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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: What subsection is that?

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I did not take that from this, but if the Minister of State is giving a commitment that this legislation will ban the use of credit cards, not just online but for all gambling, I accept that. It is in store anyway.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 64: In page 92, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Prohibition of Credit Card Gambling 113. (1) A licence to which this section relates shall not be issued by the Authority to an applicant for such licence unless the application is accompanied by an undertaking given by the applicant in the prescribed form stating that if the licence is issued...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister of State to reconsider his position on this. This is a constructive and positive amendment. It seeks to protect people who are vulnerable and at risk. It would prevent people from losing money they do not have. I take on board the Minister of State's sincerity with regard to the Bill and that he is trying to bring forward the best possible legislation, but we have to...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Pleanáil Teanga Lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Tá brón orm ach níl ach cúpla focal Gaeilge agam so I have to speak English. First, I will start with Seán Ó Laoi in Gael-Taca. I am lucky and am very proud that both my daughters can speak as Gaeilge. My children can do something I could never do. As a parent, you always hope your children will take one extra step. My wife has a good bit of the language....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Pleanáil Teanga Lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I joined the board of management of Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers in early 2010. The school was on the verge of closing down. It had been left in a business park and had no playground or anything like that. It was unbelievable. The school was formed in 1986 by Brother Jack Beausang and some parents in the Farranree area, on the north side of Cork city, who wanted a Gaelscoil. They could not get...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will meet with parents and staff of a school (details supplied) regarding their sanctioned ASD classes and her Department's refusal to sanction an extension to allow for these classes to be established. [19765/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for households that do not qualify for social housing, cannot access a mortgage and live in an area with no proposed cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nursing staff, sponsored by the HSE, did not receive a subsistence payment. [19759/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I spoke to the Minister last week regarding the Before 5 childcare facility in Churchfield. It had a preschool, after-school care, a crèche and adult education. It had everything and was in a DEIS area in the heart of Churchfield and Gurranabraher. It has closed down but €364,000 will get it open. That would get hundreds of kids into childcare in our community but we cannot...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: The Government has planned three excise and carbon tax increases on petrol and diesel this year. These increases should not go ahead. The Dáil will be on holidays in August when the review of prices, which the Minister of State talked about, will happen. Does the Minister of State know what happens in August? Parents get ready to send their kids back to school because they are back...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Not all children have the free schoolbooks scheme. That is not in place in August. Will it be in place? The fact is that ordinary people are trying to send their kids to school or college and to go to work. The Minister of State talks about a just transition. Can I explain something? If the Minister of State ever goes to Grenagh in Cork North-Central, which is my constituency, in a...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am supporting a lady in my constituency who is currently in unsuitable housing. She is housed by Cork City Council. She has applied for a transfer and the council has agreed to this. It has offered to her to go on the transfer list and is assessing her situation. She is a survivor of the mother and baby homes. She is someone who the Minister probably knows personally. She has assisted...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Last Friday, the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, revealed that 544 families and individuals received notices to quit in Cork city in the first three months of the year. Those are people who are facing eviction in the next few months. Can you imagine being one of those parents not knowing where you and your family are going to live in a few months' time? In a seven-week period, 15,000...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: What about the 544 families?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will touch on the point the Minister mentioned about accessibility. In Cork city, during Covid, a number of streets were pedestrianised, which was very successful with restaurants, bars and cafés having on-street dining. We welcomed and supported it. There were issues about accessibility, though, which the Minister touched on. It is really important that local authorities work with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to schools in CDNT8 in Cork. [19229/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the number of children overdue an assessment of need in Cork North Lee is at its highest rate since Q1 2019. [19228/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a funding request has been received for a pedestrian crossing at a location (details supplied); and when this was received; and whether it was approved. [19227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an updated timeline for completion of the NWQR in Cork. [18916/24]