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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I echo the comments of my party colleagues in support of this Bill. I take the opportunity to speak on it and raise a number of issues. I acknowledge the great work done by pharmacists in my constituency and right across the State. They are often a person's first port of call. They provide compassionate, educated advice on many issues. This is invaluable. I request that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a health impact assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill. [8368/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: This question is to ask the Minister if she has considered a health impact assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill and if she will make a statement on this matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I actually wrote to the Minister last week. We broadly support the Bill, but we have set our own clear policy on the night-time economy. The Minister mentioned the consultation that took place in 2021. Consultation is not a replacement for the health impact assessment. We are not looking to delay the Bill, which is moving slowly at the moment. There is an opportunity for the Minister to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: We support what the Government is trying to do. We see this as positive for the night-time economy and businesses if it is done in an engaging way. We also need to take on board the views of Alcohol Action Ireland, which has been very vocal and has done Trojan work on this. It believes a health impact assessment would allow for service planning and migration to protect vulnerable people....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: On the issue of leadership within An Garda Síochána, on Tuesday night there was a very serious incident on Kilmore Road and Churchfield Road in Cork. My concern, and I have actually written to the Minister, to the Commissioner and to the gardaí locally in Cork about this, is that somebody should have made a call that a serious incident was taking place. This goes back to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will be brief. There are not enough gardaí in Cork either, and the figures show that. In 2022, there were 734 gardaí in the county. By December 2023, there were only 699. Cork got one additional garda from the group of recruits that came out of Templemore. There was a serious incident in my community on Tuesday night. Six gardaí responded but there were over 200 young...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Irish Sign Language Act voucher scheme is to be suspended. [7906/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the supports provided to family carers. [7887/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers employed under the PSO Bus Éireann contract in Cork city in February 2010, February 2015, February 2022, February 2023 and currently in tabular form. [8045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers rostered on a daily basis as 'spare drivers' under the PSO contract in Cork city. [8046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cancellations of scheduled bus routes under the PSO contract in Cork city in each of the past six weeks. [8047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints received by Bus Éireann for issues not related to driver conduct in each of the past 12 months for services in Cork city. [8052/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost in fines issued to Bus Éireann by reason for fine for the PSO contract in Cork city in each of the past 12 months, in tabular form. [8048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the overall cost in fines paid by Bus Éireann by reason for fine for the PSO contract in Cork city in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [8049/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protections he has put in place to prevent further privatisation of bus routes. [8050/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline each of the bus routes that was contracted to Bus Éireann previously but is now under a private commercial operator including year the contracted operator changed, in tabular form. [8051/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Bus Éireann for the PSO bus route in Cork city, by year, in tabular form for each of the past five years. [8053/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last date a review was undertaken of the PSO process for bus routes. [8054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding allocated to the Innishmore active travel scheme in Ballincollig, Cork. [8181/24]