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- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I did not interrupt anyone on that side of the House so I would appreciate being allowed to speak without interruption. I appreciate where the Minister is coming from with this measure. It is important we do not present it in a way that is a wholesale stripping of the powers of local councillors. The factual position is that in certain local authorities housing is not being built on lands...
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Chairman-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: That is not what I said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: On a point of order, I have been misrepresented by the Senator. I ask her to withdraw her statement that I said such a thing. You will not see that in the transcript of what I said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I ask her to withdraw the comment. It is very unfair.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Excuse me. I ask that the remark be withdrawn. I did not state-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: -----what the Senator said.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I am asking the Senator to withdraw the comment because I did not make the statement she said I made on the floor of this House.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I am being misrepresented by the Senator.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I would never-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Sorry, I would never misrepresent a Member of this House. I believe I am being misrepresented in this House.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: It is wholly unfair of the Senator to do such a thing.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I respectfully ask her to withdraw the comment.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Absolutely shameful.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I pay tribute to my colleague, Senator Carrigy, for his moving contribution. It gives us a real sense of the challenges that are faced by families in deciding whether to try to cope at home or put a loved one into a nursing home that provides great care. I commend my colleague. I welcome my fellow Waterfordian, the Minister of State, to the House. I compliment her on bringing forward this...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much. I use my time on the Order of Business this morning to welcome the pathway which has been created to reopen indoor hospitality. I do so with reservations. As a 34-year-old who is receiving his Johnson & Johnson vaccine today, I have reservations about younger people, in particular, and those who are unvaccinated not having the same ability to...
- Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: Much of the debate has focused on sections 14 and 15 of the Bill and it has turned into a housing discussion so I felt it necessary to comment on the Bill. I echo much of what Senator Mullen said. We are in a housing crisis and, in such a crisis, one must use every tool at one's disposal to tackle the problem. My party and the Government is all about delivery over ideology. We believe we...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)
John Cummins: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge Senator Warfield, who tabled the initial amendment. In acknowledging that there was broad acceptance from the entire House, it is important to note that we particularly wanted to include the sector in question in the legislation. It is appropriate that the Minister has added the additional mechanisms on "minimum requirements in relation to governance,...