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Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Support Services (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the establishment of a national family support network. [16960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an update will be provided on the establishment of a horse project in Cork city. [16953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department is taking in preventing sharp increases in the cost of food both at production and point of sale. [16954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider engaging with groups to draw up guidelines for the reporting of drug-related deaths. [10400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the HSE regarding the recent ruling in the High Court on the assessment of needs process. [15334/22]

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Like my colleagues, I welcome this Bill. Much work has been done at committee level - the Minister was present for it - because we truly believe this is a chance to create much fairer, more honest and accessible elections for the future and to have a register that is truly reflective of the electorate. One of the key issues we need to address is opening voting up to younger people. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the provision of a community centre to the Ballyvolane area; if officials in her Department have met with either Cork City Council or local residents with the aim of achieving this; and the way a community can apply for funding to develop such a project. [17933/22]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: I was honoured to be in this Chamber this morning to listen to the address of the Ukrainian President, Mr. Zelenskyy. There is a serious need for us to support the Ukrainian people and to push the UN, European Commission and other relevant bodies to investigate the war crimes that are being committed in Ukraine every day. Alongside this, we cannot forget the plight of those in Syria,...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: We stand here today on the cusp of another increase in the carbon tax. It is a tax that is truly unfair and harsh. It penalises those who can afford it the least. The Government spends much time talking about the hard decisions on climate change but does not talk about the facts and figures that show ordinary people bear the largest burden when it comes to action on climate change. The...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am not confused at all. The Acting Chairman is straying beyond his remit.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to a statement by An Taoiseach in November 2021 (details supplied), if she will provide an update on the proposed actions arising from this work; her plans to have such actions implemented; and if she will provide an update of the first meeting of the strategic implementation group her Department is supplying to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation under which certain websites are required to have age gate verification. [17512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 678. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted of the 2015-2020 Sexual Health Strategy; and, if so, when this review will be published. [17507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the date of each of the initial meetings of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy. [18076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 823. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of each of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy by group in tabular form. [18077/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of a living wage. [18771/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Can the Minister update us on the status of the implementation of a living wage? When will the Low Pay Commission report? Will the Minister commit to implementing all of the recommendations? In its considerations, is the commission considering the rising cost of living?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: While it is appreciated that the Low Pay Commission is considering this, it was asked to do so on 15 April 2021, some 357 days, or a week short of a year, ago. People working in shops, hospitals, supermarkets, the public and private sector on below the living wage are waiting on the report. We need to deliver a living wage for people. The crisis caused by the rising cost of living is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: It is a year later.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: It has been a year. People have been waiting for a year.