Absolutely.
TDs / John Cummins
John Cummins
Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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- party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 29 January 2025 to now
Object, object, object. Object all the time.
The Deputy does not like the truth.
I thank the Deputy for his comments. He will know I moved on the agricultural exemptions prior to Christmas. The next phase is domestic exemptions, which will include modular to the rear. We are finalising those. It does not require legislation. It is regulation and has to go before the Oireachtas joint committee, which I expect to be able to do after Easter. We will get there as soon as we can. After domestic, it wi…
That is the aim.
I reassert the Government's commitment and determination to tackle the challenges that exist in our housing sector. We understand the need to ensure that sufficient numbers of homes are delivered, be they social, affordable or private, and that is why we are working tirelessly to address the blockages that exist and to implement policies that make a positive difference to supply.
While there is still much to do, the…
The Opposition does not like the truth.
I thank all Deputies for the opportunity to speak on what is an important matter. At the outset, I acknowledge the upset that has been experienced by communities across the country, including mine, County Waterford, in recent weeks as a result of Storm Chandra.
The Government will not oppose the motion because we recognise the importance of the issue. We want to ensure that we can continue to protect against the ris…
I cannot accept amendments Nos. 9, 31 and 38. The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 provided for an emergency period during which a landlord is prohibited, under section 5 of the Act, from serving a notice of termination.
Section 4 of the Act provided that the emergency period could only be extended from its initial three months, under very specific circumstances in the interest of public…
Nobody in this Chamber has a monopoly on understanding and compassion for families and individuals-----
With all due respect, I did not interrupt the Deputy. Nobody here has a monopoly on compassion when it comes to the difficulties and challenges being faced by individuals and families regarding the shortage of housing supply, whether social, affordable or rental. At my constituency offices in Waterford city and Dungarvan, I deal with constituents in the exact same way as do other Deputies. The Minister and I are not …
They are not listening.
Deputy Clendennen has engaged with me on this matter. He has made the point fairly and forcefully that we should not have a cliff edge with Shannonbridge. We have provided €1.7 million to Offaly County Council over the last number of years and that will be the case this year. I have asked my officials to engage with Offaly County Council and with Longford County Council. Deputy Carrigy has also been in touch on havin…
The Minister has outlined the broad thrust of the Bill and I am now going to focus specifically on its provisions.
The Bill contains 31 sections. Sections 1, 3, 4 and 25 contain standard provisions dealing with the definitions, Short Title, commencement, collective citations and construction of the Bill.
Sections 2, 9 and 23 provide for the repeal of the RPZ provisions and make consequential technical amendments.
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It is Waterford, which is very dependent on tourism.
I am not nodding.
I am sorry but, just because the Deputy is saying I am nodding, it does not mean I am. I know he is saying that for the camera but I am not nodding.
I thank Deputy Gould for raising this very important matter. I am happy to have the opportunity to discuss the regeneration on the northside of Cork city on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Browne.
The regeneration of social housing is a matter, in the first instance, as the Deputy knows, for local authorities. It is their responsibility to identify an opportunity to advance regeneration programmes in line with the ci…
What I said in my response was that the current programme runs until 2028 and they are the projects that the council have put forward for the regeneration, which encompasses 121 units that have been completed, 165 units that are on site, and 127 units that are in pre-construction phase. We in the Department will always assess any application that comes in from local authorities, be they turnkey housing units, regener…
We would have more if the Deputy did not object to them.
Stop objecting to them.
Stop objecting.
One of them. What about the other ten or 12?
How did that go in Berlin?
Deputy Ó Broin has no respect for the Chair or this House.