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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing to provide cover to persons with fully managed type 1 diabetes. [31799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no recourse for complaint regarding decisions taken by the nominations committee of a credit union. [31798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deadline for the submission of safety improvement works 2022. [30680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a price discrepancy being quoted in the cost of the M20 by him and that being quoted by the engineering team. [31733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 379. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lending agency can refuse a person a loan based on their age. [31817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if TDs are exempt from Freedom of Information charges. [31001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 to deal with the issue of dereliction in tabular form. [30704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors by local authority in tabular form. [30705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the levies applied by each local authority on derelict sites in 2020, in tabular form. [30706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a legislative requirement for a site to have been on the derelict sites register for two years before it can be compulsorily purchased. [30707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided in 2019 and 2020, respectively for the compulsory purchase of sites by local authority in tabular form. [30708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions or fines and the number of court appearances, respectively, resulting from equine seizures in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30674/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: We tabled these amendments because we believe protections need to be put in place. The amendments are not to be controversial. They are designed to improve the Bill and make it more constructive. It is disappointing that the Minister of State has not taken on board the way in which these amendments were tabled and the reasons for them. It is disappointing because we just wanted to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the points outlined by Deputy Ó Broin on the price the LDA will pay for land. I am conscious of the domino effect the LDA paying over the odds for land will have on the price of affordable rent and purchase homes afterwards. They are intrinsically linked. It is important the correct figures are used for the value of land and the amount paid by the LDA. We cannot have the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: On a point of order, in January 2020 Fianna Fáil councillors voted against social housing in Cork.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: One of them was the Taoiseach's brother.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Ask the Taoiseach's brother how he voted.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Answer the question on housing please.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The question is on housing.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Today the ESRI published a report detailing the need for the State to take a new approach to housing. The approach outlined is to borrow money and build houses. Sinn Féin has been calling for this strategy for years. While the ESRI's calculations are on the conservative side, it still found that the most effective and viable option to solving the crisis is to borrow and to build. ...