Results 2,121-2,140 of 2,457 for speaker:John Cummins
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister the House. It is true that this measure was not in the original Bill. I sat on Waterford City and County Council for 11 years and always took that role exceptionally seriously, as does every councillor in the country. It is also true that I have reservations about this section 183 change. However, it is also true, as Senator Fitzpatrick referenced, that much has...
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I did not interrupt anyone on that side of the House so I would appreciate being allowed to speak without interruption. I appreciate where the Minister is coming from with this measure. It is important we do not present it in a way that is a wholesale stripping of the powers of local councillors. The factual position is that in certain local authorities housing is not being built on lands...
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Chairman-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: That is not what I said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: On a point of order, I have been misrepresented by the Senator. I ask her to withdraw her statement that I said such a thing. You will not see that in the transcript of what I said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I ask her to withdraw the comment. It is very unfair.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Excuse me. I ask that the remark be withdrawn. I did not state-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: -----what the Senator said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I am asking the Senator to withdraw the comment because I did not make the statement she said I made on the floor of this House.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I am being misrepresented by the Senator.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I would never-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, I would never misrepresent a Member of this House. I believe I am being misrepresented in this House.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: It is wholly unfair of the Senator to do such a thing.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I respectfully ask her to withdraw the comment.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Absolutely shameful.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I pay tribute to my colleague, Senator Carrigy, for his moving contribution. It gives us a real sense of the challenges that are faced by families in deciding whether to try to cope at home or put a loved one into a nursing home that provides great care. I commend my colleague. I welcome my fellow Waterfordian, the Minister of State, to the House. I compliment her on bringing forward this...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much. I use my time on the Order of Business this morning to welcome the pathway which has been created to reopen indoor hospitality. I do so with reservations. As a 34-year-old who is receiving his Johnson & Johnson vaccine today, I have reservations about younger people, in particular, and those who are unvaccinated not having the same ability to...
- Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Much of the debate has focused on sections 14 and 15 of the Bill and it has turned into a housing discussion so I felt it necessary to comment on the Bill. I echo much of what Senator Mullen said. We are in a housing crisis and, in such a crisis, one must use every tool at one's disposal to tackle the problem. My party and the Government is all about delivery over ideology. We believe we...