Results 3,101-3,120 of 5,906 for speaker:Thomas Gould
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Does the Minister have a figure for the total legacy debt on the land that local authorities are holding?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The Minister has €100 million put forward this year. Is that something that will be rolled out over the next two or three years to remove that legacy debt?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: When I was on Cork City Council, it was paying, let us say, on €100,000, what started off at €7,000 and rose over the years because it was originally interest-only repayment and then the local authority had to pay capital. It could have been the bones of €1 million. Other local authorities must be in the same position. It goes back to a point Deputy Cian O'Callaghan...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The problem with that is the Government brought in the local property tax and then slashed the block grants. In fact, local authorities were worse off with the local property tax. For example, one area I represent is Kerry Pike. It is a lovely little village in Cork North-Central. It is five minutes from Apple Computers. The village doubled in size with development and until recently, it...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The problem with the new vacant homes tax is that it is only equivalent to 0.3% because it is tied to the local property tax, which is not enough to act as a deterrent.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: There were 419 applications for Croí Cónaithe towns and only 66 were delivered. There was huge fanfare when the scheme was announced. I got the number of units delivered in a response to a parliamentary question I tabled this week.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Only 66 homes delivered.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: With only 66 homes the scheme might as well not exist.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I referred to the Croí Cónaithe towns.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The information was supplied in a response to my parliamentary question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I support the Minister on the latter.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: My party will definitely support the Minister's plans for using CPOs.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I was expecting more time.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I will lash out a few questions. We are discussing social housing income limits. In recent years, people have been taken off lists for being over the limit. So that they might keep their times, will there be an exemption for people who went over the limit in the past year or two but who are now under the limit? I know of a person who was on a list for ten and a half years. He was to be...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Will the Minister consider the direct build aspect, please?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 357. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60027/22]
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: I begin by acknowledging this Bill is a huge step forward. It has taken 14 years to get here. It is unfortunate that, once again, we have complex legislation being pushed through ahead of Christmas. I hope the Government will give us time to debate, analyse and strengthen this legislation because we recognise it is badly needed. We must recognise the men and women across the island of...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Last week, when I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of a GP service that is closing in Blarney in Cork he said the HSE should seek an interim GP. He also said he would follow up with the HSE and the Minister. Patients have now received letters sending them to GPs in Ballincollig, which has no direct link to Blarney. Some will be going as far as Ovens. This is despite an offer from a GP...