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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)

John Cummins: I commend Senator Boyhan on being able to speak for longer than 15 minutes. I will be sharing time with Senator Seery Kearney. As has been mentioned, this is a colossal Bill. It is 747 pages, has 22 Parts, six Schedules and 590 sections. It is the biggest overhaul of our planning legislation in a quarter of a century. Why are we doing it? We are doing it to bring clarity, consistency...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

John Cummins: ...need a debate on aviation policy. There are a whole host of issues, not least in Dublin Airport but also in Waterford where the airport has submitted a business case to the Department seeking €7 million in addition to the €5 million allocated by the previous Government to widen and lengthen the runway. This is a critical piece of infrastructure for the south-east region....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

John Cummins: ...runway, for some time.The project now has planning permission and compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, have been approved by An Bord Pleanála. There are private sector investors on board with €12 million. The local authorities will contribute between €2 million and €3 million and the ask of the Government is to match the €12 million in private sector...

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

John Cummins: ...many of the comments made by the Minister with regard to the progress that has been made through both Housing for All and Rebuilding Ireland. If we look at where we came from in 2013, fewer than 5,000 homes were being built in this country. Last year, 30,000 homes were delivered. We are going to exceed that number again this year. More than 470 first-time buyers are purchasing their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

John Cummins: In July 2020, the board of Waterford Airport made an application to lengthen the runway by 491 m at the northern end, and 363 m to the southern end, and to widen it from 30 m to 45 m, which would facilitate the landing of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft. It is an essential component to the future development of the airport. The Government also decided at Cabinet to support this with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

John Cummins: ...section of that road. That decision needs to be reversed and I ask for a debate with the Minister for Transport on it. Six or seven roads have not been allocated funding for 2022. Some €1.5 million would allow that project to continue through the planning and route selection stages. This has to happen because in order for us as a State to be ready to spend the envelope of more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: ..., both for tourism potential and for locals alike. This has particularly been the case throughout Covid when many activities have been restricted to outdoors. It is absolutely fantastic that €15.7 million has now been allocated throughout the entire country across both measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure fund. It is money that will be well spent in...