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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I am only a Senator but I will take that description.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: The people in County Waterford will be delighted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: My colleague, Senator Seery Kearney, sends her apologies. Regarding the links from the RIAI, those are not working for us. It would be good if we can rectify this because it would be useful. I will use this time to tease out the low-rise medium density element. This is an imminent issue in the context of the density guidelines the Department is due to put out for consultation shortly. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I would like to tease this out a little further, especially with regard to the residents association element. It is not straightforward. Let us say there is a proposal to build 50 apartments in an area adjacent to a residential location where there are 100 existing units. There are 100 households in that development and 50 of them are in a residents association. You never get 100% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Does this legislation not permit a group of residents to do as Dr. Logue has just said, provided they are named individuals? It could be John Cummins and Eoin Ó Broin of the Leinster House Residents Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: We do not own houses here, by the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: That is the question I am asking Dr. Logue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I doubt the Attorney General would advise on something that would not be in compliance. Maybe that can be proven wrong and I suppose that is what we are teasing out here, but my question to Dr. Logue is what the difference is between John Cummins and Eoin Ó Broin of the Leinster House Residents Association and the Leinster House Residents Association itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Perhaps others will tease out the cost protection element. I ask our guests from the RIAI to elaborate a little further on the reference in their submission to going beyond e-planning. It would be helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I thank Ms Sheridan. I ask a witness from the IEN to respond to my second question. If it is not the Minister who is able to bring coherence to the process and offer an agile response, who should be able to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: There was a change made last year to include former pubs, for instance, in the provisions for exempted developments. In quarter 2 to quarter 4 of last year, that resulted in 169 residential units being brought back into use, including 53 former pubs, without the requirement to apply for planning permission. People are living in those units. That change was a quick and agile response by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: Does Dr. Logue not see a value in the Minister being able to bring forward a change in respect of some elements of the development process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: My time is up but perhaps we can get into that point in the next round of questions. There is an important follow-on discussion to be had regarding what Dr. Logue just said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: That was just a hint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the witnesses for their time. I agree with the RIAI that this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a system that supports the needs and ambitions of the Irish people. As was mentioned by Ms Uí Bhroin, when the previous Act of 2000 was implemented, it was modern. In this Bill, we are trying to learn from the previous two decades. That Act has been amended so often...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: At the start of the month, €11 million in active travel funding was allocated to Waterford, which might seem like a significant sum of money. Included in that was €4 million for greenway access into the city centre, which is nearing completion, thankfully. This is an excellent project which will benefit local communities as well as visitors to Waterford. Unfortunately,...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Order for Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for commencing this legislation in the Seanad. It is always a positive step to initiate legislation in Seanad Éireann. This House affords the breathing space and room for the debate to thoroughly examine this legislation, as was the case with the Oireachtas joint committee, on which I sit. As the Minister of State outlined in his opening statement, the...