Results 421-440 of 2,180 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: A significant period of time has elapsed in that case. How is it that advice was received more than 12 months ago and no legislative fix has been brought to either of the Houses of the Oireachtas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: That response does not answer the question. How is it that we have left an issue open for 12 months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: I ask our guests to reflect on it. When can we expect a legislative fix from the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: I thank Ms Stapleton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: The Deputy will be able to come in again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: I am going to bring in the Deputy's party colleague or he will be upset with me. I have given Deputy Conway-Walsh a lot of latitude. Even though he is her party colleague, I have to be fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Mr. McGarvey and Mr. Kelly wish to make points as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: I will ask a couple of follow-on questions. Will the witnesses talk me through the process from when the Housing Agency approves a figure for a certain fix in terms of threshold damage and so on to when the house is completed? At what point does the drawdown occur?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Presumably, if there are to be 50 completions by year’s end and 18 are fully done, 32 projects are currently underway on site.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: It is just the process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Of course. What about the drawdown? There is a discrepancy between it and the number of approvals. I understand that. The same situation obtains in terms of the vacant property refurbishment grant. The money has been committed and approved and the drawdown only comes once the project has been completed. In this case, though, there is also drawdown throughout the process. It does not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: How often do we make “stage payments” in a typical build?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Give us a working example of that. Notwithstanding the fact that people speak to one another and there are campaign groups involved in the process, there are many who are outside the process and not as heavily engaged but who still have problems and want to hear what is there for them. Not everyone listens to the radio, watches the television or reads the newspaper.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Is Mr. McGarvey satisfied that the process is working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: What does this look like?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: If people can get invoices upfront for the costs of accommodation they will occupy, the council will process them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: That would be a committed-to cost. Someone would have entered into a lease arrangement, per se, and would have an invoice for the cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: Yes, and this is helpful because it is an example of how the council is adapting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)
John Cummins: I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.
- Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is a really important debate. When I was doing some research on this subject and liaising with Senator Seery Kearney on the drafting of the motion, I spoke to Mr. Brian Barron, the principal of Portlaw National School in Waterford. That school and other schools in Waterford have adopted the Gen Free Charter, which essentially says that there will...