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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank our guests for coming in. I have been listening intently to their contributions and those of the Deputies and Senators. I have been in contact with a lady who has a child and received a notice to quit last July. The local authority never purchased the house. The landlord has sold the house on the private market and now this lady is facing eviction in two weeks' time. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: It is for both groups of officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Yes. The point Ms Farrelly made on scale is key. In ten days' time, the ban on evictions will be lifted, and in April, May and June, we will see people being evicted. The question now is whether people overstay or whether they leave on the date. Put it this way, if my family was facing eviction on 1 April, I would not be leaving. I would not leave that house and go with my wife and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Which is a first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I appreciate that. The information they are giving-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Regarding the case-by-case basis, originally people were saying it was seven years and then five years. The case was made that it is probably two years now, depending. I was at a joint policing committee, JPC, in Cork yesterday for Deputies, councillors and Senators. I raised the issue of the eviction ban ending on 1 April. Someone commented that Cork city had a good steady supply coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: That was a comment made earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: That is something I have concerns about, because the system needs to be fair. I am not sure who made the point earlier. How do we balance that? I am not sure who made the comment earlier, possibly it was Ms Farrelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank Ms Farrelly for clarifying that. A point was made earlier that approximately 2,700 voids were returned last year. There are 600 voids at the moment in Cork city. There is funding from the Department for 120 to be done this year. Why should local authorities be writing to the Department to get clearance or funding for voids? Would it not be a better use of everyone's time and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Earlier the officials discussed the point of contact. I have been dealing with Cork City Council especially in the last few weeks since the decision not to extend ban on evictions. Cork City Council would be like every other local authority; the officials are doing their very best under a really trying conditions. They are trying to source properties everywhere. What is needed is to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: A report was due to be published on 31 March. How come the date was the day before the eviction ban was lifted? A report is due by the end of the month; is that so?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if support is available to businesses to retain seasonal staff during their off-peak seasons. [13316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether a person with stone walls can avail of a retrofitting grant. [12253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that residents in a location (details supplied) are not in receipt of broadband. [12816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people on a cancellation list for their NCT in Cork. [12245/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken to decrease the NCT wait time in Cork. [12246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are two schemes for social housing retrofitting, one for voids and one for occupied homes. [12251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units to be retrofitted in Cork in 2023. [12252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities that utilise the tenant in situ scheme will be able to request additional funding for increased maintenance costs. [13454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derelict sites levies, levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on the register on 31 December 2022 and to date in 2023, by each local authority, in tabular form. [13018/23]