Results 2,901-2,920 of 5,906 for speaker:Thomas Gould
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: When the witness says gross, does that include HAP, rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and rent allowance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Were HAP, RAS, rent allowance or any other payments added, how many would there be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is that on top of the 6,600?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: That brings it to 10,300 on the housing list in Fingal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: In relation to the vacancy and derelict sites units, are there full-time staff and how many are there? Is it one unit for derelict sites and vacant sites or are they separate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is there a person full-time dealing with dereliction?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: How many are in the derelict sites team? If the figure is not available offhand I can come back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Are they dealing directly full-time with dereliction and not being pulled into other things in planning, for example? What we have seen over the years is derelict and vacant sites officers doing two and three jobs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Neither local authority has a dedicated person dealing directly with dereliction. Okay. Housing maintenance was also touched on earlier. Both local authorities have indicated that their housing stock is probably newer than some. I represent Cork North-Central, which is located within Cork City Council's area. A lot of the stock there could be 70, 80 or 100 years old. The funding of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: South Dublin County Council has a designated fund in place for planned maintenance. Does Fingal have the same?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: I have another question for both councils. The Government has set targets for delivery of social, affordable and cost rental housing. Have these targets been met over the last few years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Our argument here is that those targets are too low. What we are seeing are local authorities where all targets are hit every year but the numbers of people on housing lists are going up. One of the arguments that I put forward is that housing delivery must match, if not exceed, the number of people coming on the list. Approximately how many new applicants do the witnesses expect to come...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is the number of people coming on to the housing list expected to be over that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses and I appreciate their answers. I thank the Chair for being lenient.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister to reverse the decision to close St. Vincent's Secondary School, which is a publicly funded school for girls. The buck stops with her. This proposal is having a very negative and upsetting effect on many students. For the students in the wonderful Lir ASD unit, it is an extremely difficult time and they are being hugely affected. It is having a fierce effect on the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Did the Minister sign off on this? This process was flawed. She is the Minister for Education. The Department of Education gave her this to sign off and I believe that was completely wrong. At the end of the day she has a responsibility as Minister to ensure that this was done properly. It was not done properly. I spoke to the parents, teachers and particularly the students. Have the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Does that mean it will be paused? Will it be stopped? I am asking a straight question.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Will parents be invited? They are closing the school and the students and parents have no input.
- Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I want to discuss issues in my constituency of Cork North-Central, where there are significant issues with the water quality and brown drinking water in people's houses. I have received calls from people in areas such as Ballyvolane, Gurranabraher, Farranree, Sunday's Well and right across the city saying discoloured or brown water has been coming from their taps in recent months. Irish...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of State-owned properties on derelict sites registers, by local authority, in tabular form. [54158/22]