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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: A young man, Seán, came into my office last week. He works full time, is separated and has two children. He has a good job but is living with his parents because he cannot afford to buy a house. He has saved every penny he can and has substantial savings. He applied and was accepted for an affordable housing scheme run by Cork County Council but even with all of his savings, a gift...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: It would be affordable. Our scheme would be affordable. That is the difference.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will.

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I want to let Deputy Pringle know, though he will probably hear later, that our motion applies to rural and urban areas. It applies to all 31 local authorities. We are looking for a major investment of money and additional staff to deal with housing maintenance issues. No disrespect to the Minister of State, but his response and those of the other Ministers earlier show the reality of...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — housing policy is not only about the number of homes delivered but the quality of those homes for tenants living in them; — as the State's largest landlord, Government has a particular responsibility to ensure, through funding for local authorities, that social housing tenants live in good quality homes; —...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Where is the senior Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, for the discussion of this very important motion? The man who is responsible for housing in this State does not even have the decency to come to the House this evening. Absolute contempt is being shown to the hundreds of thousands of people who live in 176,000 social homes when the Minister does not have the decency to turn up. It is a...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am sharing time. What should have been a proud and nice day, when this State recognised the Palestinian state, has lost a lot of that with what happened on Sunday and the horrific atrocities and war crimes carried out by the Israeli state. We look at the photographs and videos that come from there and we heard people screaming as the Israeli Government burned men, women and children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: There are 4,000 children homeless.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the engineer’s report into a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, Cork. [23836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government intends to expand the Covid learning and supports scheme. [23837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average all-in development costs for one-bed bungalows and low-rise apartment blocks delivered under the SHIP, Part V, CALF and CAS schemes in 2023, in tabular form. [23680/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Cork County Council has been limited to only taking a €75,000 equity share in Rathealy Close, Fermoy. [23681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of delivering an in-patient clinical setting bed. [23679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that PLC graduates looking to progress to a relevant third-level course are included in a lottery for limited places, regardless of grades or previous attempts to enter third level. [23338/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of delays in apprenticeship completion in Cork; and how he plans to resolve this. [23337/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees with a Government proposal to delay the introduction of paid sick leave. [23340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a funding stream is available to support GAA coaching in schools for children with additional needs. [23266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Traveller Community (22 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a funding stream is available to assist in engaging children from the Travelling community in GAA. [23267/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building for a school (details supplied). [22868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for the vacant sites levy, by local authority, in tabular form, for 2023. [22514/24]