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Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (21 Feb 2024)

John Cummins: ...may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill, for the purpose of amending the Land Development Agency Act 2021 to make provision for the Land Development Agency to raise further funds through the performance of certain functions conferred on them and through certain...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State. These are very important amendments. The decision was made by the Cabinet prior to Christmas to increase the capital allocation to the Land Development Agency to enable it to be able to enhance its capacity to be able to deliver houses throughout the country, be they affordable purchase, cost rental or private houses in regional cities outside Dublin and Cork....

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: ...It is only] to encourage thinking, discussion, and to prompt suggestions. I always think it is good to discuss matters and not stop discussing matters. I hope by engaging and discussing all of these matters, we can land on the appropriate White Paper for disability reform going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: ...can see, there is a big challenge in that area. I appreciate the challenge that the witnesses want to increase and develop the services, but the increase there is significant. I would rather they land on a figure that would potentially increase only by the CPI or 2%, whichever is less, rather than trying to look at a sliding figure that will go up year on year. Somebody living in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: Mr. Coleman addressed the Cathaoirleach's question on minimal land cost. Many of the sites with which the LDA is dealing have minimal to no land cost. I would like the witnesses to comment on an assertion that was put out in the public domain prior to Christmas. It is political but it also is not political. The assertion is that the LDA can deliver homes for €300,000 because the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

John Cummins: What I am trying to get to is whether it is possible to deliver homes in Dublin for €300,000 if one removes the land costs, as has already been done in this case, and water and development levies, which only equate to €15,000.

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

John Cummins: ...review. A councillor elected for only five years must be allowed to have the meaningful ability to feed into the process. I see the benefit of a ten-year horizon and the zoning of an appropriate quantum of land to allow housing to be developed. This was debated in the context of the discussion. There are a few other points in the motion and these have been addressed by other Senators....

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

John Cummins: ...on housing in this Chamber are always welcome. I echo 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....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: ...highest growth rate of any urban centre in the country. Difficulties were cited in Dún Laoghaoire, Wicklow and some other areas whereby what has come through the funnel versus the requirement for zoned land simply do not match. Does the regulator's office see the requirement for additional zoned land in the context of what has come out now from the 2022 census?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: Yes, but is it accepted that just zoning a piece of land does not necessarily mean it will be built on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: What is the average conversion rate for planning? I ask this notwithstanding that we have put in an instrument, the residential zoned land tax, to try to bring forward many of these lands. In my estimation, though, we are probably looking at a maximum of 25% to 30% conversion, although it will be different in every area. Zoning and delivery are two different things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: I think that is a valid point concerning the servicing of land. We do have much land that is zoned but not serviced. This is a problem for the local authorities. If land is not serviced, or readily serviced-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: I know; that is correct. What about the difficulty now for some people in the context of the residential zoned land tax? If we were to take a farmer looking to offload a parcel of land, because he or she does not want to be caught by the tax, there is an issue in servicing that land or with the cost of servicing that land and that does not bring that land bank into use for development purposes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

John Cummins: I am not suggesting zoning an inordinate amount of land, but I am putting a point to Ms O'Connor regarding the data that emerged from the 2022 census, notwithstanding the requirement to have compact growth. We are seeing a prime example of such a context on the north quays in Waterford city, where the NTA has been involved in the context of the public transport network. This is an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

John Cummins: ...-purchase scheme and the cost-rental scheme delivering housing in Waterford, alongside social housing, which the approved housing bodies and Waterford City & County Council is progressing. The Land Development Agency is actively considering bigger projects in the context of the North Quays development. Therefore, there are many positive developments on the housing front, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

John Cummins: I will keep going on that point, if I may. In the past, local authorities would have taken a longer view. They would have said, in reference to a land bank that is zoned, that over the course of the next 15 to 20 years, 1,000 houses would built on it, for example. Over the course of ten years or two life cycles of a development plan, houses would be built and the levies on same would pay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

John Cummins: ...which was introduced for exactly that reason but it did not really work. Why did that not work? Some LIHAF schemes were developed, one of which is in my own county of Waterford at Kilbarry. The Land Development Agency, LDA, is building on the site and there is also private development there. However, there is another LIHAF site in Waterford that was not developed and has no prospect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

John Cummins: ...can be done. It is essentially a LIHAF model but involves a different way of thinking. Is Mr. Kelleher satisfied that HISCo is working or does he think that now that we have a residential zoned land tax and the land value sharing, an opportunity for LIHAF mark two is there? Is there more of a focusing of the mind now that might not have been there a number of years ago or does Mr....