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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: I do not recognise it as a positive, because people are struggling right now. The Minister of State said he is taking a measured approach, but a 30 cent increase in the minimum wage was recommended by the Low Pay Commission. I am not sure if the Minister of State has any grasp on the reality of how bad the cost of living crisis is. There are increases virtually every week in the cost of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: The Minister of State should not make comments that are not true. The Minister of State just made a statement that is not true.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: Inflation alone will be 8% this year.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: That is a Central Bank figure.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the clinical director or other lead personnel of the inpatient mental health facility in St. Stephen’s Hospital in Glanmire given recent inspection reports. [18591/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive remedial plan has been drawn up for the inpatient mental health facility in St. Stephen’s Hospital in Glanmire; and if so, if he will publish this. [18592/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (6 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available for community libraries; and if Cork City Council has applied for this for Blackpool library. [18464/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to increasing the minimum wage given the rising cost of living. [18772/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to the establishment of a nationwide dumping taskforce; and his views on whether County Cork could be considered for a pilot for a localised taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if analysis of the potential benefits of a national waste collection service has been carried out in advance of commencing the drafting of the new national waste strategy management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with or sought to meet or contacted a company (details supplied) to query its recent price increases in view of its claim of fully renewable energy sources. [19079/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered in Q1 2022; and the number to be delivered in Q2. [19080/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes delivered in Q1 2022; and the number to be delivered in Q2. [19081/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the HSE to reimburse persons living in a nursing home who have been approved for funding under the fair deal, nursing home support scheme and in cases in which there is a delay in releasing funds leaving families to fill the gap. [18954/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available in Cork for children with epilepsy. [19132/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process for the continuum of care for persons with epilepsy who move into this jurisdiction from the UK. [19133/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: 422. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and resources that are available for schools to assist children with epilepsy. [19134/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: I thank our guests. I will start off on a positive note. The constituency I represent, Cork North-Central, has seen a couple of retrofitting projects over recent years, in Wolfe Tone Street, Allen Square and Harbour View Road, where my father lives and where I come from, in Knocknaheeny, as part of the regeneration plan. People who live in Wolfe Tone Street and Allen Square have stated...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)
Thomas Gould: Mr. Meally touched on-----