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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he provided additional funding for the protection of animal welfare during recent cold weather. [8367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the horse project in Cork city. [8366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance when the pension levy will be abolished for ESB pensions. [8557/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 280. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed nursing home in a facility (details supplied) will be open. [8455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 281. To ask the Minister for Health whether retention planning permission was received for a facility (details supplied); and, if so, when this was received. [8456/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 282. To ask the Minister for Health for an itemised list, by cost, of the equipment purchased and installed in a facility (details supplied). [8457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of redevelopment of a facility (details supplied), by labour costs, construction costs and equipment costs, in tabular form. [8458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric bays in emergency departments in Mercy University Hospital and CUH in January 2023; and the current number. [8461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time, by hospital in Cork and Tipperary in 2023. [8467/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I agree with what my colleagues have said about Traveller-specific accommodation and the recommendations not being included in the Bill. There were groups here last week about the Spring Lane site in Cork. What I could never understand as a councillor is that when city development plans were produced we knew the population and the increase in the Travelling community, yet local development...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I support the amendment moved by Deputy Matthews. As Deputy Ó Broin said, the national planning framework should be adopted by a resolution of the Dáil. It should go to a vote and it should be debated. Good laws come from debate, discussion and votes. Even if we were to have the best Minister, this process supersedes the right of the Oireachtas to set these laws. The opposite...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I completely agree with everything Deputy Ó Broin said. Ultimately, local government, local democracy and local development plans are developed and produced at a local level. This must be respected. It is important that this legislation will not interfere with or restrict that local democracy. I just wish to make this point, without going over everything Deputy Ó Broin has said....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will follow up on the question that Deputy O'Callaghan has put to the Minister of State. Ten years ago, or maybe more, a new prison was built in The Glen in Cork, right next to the old prison. Cork City Council at the time brought out an excellent report about why this prison should have not been located there but because it was built under special legislation on prisons, it went...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: The Government must scrap the TV licence and support public service media through direct Exchequer funding. This was recommended in the report of the Future of Media Commission. There has been a loss of confidence in the wake of the scandals in RTÉ and this loss has not been helped by this week's additional scandals and announcements regarding the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, the...

Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I commend Deputy Ó Snodaigh and Eoghan Finn in his office on their work on this Bill. The past seven days have seen more emerging scandals in RTÉ about confidential payments that could not be discussed, a lack of oversight, and the Minister in charge not being there to ensure it was being done properly. Anyone who has followed the scandals has found themselves deeply frustrated by...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Figures released to Sinn Féin show a shocking increase of 158% in CAMHS waiting lists in CHO 4 from July 2020 to August 2023. Some 348 of these children have waited over 12 months for an appointment. This is completely unacceptable. Last year, I was contacted by a lady whose daughter was in severe distress. She had to bring her to the accident and emergency department for help....

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: The previous Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, said we need to see continued reductions in the number of children waiting to access CAMHS and the length of time spent waiting being reduced. Enough of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. All we have seen are children waiting longer. These children are begging for help from the Minister of State and from all of us and they need to get it.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am appalled by the Government's last-minute decision not to allow this Bill to progress. Deputy Joan Collins has received support from Mandate and the FSU. The Bill is credible, but the Government is refusing to allow it to move to the next Stage to be scrutinised. It is just not good enough and shows where this Government stands on workers' rights. We can all agree that the strength of...