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Written Answers — Department of Health: Gambling Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a gambling prevalence survey. [6487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gambling Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 745. To ask the Minister for Health where the location a full copy of questions asked as part of the current drug and alcohol survey can be found. [6488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to ensure that patients with a prescription for products produced by a company (details supplied) can still access the products. [7125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 891. To ask the Minister for Health if all patients that were receiving reimbursement of their prescription costs for medicinal cannabis prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to receive this reimbursement. [7126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 892. To ask the Minister for Health when permissible products under the medicinal cannabis access programme, MCAP, will be extended to include a variety of cannabis flower. [7127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 893. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been commissioned on the qualifying conditions under medicinal cannabis access programme, MCAP; if so, the timeline for the review; if not, his plans for such a review; if flexibility will exist on the current list of qualifying conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 894. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 3 February 2021, if his attention has been drawn to page 88 of the national development plan which, under Acute Hospital Development, specifically mentions a new hospital for Cork; and if, in view of this information, he will provide a timeline for and update on the promised acute hospital in Cork. [7135/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I appreciate that. It is very kind of the Deputy to let me contribute. Affordable housing and affordable cost rental have been probably the biggest issues I have faced as a councillor and now as a Deputy. We want a robust and fair affordable housing and cost rental scheme, but there is a major lack of detail and information in the scheme here. The witness made a point about the Central...

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I wish to raise issues with the IAA pension scheme and with the treatment of those with an IAA pension and the provisions they have been given. I have raised this matter with the Minister of State through parliamentary questions, and while I understand that she views it, technically, as a private pension scheme, it is fair to say she has some role in its governance. I ask her to meet those...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Government and its Minister with responsibility for housing in particular have indicated they want to end the housing crisis but there are vacant houses lying idle right across the State. A solution I have suggested for years, and which I put to the Minister last year, concerns these vacant properties. Currently, the Government puts out two calls per year for local authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for roll-out of the national broadband plan in Donoughmore, County Cork [6085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his Indonesian counterpart and the Indonesian diplomatic mission to Ireland to express Ireland's displeasure at the recent news that a same sex Indonesian couple were whipped for Sharia-banned sex. [6226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to commissioning a trauma awareness video for the HSE similar to that commissioned and made publicly available for child protection and suicide awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the working group on dual diagnosis has met; when it last met; and the next arranged meeting. [6083/21]

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome this Bill. I disagree with white-collar crime but I do not believe this legislation will make any difference. Ten years ago, the Government bailed out the banks at a cost of €64 billion. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General, this continues to cost us €3 million per week. To put this in context, the pandemic unemployment payment, which the Government has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: On a point of order-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I came in at 9.30 this morning and put my name down.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have a very important question for the Taoiseach about-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: -----SouthDoc in Blackpool. Three months I am raising the issue-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I cannot raise the issue with the Taoiseach. It is a disgrace.