Results 981-1,000 of 2,262 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: I wish to follow on from my earlier questions relating to the repair-and-lease scheme. We have set targets for local authorities in a circular that issued to them. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: I was calling for that for a long period at meetings of this committee, so I welcome the fact that it has happened. Feedback we got from the sector, including from Dublin City Council, Cork County Council and Limerick City and County Council, highlighted the fact they felt as though the €60,000 figure per unit was too low. That is direct feedback from the local authority sector; it...
- 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 needs to be front-facing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: Returning to the local authority affordable purchase scheme, it is all first-hand feedback. I identified this issue prior to the budget in September. The officials must correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think there was any sort of robust discussion between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Finance on the difficulties that were going to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)
John Cummins: My suggestion in this space is a simple amendment that the loan-to-value ratio remains at 70% but it is based on the affordable purchase price rather than the market price of the unit. What that will do is bring a whole additional cohort of people into the net for affordable purchase properties. In fact, it will probably nearly dip into the social housing bit and it will certainly close the...
- 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 would be remiss of me not to mention a point that I raised in the Seanad. I note the response that came back and I know the Chair has just corrected me to say I should not have mentioned repair and lease again, but I am going to. I put in a proposal to the Department to have a cost rental version of the repair and lease scheme. There is a 20% discount on market rent inbuilt into the...
- 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...