Results 881-900 of 2,156 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: Perfect. I take it that Mr. Ó Coigligh will mediate in the middle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: They were not direct-build days.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: They were still contracts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: Always.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: It never happened.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: By a contractor.
- Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: Amendment No. 21 is an admission that amendment No. 20 is an exceptionally blunt suggestion being made in relation to a period of two years. It is a fact that many works, particularly in the archaeological and heritage space, require painstaking work undertaken by people with much experience. If the State or whomever is undertaking significant works, what will a review achieve? Say a...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: The topic of rental tenancies has never been more in focus, and that is why I have submitted this Commencement matter. I seek to activate derelict and vacant properties for use for housing and to deliver a volume of cost rental tenancies for those above the threshold for social housing and who either cannot or do not wish to own a property. Let me start with the first suggestion, which is...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for what is an exceptionally comprehensive reply. It is obviously fantastic news that the vacant property refurbishment grant will be extended, not only to owner occupiers, but those who wish to do up a property and lease it to the private rental market. It will have a tangible impact in providing additional rental properties within the market. I ask that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: If we take that as a given - it is not all of them but it is certainly most of them - what about when a property is put on the choice-based letting system and 100 people bid on it, but the person longest on the list is only on the list for six months? I know it would not happen like that but it could happen hypothetically if it were a less desirable property in a certain location. In that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: I do not think so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: Correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: Absolutely, but in terms of time spent on the list, the choice-based letting system is allocated based on those who bid on a given property and their length of time on the list. It could be that the person longest on the list who bids on a property might only be on the list for 12 months. That could happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: The point I am making is that time on the list should not be a barrier to a tenant in situpurchase. What I want in terms of a commitment from the CCMA, notwithstanding what has been said in relation to moral hazard, is that time on the list cannot be used as a reason for not acquiring a property. If the property stacks up in terms of being appropriate for that family, if the landlord is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)
John Cummins: I put it to the CCMA that it should not be.