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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives that he is providing for renewable and innovative lower carbon solutions to food production. [61285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to plans by Coillte to sell 9.8 ha of forest at Ardnagreehy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health diversion approach to drugs. [60536/22]

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I have nothing against the Minister personally but I have something against his policies and plans because they have not worked. He has been in office for two and half years and I have listened to everyone describe all that the Government has done. I will tell this Government about families. A lady contacted me, a mother and grandmother, who cannot close the door of her bedroom because she...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The only problem is-----

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is Santy Claus.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: How many homeless people are there in the Minister's constituency?

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: It would be a good start.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: You gave them a big bonus last week.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Government did not spend the allocation this year.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Fianna Fáil should run a few candidates there and see how it gets on. The Deputy is all talk.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Kicking and screaming.

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I would also like to wish the Minister all the best. I am not sure if he is going to be Minister for Finance or the Taoiseach. Only time will tell. The reality is that this Government puts aside money every year for capital projects and fails to deliver on some of them. Meanwhile, areas like Cork North-Central are screaming out for funding and investment because of under-investment...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Last week it was announced that the new elective hospital in Cork will be based in Glanmire. That is something I welcomed. However, I was disappointed to learn that it will not be open and operational until 2027. There are tens of thousands of people in Cork on the waiting lists for elective surgery. It is not good enough that the earliest opportunity they will have to access treatment is...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister, Deputy Ryan, said yesterday we cannot be certain what any energy company will do. We absolutely can be certain. We can make sure we are certain. We can meet with them, put the hard questions to them and tax their huge profits through a windfall tax. We have been calling for such a tax for months, and it was not until Europe brought it in that the Government finally...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: There is an explicit and important recognition of the value of the work our environmental NGOs do in the planning process, whether through European Union directives or the Aarhus Convention. Traditionally, this aspect has been reflected in their treatment by the Government and in the legislative process. The Oireachtas housing committee engages with environmental NGOs on pre-legislative...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: We have been in here for the past two and a half years doing everything we can to be constructive and encourage the Minister and Department to deliver housing as quickly as possible. That is the way we want to come at things but I have concerns about this. To touch on a point Deputy O’Callaghan made, I come from Knocknaheeny. It is a huge regeneration project. Whether it is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he is taking to reduce approval times at the NSAI for new building technologies. [62086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy-Cahill report. [62085/22]