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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 985. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 21 July 2020, the four of the 50 actions for delivery between 2017 to 2020 in the National Drugs Strategy, Supporting Recovery Reducing Harm, that have been completed. [18438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 986. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 772 of 21 July 2020, the 35 of the 50 actions for delivery between 2017 to 2020 in the National Drugs Strategy, Supporting Recovery Reducing Harm, which are in progress. [18439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the publication of the 2019 end-of-year report on the National Drugs Strategy; and the status of the 50-point action plan 2017-2020. [18886/20]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the establishment of the new Department. I particularly wish to emphasise the area of apprenticeships and having a co-ordinated strategy to engage with people and get more people to take up apprenticeships. In the past, Governments have allowed the private sector and some local authorities to manage apprenticeships in an ad hocfashion, depending on the market. I am looking for a...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I welcome this section. I note that there are more than 15,000 children below the age of 12 in Cork city. We welcome this aspect of the Bill. However, in my own area the dental clinic on Harrington Square and the Cope Foundation in Montenotte were recently closed down. Those closures have had a direct on 16 primary schools. Parents must now bring their children further afield to get the...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I wanted to make a point on the timeline and ask the Minister for clarity-----

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. I would not mind but you allowed the Deputy before me to speak. This is the second time I have contributed in the Dáil when you have spoken to me about procedure but allowed somebody in afterwards. I do not mind following procedures but I expect the same for every Deputy. Go raibh maith agat.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: You allowed him to speak.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I was sent to speak here by the people of Cork.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Is it that the people of Cork-----

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Excuse me. All I am asking for is to be treated the same as anybody else. Twice I wished to speak and twice I have been interrupted. Another Deputy spoke and the Ceann Comhairle interrupted him but then allowed him to continue.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Go raibh maith agat.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Going back to the point made by the Minister regarding the timeline, I referenced Mr. Tony McCarthy earlier. He is a cancer sufferer and his wife is seriously ill. He is her carer. When they were assessed, they did not qualify for the medical card. All cancer patients should have medical cards. This new Bill would mean Tony and his wife would get a medical card. We spoke today about the...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: A Cheann Comhairle, I wished to speak. We were notified that we would be able to speak.

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: Obviously, I got the wrong information because I was told I would be able to speak. I wish to raise the case of a constituent who has cancer and who, because of the Bill, will not qualify for a medical card-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1 o’clock The programme for Government gives a commitment on page 5 to value our older people and in this regard I raise the closure of Mount Cara on Redemption Road in Cork city. This is a residential care setting with capacity for 25 patients and which currently has 15 patients. The latest HIQA report from January indicates that residents reported being happy and content in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses to be built; and the number of social houses to be completed and allocated in 2020 in Cork city. [17613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time spent on the housing list by families consisting of one or more persons with one or more children that were socially housed in Cork city in 2019 and to date in 2020. [17614/20]

Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I thank my constituency colleague, Deputy Barry, who tabled the motion. There are 480 Debenhams workers and concession workers in Patrick Street, Cork who have lost their jobs and another 250-plus workers in Mahon Point who were told by email that there jobs were gone. The behaviour of Debenhams Ireland and its parent company in the UK is nothing short of scandalous. If we do not draw a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (22 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of roads policing units by county. [17482/20]