Results 241-260 of 2,180 for speaker:John Cummins
- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: How long will that be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: When would the service anticipate the conclusion of that process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Is Ms de Brúch saying there will not be a stakeholder forum in place until after that process at the back end of 2025? We would be in 2026 before a stakeholder forum is in place. I am just trying to understand the timeline. This is why I am teasing it out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: Okay, but that is what Mr. Ó Donnchú said a minute ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: I am trying to understand-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: During that process and not at the end of that process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
John Cummins: When does the service anticipate the forum will be established? That was my original question.