Results 541-560 of 2,156 for speaker:John Cummins

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Will it be the commission or the Department?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I can certainly see the point the Senator is making on derelict properties. We have introduced a whole host of schemes to incentivise bringing properties back into productive use. Not only is there the refurbishment grant of €70,000, but also the repair and lease scheme and the buy and renew scheme. Some local authorities have used these schemes to great effect, while some have not...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I might slightly segue here, so I ask the Minister of State to give me a little leeway in that respect. Under the Finance Act 2022, relief from natural gas carbon tax was provided for in respect of the horticultural industry but it has not been commenced. I understand this has been debated inside out and upside down but it is very important for that sector and it has not yet been commenced....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will not require the full ten minutes. This is very straightforward legislation. As the Minister of State said in his concluding comments, it is essentially about establishing the new constituencies for elections to Dáil Éireann and for the European Parliament elections which will take place in June of next year. We have a...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I will try.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I missed the outset of the meeting but I know Deputy Ó Broin took up where I left off on Tuesday. I had a back and forth with IPAV and the IPOA on Tuesday. To be very clear, there is nothing to obligate the owner of a property to go back to the tenant if the offer is higher. That is very clear. That puts a lot of the concerns raised on Tuesday to rest. I asked would those bodies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Are we going to require that in the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: The officials also said they would look at it during last week's briefing but, to be perfectly honest, I want them to go further than that because it has to be there. There has to be a protection mechanism built into the eventual legislation in order that somebody cannot come back after the fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I am not telling Mr. Smyth how to draft it; I am telling him what needs to be in it. This absolutely needs to be there. That is my strong view in this regard. I certainly hope, when the Bill comes to both Houses, that will be the case. On the auction piece, which was also teased out, an assertion was made that this would essentially end any provision for an auction because of the fear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Of course, the tenant could absolutely be at the auction and engage in that process. To continue from where my colleague, Deputy Higgins, left off with regard to the transfer or gift of a property, the Department says that head 5 is being removed. I want to tease that out a little bit further. To be clear, the Department is saying it does not want to introduce the transfer or gift of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: That is the case if he moved out within the 12-month period but let us tease out the sale piece. Let us say the tenant of the property bids €300,000 for the property within the 90-day period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I understand what Mr. Smyth is saying. That would not be the case, so the sale could proceed subsequently. If John moved into the property, of course, the sale could go through at a lower value because it was not done on a-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: Will Mr. Smyth tease out the 12-month piece? What happens if John moves into the property and subsequently buys it from the family member and then decides to sell it himself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: It is not a rental property, so that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I can come in on that, but carry on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I am sorry for cutting across Deputy Ó Broin, but the Department is classifying the property as the building.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: If we use that terminology, it will be clearer.