Results 1,201-1,220 of 2,156 for speaker:John Cummins
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: On a point of order, I believe it is unhelpful to refer to Members of the House as liars.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: It is unhelpful.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: It is unhelpful, Chair, to refer to Members as liars in the House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: I thank the council representatives for appearing before the committee today. We appreciate them telling the committee what is and is not working well and how we can try to improve delivery across all streams. I will start, as I have with other local authorities, by focusing on the issue of vacancy and dereliction. Notwithstanding what was said in the opening statement by South Dublin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: There are similarities with Fingal-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Of the 72 units South Dublin County Council has identified as derelict, what has it actively done to get them into play or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Those were the words used.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: There were 72 vacant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: One of the points raised by Cork and Dublin city council specifically on the repair and leasing scheme was that the €60,000 figure was possibly too low, yet Fingal County Council has delivered 28 units under the scheme in County Dublin, which is more challenging in delivery costs. Has Fingal County Council found that €60,000 threshold a barrier? Would it be in favour of a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Has there been interest in the Croí Cónaithe scheme in south County Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Why would Mr. McLoughlin not have seen them? The application is made to the local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: It is being expanded to towns and cities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: The intention is that the €50,000 in the Croí Cónaithe scheme being referred to is to be extended to towns and rural one-off houses. Has there been any interest in that to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: There is a significant joint venture development with Glenveagh in Donabate in Fingal. Is inflation a particular challenge to its delivery or is everything already locked in for the 1,200 homes? It is a significant development in the council’s area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: That is more than enough. Is Swords part of the 981 affordable housing units to be delivered by 2026 or is the council focusing on newer areas such as Donabate for delivery of cost rental and affordable purchase homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Is it delivery of multiple units within the same building? Has that helped, because it is €60,000 per unit as opposed to per property?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: I am going to pursue the issue of rightsizing. Perhaps Mr. McLoughlin could expand on some of the comments he has already made. In my experience, what has worked well is when there are rightsizing options for people within their communities. That is what works best. We had an excellent presentation from Cork City Council last week on what it has done in the context of rightsizing options....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: To me, that seems quite low. Cork City Council indicated that 30% were being allocated for that. The advantage of this is that, on the other side, properties are moving into the local authority stock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: What about the other 50%?