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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with Cork City Council or stakeholder groups to examine the potential of an urban Gaeltacht on the northside of Cork city. [32194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 24 May 2022, if he will instruct the Road Safety Authority to issue an answer on the aforementioned question. [32181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from senior counsel regarding alleged conflicts of interest in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will publish same. [32160/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of a project manager and team to oversee the building of a new school for a school (details supplied). [32473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an official in his Department will make contact with a person (details supplied) regarding accommodation for Ukrainian refugees given that numerous attempts to contact the International Protection Accommodation Services have been unsuccessful. [31829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (21 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with third level institutions to progress the establishment of a neurology nursing course in this State. [32561/22]

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: I recognise and thank my party colleague, Deputy Doherty, for the Trojan work he has done to help reduce insurance premiums and to deliver real insurance reform. Deputy Doherty has led this campaign and this call and I hope the Government will take on board the proposals and solutions of Deputy Doherty and Sinn Féin to help speed up and deliver insurance reform. The Government is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets the vacant homes unit in his Department is working towards to tackle vacancy and dereliction. [32972/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will ask the Minister about the targets towards which the vacant homes unit in his Department is working, to tackle vacancy and dereliction.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: On 5 May, the Minister of State confirmed to me through a response to a parliamentary question that he had no targets for social housing voids and that local authorities should set them. On 26 April, the Minister confirmed to me, again through a response to a parliamentary question, that he had not instructed local authorities to set targets for any area of vacancy, either voids or private,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: What I heard from what the Minister of State said was that having 90,000 vacant houses is not an issue because that is only 4.5% of the overall stock of housing. That is not good enough for a person stuck in the middle of a housing crisis who is looking at vacant and derelict houses in every city, town and village. In 2018, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, referenced voids and said: ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: We can send the quotation on to the Minister. Here we are in 2022, four years later. Deputy Darragh O'Brien is the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and he cannot even fix the problem he called a scandal four years ago.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am quoting the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: How many of the Minister's staff are working on vacant homes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: I asked a question but did not get an answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on affordable housing in Cork city; and if he is satisfied with the progress of the scheme. [32973/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister provide an update on affordable housing in Cork city? Is he satisfied with the progress the scheme is making?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: Cork City Council was only set a target of 78 affordable homes on average each year between now and 2025. That target is too low. Something the Minister has to be very aware of and the Government has to be extremely careful of is that they are creating the expectation for people who are trapped in a housing crisis that affordable homes and cost rentals will be delivered. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: I just want to make one point. The average cost of a house in Cork under this agency is €323,000, which is €50,000 more than the average purchase price. That is what the Minister will be supplying in Togher this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Thomas Gould: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports currently being processed with application addresses in Cork; and the average time for delivery. [32976/22]