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- 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?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: Sure. Regarding the adjudications, Mr. Byrne said it was between 20 and 30 weeks. Is it the same in respect of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: Mr. Byrne said he aimed that by mid-2024 to have 40% of cases dealt within ideal timeframes which he described as between four to six weeks for mediation and 12 weeks for adjudications. Is that still desirable? Is that still the target? Regarding the RTB annual report, Mr. Byrne said there were targets and it was going to set out those targets by quarter 3 but I do not see them set out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: They are Mr. Byrne's numbers, though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: We will not criticise Mr. Byrne for that but we will criticise him for not needing them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I am out of time and have asked all of my questions but the RTB has in its annual report that it will set those out by quarter 3 and it has not. When will those target times be published on the website?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: In quarter 1.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: Will it be in quarter 1?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I thank Mr. Byrne.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is great to have her here. She has ten minutes.
- Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)
John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State. I commend the Minister and the Minister of State for the work they have done in modernising the entry system for access third level education. The changes that have been by the National Tertiary Office for people who do not have to have the requisite leaving certificate points is a really welcome move. I know this is only the start of the process and that...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I thank the Taoiseach for being in the Chamber. In the brief time I have I want to stress the importance of continued investment in regional Ireland, particularly in the context of the review of the national planning framework, NPF, that is under way. To have propulsive growth in the counties and cities outside of Dublin, namely Waterford, Galway, Limerick and Cork, we have to have...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)
John Cummins: I welcome the announcement made last week on the extension of the first home scheme to self-builds, which will be fantastic assistance to many young people looking to build their first home in rural Ireland. The issue of construction inflation has meant that many projects that were initially estimated to be of a certain budget, with mortgages approved for a certain figure, have gone much...