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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of running Ballincollig fire station annually. [59190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of running a fire station annually. [59191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency development of St. Kevin’s Site in Shanakiel, Cork. [59277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last date he undertook engagement with the Land Development Agency in relation to St. Kevin’s Site in Shanakiel, Cork. [59278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a lack of secondary school places in the Glanmire area of Cork. [59410/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome Ms Quigley, Ms Hill and Mr. Hamilton. Their contributions are very important. I am very concerned about this shift in relation to the mid-term review. This decision goes against the national drugs strategy. I have questions for Ms Quigley. What support could we give? Does she believe that allowing this to happen is a political decision or is it just a lack of political will by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: On the back of what Ms Quigley said and addressing Mr. Hamilton, is it possible for the Minister of State to come before this committee to discuss both the changes to the mid-term review and also the crisis of funding that would happen in January? These are -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Yes, Chair. As I said, I propose that the Minister of State come into the committee to deal with the changes in the mid-term review and the funding crisis that will happen in Tallaght in January. That has to be dealt with urgently. Mr. Hamilton commented on the increase in women's crack cocaine use. Is there funding needed for women-specific services? From my discussions with women in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have to step off the meeting because I am going into the Dáil Chamber and then I am going to the CityWide briefing. I will log back on after those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I apologise for my earlier absence. I had to go to the Dáil Chamber. I was here during the CityWide presentation. I know Ms Hill and Mr. Hamilton from an earlier debate. The piece of work that the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force has done is very good. Its findings are shocking, let us be honest. Ms Hill earlier mentioned a tsunami of issues relating to crack cocaine. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank our guests. Ms Hill touched on the issue of funding at the very start of the meeting. People will probably say we keep beating that drum, but the facts are the facts. The savage cuts the services faced from 2008 to 2010 have never been reversed. One of the Government Senators said earlier there was €6 million in the budget towards drugs and alcohol services. We reckon it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: On the Department's plan for civil society, we are reinventing the wheel. CityWide and the drugs and alcohol task forces, who are the people on the ground, will attend. There is an agenda here; let us be honest. The Department is trying to take the communities out of the national oversight committee. That is the issue. To me, bringing forward the civil society, 16-person group is a way...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I agree with Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan that the section seems out of place in the Bill. Maybe the Minister can outline the reasons for including this section and why he feels there is a need for it in this Bill. Sometimes we deal with legislation containing add-ons where the Government tries to put in additional provisions that would not necessarily have been there at the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will be brief. The Minster stated this is a useful and forward-looking provision that is about advancing change and streamlining and has Government approval. He then stated that he does not know when, if ever, it will be used. If that is the case, why is it being included in the Bill? I made a point earlier regarding how we see parts coming into legislation. In my two short years in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will not reiterate what Deputy Ó Broin outlined. This is a loophole. When the Government is just about to do something correct, all of a sudden there is another avenue or loophole. Why we are adding another year? It does not make sense. Obviously, something had to be done, but I cannot understand why we would allow people to come into this process at this stage. Perhaps the...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have met the local employment services staff in Cork. They have been under Cork City Partnership for over 25 years. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party councillors in Cork have come out in support of them. The Taoiseach made clear his support for them in the past. The local employment services provide valuable services for those seeking employment, including vulnerable groups,...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: It is vital when discussing the pay bill for the staff of the Oireachtas that we give recognition to the secretarial assistants working in our offices who have been fighting for fair pay since 2017. I will take a minute to talk about my secretarial assistant, Mr. Ken Weldon, who works in my office. Ken manages my office and organises my clinic. He deals with patience, kindness and empathy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a training centre (details supplied) in renewing its lease; and if his Department will provide assistance to the organisation in this regard. [58365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a person (details supplied) to take their exams. [58274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [58268/21]