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Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: Will he come with me because he must not have been looking at where the dereliction was.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is sitting there in his ivory tower with his Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and speculator buddies while we are on the ground with ordinary people who are suffering. That is the difference. The Minister spoke about ideology, and there is a problem with it because the Government believes in looking after the well-to-do and the wealthy developers. People do not have homes, they are...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: They are the Government's rules.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: We do not.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: Nothing was built.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: Stop, stop.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to Cork City Council to address dereliction given the high dereliction levels in the city. [46404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the turnaround time for vacant council houses in Cork city has now reached 64 weeks; and his plans to work with the local authority to reduce same. [46403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if details of the destination of waste shipped from waste management facilities in Cork city will be provided. [46695/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 9 September 2021, when new guidelines for addiction recovery group meetings will be published; if these guidelines will take account of the current restrictions imposed in an office environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46261/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: In respect of the Department's engagement with WRC, are the people attending the WRC just there to observe or will they be decision-makers who will, it is hoped, help resolve the workers' rights issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: In 2015, Irish Water introduced a decade-long plan starting with a public consultation to source a new water supply for Dublin in the midlands. Given that the process of separating Irish Water was not meant to happen until 2025, will the separation impact on and delay this process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: Should the referendum on water not have been brought forward before this new company? Surely a referendum will have profound implications for this new company. Has the Government not made a mistake in not bringing forward the referendum first and then dealing with this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: I believe the referendum should have been dealt with before we got to this stage. A number of Government Deputies and Senators made the point that a lot of mistakes were made with the setting up of Irish Water. If ever there was a comment that did not reflect the complete disaster that was the setting up of Irish Water and the water charges that were implemented, it is that. I wish to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have serious concerns that the annual costs of €5 million and €10 million will be far more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Is there anything in the Bill to ensure the day-to-day running of the plants is not outsourced and is fully managed by Irish Water? Contracting work out is something we have concerns about. In terms of the rights of existing workers, it is very unfair to expect them to walk away from their terms and conditions. I do not believe that is...

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: In a country with as much wealth as Ireland, no child should have to live in poverty. Social Justice Ireland found that there are 190,000 children living in households experiencing poverty. This is a shocking figure. It is a shame on our country that this is allowed to happen. These children are the real victims of the policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the past decade. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: Did the Tánaiste not read our Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned expenditure on flood relief in Cork city over the next ten years. [45594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (23 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address educational disadvantage which has worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [45597/21]