was trying to try to solve the issue. I see how it happened and there can be that lag. I was thinking of the property price register Senator Moynihan referenced earlier on. That is a de facto register that the property has been sold. Could that be incorporated into the RTB's system so that registered tenancies are cross-referenced with what sold and an earlier indication...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: They do when the property is sold.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Of a property that was not let.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: As with politicians, you do not get the positive side-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Just fewer problems or fewer queries coming at you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Or a tenant in situ.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: That is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: On the 124 headcount, by approximately how many does Mr. Keegan think the RTB is short at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: As a number of members are no longer here, I suggest we put that on private meeting correspondence next week, just to mention to the other members that that request was made of us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: We will not keep the witnesses until 6 p.m. It is only Deputy Gould and I.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: I hope not, as I gave the Deputy latitude there. I have one final question concerning the end of the dispute resolution process, be it through mediation, adjudication or tribunal. Witnesses referenced the quasi-judicial nature of the RTB. Whatever about the frustrations on both the landlord and the tenant sides about the timelines for the RTB making a decision on a case, there is probably...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: They are normally the ones with significant financial risks attached.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: That is understood.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Is there an issue relating to delays in the RTB providing the decision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
John Cummins: Is there a delay between the RTB making a decision and issuing that determination order?