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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

John Cummins: ...353 leased units between 2017 and 2021, Fingal delivered 388 between 2019 and 2021. The councils have 290 units and 354 units, respectively, for delivery between now and 2025, albeit that the tap has already been turned off in respect of the councils' ability to be able to enter into new leasing arrangements. The committee will be compiling a report in this regard with a number of...

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

John Cummins: ...procurement for works to rectify the problem; however, it will be an awfully long time from February to Christmas, which is when I hope the problem will be resolved. Brown water is coming out of the taps. I argue that tankers should be provided by Irish Water. They are not. The community has been left in this position since February. Can the delegates explain why it has taken so long?...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

John Cummins: ...is to reach 2,000 units before the end of 2025 and a review will be ongoing throughout the scheme. There is enormous demand for this scheme, but we are missing an entire cohort of vacant rural homes that could be tapped into for young people to purchase a home, get the grant of €30,000 or €50,000, combine it with an SEAI energy grant and get themselves on the property ladder...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

John Cummins: I apologise for joining the meeting late. I do not know many people who have installed gold-plated taps, but I take Dr. Walsh's point in the round. It is welcome that we are moving towards a four-year review and that we set in stone that it is what it is, with no delays for any reason. The change in the bands, in order to mitigate any increase, is very welcome also. Bringing estates that...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

John Cummins: ...firm in the arguments I put forward regarding the necessity of having a longer period than the one year that was in the initial draft. The Minister knows that large developments are not like a tap. They cannot just be turned back on. I am particularly conscious of developments in the final stages of financing when Covid hit. One needs certainty to conclude financing and certainty was...