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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 good to know the Deputy is opening to investing.

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: Nor do I.

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: Is that part of it?

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: We have focused on the main thrust of the Bill. There are other heads of the Bill. Perhaps we could touch on heads 16, 18 and 19. Head 18 deals with efficiencies and reduces the requirement for 21 days' notice of a hearing to ten days' notice. The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, IPAV, and the Irish Property Owners' Association, IPO, have contributed. We, as Members of...

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: There is a determination, which is then followed by applying for an enforcement order.

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 has. That is where it all falls down and breaks down. The RTB is not a court but it is a quasi-judicial process that is entered into. In my view, there should not be longer than a three-month period from a determination to enforcement. That could be brought forward in this legislation. This issue has an interaction with the Department of Justice, of course. Has there been any...

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: We are touching on these issues in heads 16, 18 and 19. We are moving into that space. My view is that we need to go further. Head 18 relates to efficiency measures proposed by the RTB to reduce the period of notice to be given to parties to a dispute of the holding of a hearing of a tribunal from 21 days to ten days. That is being done to try to bring about more efficiency and to speed...

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: Before we finish, I seek clarity about Tuesday. I thought the LDA was due to come before us on 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: What about 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: Why is the LDA not coming before us 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: What has the agency said regarding another date?

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 but I missed that.

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: Is the LDA coming in on Thursday instead of 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: To be perfectly honest, that is really unacceptable. The LDA was supposed to be in with us last month but that was deferred until next Tuesday to allow additional time and now the agency is saying its representatives are not coming before us at all. I urge the Chairman to write back to the LDA and ask them to come before us next Thursday. The LDA has been given ample time. We were all...

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: No, we all were-----

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: On Thursday; if they are not available on Tuesday they can come in next Thursday.

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 do not want to leave this to chance. In 95% of scenarios, that will absolutely be the case and the landlord will look for it in writing. However, where is that obligation set down? It has to be clear. If we are attaching penalties of up to €20,000 for a transaction going through after the fact, there is a potential liability on the owner of the property. There needs to be very...

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 agree that it does not go as far as I would like but given that the Attorney General is significantly across this Bill, for obvious reasons, there is an opportunity in that space to explore what Deputy Ó Broin and I are both saying here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter this morning. The need to expand cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford is a topic that we are both very passionate about. Along with Oireachtas colleagues past and present, we have both campaigned long and hard for it over many years. On the majority of items which affect Waterford and the wider south-east...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: It is important to reiterate some of those points. I do not think it is known by many people that 22 additional staff are already in place of the 24. These are additional staff over and above, as have been committed to in the 2,068 whole-time equivalent positions secured in budget 2024. I ask that an early decision be made on that. Notwithstanding the 22 positions being already in place,...