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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (11 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the support that can be given to persons currently in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme indefinitely who cannot drawdown a mortgage. [24273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 922. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite a commitment given to the HSE, SouthDoc is refusing to see persons in its Blackpool, County Cork, facility in cases in which they indicate that they cannot travel to Kinsale Road; and if he will engage with SouthDoc on this issue and support the HSE in formally pursuing the full reopening of SouthDoc,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank AILG and LAMA for their submissions and comments. I was a councillor for 12 years so I completely understand where the councillors are coming from. For years, different Ministers have slandered local authorities for not providing housing. They have blamed local authorities for the problems that we have now and the housing crisis. I want to completely state here that that is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: Yes, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I wish to ask about the local property tax on social housing. Do the witnesses believe that money should be kept within local authorities for services and waived?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the Bill and thank Deputy Cian O’Callaghan and everyone involved in bringing it forward. Part V long-term leasing is a cosy deal for developers, which leads to social holding being turned into a commodity under the watch of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Part V long-leasing, combined with investment funds buying entire estates, as we have seen this week, will not solve the...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: There are three centres in Cork but not one is on the northside. Half of Cork has no vaccination centre.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have a number of questions. I will take three minutes and give the Minister the remaining time to answer if he could. I was contacted by a lady whose mother is 69 and is housebound. She had received a vaccine appointment for a clinic but she had not received an appointment from the National Ambulance Service to come out to her house. When I contacted the HSE about this, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are only three full-time vacant homes officers in the State with none in County Cork. [23532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether affordability and not market value should be the criteria by which costing for cost-rental and affordable housing is judged. [23533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for housebound persons under 70 years of age to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [23401/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: Last year, 109 beds were lost in rehabilitation treatment facilities nationally. Waiting times for beds in some facilities have doubled. Some 1,229 people have been waiting more than 12 months for treatment in one facility in particular. When I asked the Minister about this, he said there was nothing he or the HSE could do about it. That is not good enough. There is plenty that could...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: These beds were lost due to the Covid restrictions but no attempt was made to replace them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: It is addiction services.

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I went on to daft.ie today and the cheapest rental property in Cork is €450 for a one-bed studio. One would need to earn €34,000 a year to afford this property. One is paying €200 a week to live in a box, because that is what it is, and to look at a washing machine and oven. In another property, on the market for €900, the kitchen countertop doubles up as a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions being made or that will be made in respect of section 56B of the Credit Union Act 1997 to prevent undemocratic nominations processes within credit unions. [22595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the sale of alcohol Bill; and if this Bill will include provisions for drink deliveries similar to those included in 2005. [22660/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if a timeline has been provided for the expansion of attendance at addiction recovery group meetings. [22654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek public health advice on the expansion of attendance at addiction recovery group meetings given the significant impact Covid-19 has had on addiction. [22655/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have a few questions to which I would like responses. There are numerous developments going on in Cork city and county at the moment. My concern has been the infrastructure, especially in my constituency of Cork North-Central where there are issues. There is no northern ring road or road infrastructure. Articulated and heavy goods vehicles run through residential areas. If we are...