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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Will it have affordable homes for next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: The reason I raise that is, as a Deputy for Cork North-Central, I cannot understand how Dublin local authorities can sell affordable houses €50,000 cheaper than we can in Cork, especially when the average cost of a three-bedroom house in Dublin is almost €100,000 greater. Obviously Cork City Council will have to answer that when it is here next week, but it relates to the point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will touch on a point with regard to one-bed accommodation. A number of the witnesses made a point about older people who are living in two-, three- or four-bedroom houses. Every one of us knows people like that. We need more of a roll-out of that type of one-bed accommodation. We have some very successful ones in Cork and probably in other areas, but we need more of them. Are councils...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: We recognise there is an opportunity with regard to the accommodation that older people need. It would also release three- and four-bedroom properties. With regard to manning levels, we know that staff was culled in local authorities after the financial crash. Where are councils now, staff-wise, compared to where they were at the high of their staffing in 2010, 2011 or 2012? Are they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: He has not.

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: It is good to see the increase in funding, and I welcome it. Post Covid in particular, we need to rebuild the tourism sector. I am sure many Deputies are aware of the torrential rain on Sunday night in Cork city and the flooding that affected areas such as Hollyhill, Blackpool, Ballyphehane, Glanmire and other areas across the city. The flooding had a devastating impact on businesses and...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I could take that slot as well.

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: This is about choices; it is as simple as that. When this country hit a financial crisis, the Government parties bailed out the banks and did not give a damn about the cost. This winter, the Government could choose whether to bail out ordinary working families and pensioners - the people who are trying to get through the winter. The choice was with the Government, and it decided not to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with universities in Cork to discuss the potential of a northside campus. [51643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that he has provided to University College Cork and Munster Technological University to build student accommodation in 2023. [51644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of HGV driving tests provided in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [52156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Official Engagements (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has spoken with her United States counterpart to date in 2022. [52155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Explosives Bill 2021. [52157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds available in Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by department. [52153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time clinical pharmacists that are employed by HSE in CHO4 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [52154/22]

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Sinn Féin has been proposing this legislation since 2019. We welcome that the Government is finally moving on it. It is long past time for white-collar crime to be dealt with by the law and treated as what it is. It is not a victimless crime. Those who suffered during the financial crash will say that. I am still dealing with families who were affected by that financial crash....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: To follow up on the point made by Deputy Ó Broin about the land register, we had representatives from Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before the joint committee on Tuesday. Next week we will have representatives from Cork City Council and Galway local authorities. In the next few weeks, we also will have representatives from other local authorities....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I want to give an example of the point Deputy Eoin Ó Broin is trying to make. Constituents in Cork North-Central went to buy their home from the local authority under tenant purchase but because there were problems with the land register and because the house was built on three different plots going back over 100 years, that family waited over 20 years before they could buy the home....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: If the Minister wanted, he could always start in Cork city. I will just put that out there.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the Cork stations now and at their peak. [52331/22]