Results 3,121-3,140 of 5,906 for speaker:Thomas Gould
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: No, I asked the Taoiseach to do it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: No, that was Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Unfortunately, he got it wrong. He thinks the people of Ballincollig and Blarney-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: I am not wrong; I am out with the people. I am on the ground.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: No, we are okay.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Going to Ballincollig from Blarney is too far. The Taoiseach knows the area himself.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: This week, we heard the shocking statistics that rents in the State have risen by 82% since 2010. In the same period, they have risen by only 18% in Europe. Last year, investment funds purchased one in ten second-hand homes and one in four apartments in the State. In Berlin the Government is taking homes back from investment funds and ridding the city of the cuckoo and vulture funds....
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Actually, I never did. Know your facts, Deputy. I never did. Do not make any statement here without knowing what you are talking about.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: That statement should not have been made. It is not true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is it fair to say the council is being much more assertive in respect of people who are not paying the levies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Sorry?
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 5 July 2022, if he will provide an update on the standards working group; the number of times that the group has met; when the group is expected to report.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61076/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pay claim by CE supervisors. [61065/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in Cork currently; the number considered a complete cohort; and the plans she has to resolve this. [60535/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the pay claim by community employment supervisors. [60978/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses who have had a long day. It has been non-stop for the past three hours. It has been very interesting. I have had to pop in and out between the Chamber and the committee. However, I have been listening. There is no doubt the work being done is very important. There is also no doubt we can do more to support that work. More needs to be done in relation to tenancies...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: To go back to a point my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, made at another meeting, it was about having an NCT for landlords in place beforehand and making it very reasonable. This figure of 70% failure at the first inspection in Cork is unacceptable. Now, because more and more inspections are being done, landlords who either do not have the resources, or who are unwilling to carry out the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: We are hoping to compile a report and make recommendations. I have heard a lot about and there was a comment today about the RTB's small research capacity, or it being out sick today. In some ways, it is amusing but when one looks at the job of work the RTB has to do to have its resources that tight, that say to me that it is not getting enough resources in terms of funding and staff. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be given to each of the drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023. [61282/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; the status of the proposed primary care centre for Blarney; and the timeline for same. [61283/22]