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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the maximum grant allowed under the adaptation grants schemes. [23926/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister provide an update on the review of the maximum grant allowed under the adaptation grant schemes?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State for his response. In November of last year the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, gave a commitment that the review would be published at the end of 2022. Where is the review? It is now six months late and we still do not have it. Two days ago the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, said he was looking at the review. The Minister of State, Deputy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: While we are giving commitments, will the Minister of State give a commitment that once the review is announced, both the funding and the thresholds will be increased for this year? To give an example, Wicklow County Council found that five of the 11 possible adaptation grants under the mobility aid grant are now priced at a standard above the threshold. Cork City Council had to return...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: That is what is happening

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: To follow on from the point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett, the local authority in the area where I live, Cork City Council, does not build extensions for people and its criteria for housing allocation are very tight. I am dealing with a number of families. One man has a notice to quit and the house he is in is not fit for his family. Local authorities should be able to build extensions or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: In my constituency there is a residents' association on Magazine Road, Cork. For the past few years, and especially during Covid, they have been highlighting the whole issue of planning in respect of student accommodation and the consequences of not having the development zoned for student accommodation, and the effects this development has on the community who are living among it. We see...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I send my support and solidarity to everyone who has been forced to sleep on the streets in this State because of this Government's continued mishandling of the crisis in accommodation. We believe this is wrong. We know it is a direct result of poor Government policies. These failed policies are now attempting to pit the most vulnerable in our society against each other. There is no...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: We face a perfect storm in our health service: a lack of community care and increasing pressure on already overburdened hospitals. In the first three months of the year, in Cork hospitals almost 6,500 beds have been lost because of delayed discharges. This has led to 1,900 cancellations in hospitals and that figure does not include CUH. Each one of these is a human being suffering because...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: There are major issues with our court system at the moment. Delays have had a massive impact on everyone involved. Is it any surprise when this State has an average of 3.27 judges per 100,000 people compared with an EU average of 17.6 judges per 100,000 people. I want to explicitly discuss delays beyond the District court and the Circuit Court. The family courts deal with safety orders...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the target for recruitment to the Defence Forces in the next 12 months. [22911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Navy patrols cancelled or delayed because of staffing issues this year to date. [22910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the design guidelines for school halls. [22912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated per programme to the Summer Programme 2023; and the number of DEIS schools that have indicated they will run the programme. [22913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the last date the EPA independently completed a full audit of the water treatment plant responsible for water in Glanmire. [22972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the structure in place to fund the provision of nursing support to children with complex medical issues in school. [22406/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (25 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the horse project in Cork; and the funding provided for the control of horses in Cork in 2022. [25223/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (25 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister provide an update on the horse project in Cork and the funding provided for the control of horses in Cork in 2022?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (25 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: It is good to hear that a number of horse projects are being looked at nationally, but the problem is the horse project in Cork was talked about ten years ago. It has been in the pipeline and it seems to be stalled. Will the Minister and his Department look to push this forward? Cork city and county councils initially came on board and, to be fair, people such as Valerie O'Sullivan, who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (25 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: The final part of my question was about funding provided for the Control of Horses Act in Cork in 2022. The same year saw an 80% cut in funding spent on the control of horses compared with 2017. Only €1,895 was spent in 2022 whereas €11,000 was spent in 2017. This can be seen on the ground, with horses that are not being cared for and some cases of unbelievable cruelty...