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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I can imagine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: How long would a straightforward one take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: Okay. I note that the Mr. Curran is not giving me a figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: The problem is that the tender is the tender.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I have a supplementary question about the whole debate around a ban on evictions. I am not asking for a comment on that issue. We say that our numbers went down during the pandemic but what has often been lost as part of the debate is that we did not have students at college at that time. Much of our stock was, therefore, able to be accessed. In my own county of Waterford, in particular,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: That accommodation is not available now.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (6 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for coming to the House this morning to take this Commencement matter. I am sure he will agree with me that tackling vacancy and dereliction across our cities, towns, villages and rural countryside is something of great importance. It is a passion of mine. I have worked constructively since my election to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (6 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his very positive response to this Commencement matter. I stand corrected but my understanding from what the Minister previously said in relation to this was that it would be expanded to cities. However, it was not actually stated that it would be expanded to rural one-off houses. The fact the Minister of State is confirming that this morning is hugely...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: Last week we had one of the most expansionary budgets in recent times, an €11 million cost-of-living budget with a combination of universal and targeted measures to help all citizens. I would like in the weeks ahead if we could have statements on social protection and have the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, before the House. We are all aware of the high-level,...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Order for Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

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

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the House and thank him for bringing the Bill to the Seanad. It is always welcome to have Bills initiated in the Seanad as opposed to by our colleagues in the Lower House. I thank the Minister of State for this. The Bill seeks to provide modernisation of the registering, licensing and control regime for water abstractions. The...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I welcome the item on the Order Paper regarding the solar regulations. This was discussed at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage last Thursday and I pay tribute to everyone who has had any part in bringing this forward. I thank in particular my Fine Gael colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, for all his work and determination in seeing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: In terms of inspection, from the EPA's perspective, is pressure or something else used to try to get a resolution in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: Perhaps there is a little bit of a mix-up there between the two because Fán Glas is in Kilmeaden; it would not be connected to Cappoquin. Ms Levin probably meant Touraneena when she spoke about the two supplies. I understand that Irish Water have a plan to resolve the Fán Glas issue. Is it a recommendation from the HSE in general that tankers should be provided? Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I might tease that out a little bit more. I return to the EPA on enforcement. Another issue has arisen in Bonmahon, County Waterford. I have a report open in front of me from one of the EPA inspectors from April of this year. It was prepared by Dr. John Feehan, on the agglomeration in Bonmahon, of which there are three elements. From the recommendations made in this report, clearly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: What if that does not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: In general, I am not specifically talking about a case. In general, where action is not followed as recommended in a report, what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: On forestry, in general, we are aware of the impacts across the board. The EPA referred to agriculture. I too believe significant work is being done by the agriculture sector to try to minimise the problems, but I am not so certain about the impact of forestry. Maybe that is an omission by me in not knowing the issue in as much detail as I perhaps should. Will the witnesses briefly outline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: I thank the Chair and the witnesses. I am not being parochial even though I could probably be accused of being so in referencing some areas in my constituency in County Waterford but what I am trying to do is tease out the process that occurs when an issue is identified and what stages are followed to remediate the issue. It was stated to the HSE that 30 days was a significant time. An...