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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Weather Events (24 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Unfortunately, there are no timelines for the implementation of a more localised approach. Perhaps he could follow up with a written response to me in that regard. While generalised weather warnings might have been appropriate yesterday from the north tip of Kilkenny down to the south of the county, often, as was the case last week and this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Cathaoirleach for welcoming my guests from Waterford. I hope they enjoy their visit to Leinster House. I reiterate the comments by my colleague, Senator Lombard, regarding the serious flooding in the south of the country at the moment. A status orange rainfall warning will remain in place until after lunchtime. The evidence locally across my constituency of Waterford is that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: The Cathaoirleach will give me a little latitude in recognition of the more than 70,000 junior cycle students receiving their results across the country today. I congratulate them, their teachers and their parents. They had a very difficult time over the past three years of the Covid crisis. They are to be congratulated on their results today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I will raise one issue on the Order of Business, that is, the large scale sports infrastructure fund. As the Leader will know, it was introduced in 2018 to try to focus on those larger national governing bodies and regional projects. In my county of Waterford, the county board received €3.753 million in 2019 for the redevelopment of Walsh Park. Fantastic work has been done there in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: It will be good to have the Cathaoirleach back.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, to the House. I congratulate her and her colleagues, the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, for their work, and all of their ministerial colleagues who have put a tremendous amount of work into budget 2024 over the last number of...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State and his colleagues for their work on budget 2024. As I said in the previous debate, the fact that only three Opposition Members have spoken in the House this evening is testament to the fact that the Government has clearly put significant measures in place to be able to assist the public with the cost-of-living pressures they face. The budget is framed with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: This session is useful, as is the piece of work that is to be done here. I do not think there is a mystery to this or that there is a host of missing landlords out there. I think it is probably a miscategorisation and a non-catagorisation. I am not sure how the CSO will capture this but there are many people out there who rent from a family member. There is no requirement for them to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: No, if someone is renting from a family member, it is not required that it be a registered tenancy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: That is a big cohort, I would suggest. I am not certain how the CSO's matching exercise will be able to capture that data set. Will it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Somebody who is renting from a family member is not entitled to avail of a renters tax credit because it is not a RTB-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: -----that will not be there. I suggest that there is a significant cohort in that space. That is along with what the Chair spoke of with AHBs and licences in terms of rent-a-room and so on. I think that will get you a long way towards the figure. Dr. Byrne mentioned a sample size of 146 and he accepted Senator Fitzpatrick's point. It is a very small sample of 0.04% or 0.06%, depending on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Of course. Would Dr. Byrne care to comment on the piece about people who rent from family members? It was not mentioned in his submission but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: What was the census question for clarity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: If someone is renting from a family member and is not living rent free but paying rent, which a lot of people do, the only option they would have ticked would have been a private landlord because they would not have ticked a local authority nor would they have ticked a co-operative housing trust.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: It might frame the next census question, potentially.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: I am just thinking that there are scenarios where somebody is in a nursing home or somebody is availing of the house. There are a lot of houses where somebody might be in a stopgap situation where their mortgage has been approved or they are waiting for a house, or they are stuck for a property and they go into a family member's house. I know of a lot of people in this position. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Perfect. I will ask the RTB about the dispute resolution issue. We had a discussion about it when RTB representatives attended the committee this time of last year, from memory. How many disputes is the RTB involved in this year? Officials suggested there may be approximately 8,000 disputes to year end in 2022. Did that materialise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: How is the RTB getting on in terms of the desired times, the mediation process, and the adjudication process? Have the timelines in respect of them come down or is the RTB making progress with regard to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

John Cummins: Last year, the RTB said it was between nine and 16 weeks, in terms of mediation. Has that changed?