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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: What will the Minister do to bring forward a fund to get young people to engage in sport and the arts, given the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on youth engagement? Young people have really suffered as a result of the pandemic restrictions and need support now.

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for giving me an opportunity to speak on this important motion. During last year's general election, I was canvassing with the Sinn Féin president, Deputy McDonald, in Blackpool shopping centre in Cork. A number of people came up to us to explain how angry and frustrated they were at what they perceived as a betrayal by the previous Government and Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to sporting clubs to host commemorative tournaments and events given the significance of the Decade of Centenaries and the opportunity this presents to educate young persons. [33252/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of defibrillators at bus stations across the State in 2021. [33341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of funding available to local sports clubs to install and maintain defibrillators in the Cork north central area in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: First Aid Training (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the rolling out of mandatory CPR training for third-level students on a piloted basis in selected third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding available for Garda stations to install defibrillators in the Cork north central area in 2021. [33339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation needed to guarantee exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine on the basis of travel for a medical appointment. [25849/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Sinn Féin will support this important legislation. It is once in a lifetime legislation that we have to get right. What steps are being taken to give 16-year-olds the right to vote? I recently joined Instagram and while I am still getting my head around the platform, I can reach a much younger age group on it. Through it I see that young people are engaging with and know about...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the northern ring road. [32435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to disparities in sustainable transport access in Cork city. [32436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a disparity in funding allocations across several Departments between areas in Cork city; and his plans to address this. [32468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether all contracts for capital works laid out in the National Development Plan should be required to contain social clauses which require contractors to hire a certain proportion of their staff from the live register and create a certain number of apprenticeships. [31969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Seized Property (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to reclaim a relative’s War of Independence firearm if it was surrendered to An Garda Síochána in the 1970s. [32572/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The housing crisis is getting worse every week. Not a week goes by without some new statistic showing how bad the situation is getting. We see house prices and rents rising while, at the same time, not enough houses are being delivered to meet demand. We have a huge issue with capacity and the provision of housing. We know speculators are hoarding land and trying to maximise the profits...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Sorry, Chair, the Minister made a statement about people opposing the development of the St. Kevin's site in Cork. I have not opposed it and do not know of anyone here who has. If the Minister makes a statement such as that, he should clarify who he is speaking about. I do not know of anyone who has opposed it. I originally proposed that we build on that site, eight years ago, before the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister cannot come to public meetings and make comments that are not accurate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Like others, I have concerns about social housing. I appreciate that the Minister is talking about increasing the 10% Part V social housing requirement to 20%. The core of the facts here is that public housing should be built on public land. We cannot stand over any development that will allow private developers to build private houses on public land, which are unaffordable to the majority...