Results 121-140 of 2,152 for speaker:John Cummins

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I agree with the premise of the Minister of State's argument on the grouping. It was never intended that section 5 of the previous Act would be used as an enforcement mechanism. Rather, it was to facilitate development. This is the point I made during pre-legislative scrutiny, particularly regarding section 10(6), on the time it takes to get declaration. The new section 10, which was...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: The Minister of State might clarify something in his response. What is being referred to is the planning enforcement process, which is entirely separate from what we are talking about here. If I own a property in Waterford city centre and works are required to the internal fabric of that building to change it from one property to three properties to provide units for housing purposes, I may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I thank the witnesses. I have an open mind as to which is better as well - possibly an extension to the end of September. That would allow us as a committee to meet to discuss this and give sufficient feedback. That would be appropriate, but that is a discussion for another day. The area I want to focus on is the population targets, specifically as regards Waterford. This has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I strongly contest that point. It is not consistent where it applies to Waterford because the population of Tramore is 11,500 now, I think. It has outstripped Dungarvan for the first time. It is a suburb of Waterford city. If the Department were applying the same methodology, it could not but tell me that there is any difference between Shannon to Limerick, Carrigaline to Cork or Salthill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: The commuters from Tramore to Waterford city account for 70%-plus daily. The point I am making, not to labour it, is that I believe the Department's figures in 4.1 for Waterford are not accurate as a starting point, and that obviously impacts the second point, which is what the population growth target for the area is out to 2040. If we are not starting with the right figure, then the figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: My question is what the Department is defining as a suburb.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: If I look at the regional, spatial and economic strategy, RSES, document, there is the city and suburbs in the Kilkenny area, the remainder of the metropolitan area in Kilkenny, the Waterford city and suburbs in the Waterford administrative areas, and the remainder of the metropolitan area within the Waterford area. If I just take the three metropolitan areas excluding anything in Kilkenny,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: As part of this process, the MASPs are to be revised. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I am saying there is. There is a glaring omission. Representatives of the Southern Regional Assembly, when they were before the committee on pre-legislative scrutiny on the Planning and Development Bill, acknowledged that they had no hand, act or part in the development of the boundaries of the MASPs. They were handed down by the Department to them and they equally cannot understand how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: Finally, the Department said it carried out a process that was equal across all the areas and that it engaged with stakeholders but it is very clear the Southern Regional Assembly is of the view the Tramore area should be in the Waterford MASP. Waterford City and County Council made submissions on that. I was a member of the council at the time. It was very frustrated it was not included....

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: Now.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: Now.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: Now.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Government takes plenty of flak for many things but it certainly cannot be accused of not taking this matter very seriously. It is implementing a fix to what has become an issue. It is clear, as others have said, that asking students to pay for out-of-term accommodation is not appropriate. The Bill seeks to introduce three main...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cardiology Services (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: The expansion of cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford, UHW,is a topic on which the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I have worked continually because we are acutely aware of the need and the impact it has on our constituents in Waterford and the wider south east region. We have worked collaboratively along with other public representatives and campaign groups on a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cardiology Services (11 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: That is the key issue. It seems from the Minister of State's discussions with Mr. O'Sullivan that we can get to that level of service while the recruitment is ongoing. Obviously, these are highly skilled individuals who are not waiting around for a phone call to take up a post at UHW. It is good that we will be able to move to that level of service while the recruitment proceeds at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

John Cummins: I will keep him here.