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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: However, some 1,000 families joined the list.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: These are the facts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: I do.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (26 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who is currently on hunger strike and seeking a meeting with her. [19840/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a re-introduction of public service bin collections to reduce the impact of fly-tipping and dumping. [11502/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: Has the Minister of State considered the reintroduction of public service bin collections to reduce the impact of fly-tipping and dumping.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: Bin charges have increased by 10% since 2021. People are now facing the prospect of having to pay for their compost to be collected. This flies in the face of the excuses used at the time of imposing bin charges to encourage recycling. The Minister of State just said local authorities have responsibility for waste collection, and one of the reasons it could it is where costs are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: A waiver should be in place for elderly people and people with disabilities.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: I wish to point something out to the Minister of State. He provided funding for anti-dumping initiatives in 2022. Of the 13 projects in Cork city, only one was on the north side. The communities that got the funding were the ones that were most affluent and probably least in need of it, while the communities that were most in need did not get it. Perhaps they did not have the interest or...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: Either everyone is treated equally, or they are not. That lies with the Minister of State.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: Could the Minister of State say anything about the waiver?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person with stone wall cladding can access SEAI retrofitting grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19787/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister if a person with stone-wall cladding can access an SEAI retrofitting grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: I want to find out if there is a specific scheme to provide internal or external insulation for stone walls. I have been contacted by constituents who want to insulate their properties. Many of these properties are old and many of the people involved are older. We know the cost of heating these properties, given the cold and damp. People can put in all the windows and doors they want into...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: The Minister said that the onus here is not to leave people behind but that is what is happening. I will give the Minister another couple of facts and figures. There are 176,000 social housing units in the State. Approximately 36,000 of them are at a B2 standard or higher. Another 36,000 are to be done by 2030. This means that roughly 100,000 social housing units are being left behind....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: How about answering the question?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: He did not answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: The Ceann Comhairle said the Tánaiste will answer the question but he answered none of Deputy Cairns's questions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: The Ceann Comhairle said he would have the ability to do so. He did not answer the questions. That is all I said. The Ceann Comhairle said that and I said he did not answer.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Apr 2023)
Thomas Gould: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings that have been held with the Israeli ambassador about the dramatic increase in violence in Palestine. [19789/23]