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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on National Development Plan projects in Cork city. [19709/24]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Pleanáil Teanga Lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Tá brón orm ach níl ach cúpla focal Gaeilge agam so I have to speak English. First, I will start with Seán Ó Laoi in Gael-Taca. I am lucky and am very proud that both my daughters can speak as Gaeilge. My children can do something I could never do. As a parent, you always hope your children will take one extra step. My wife has a good bit of the language....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Pleanáil Teanga Lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I joined the board of management of Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers in early 2010. The school was on the verge of closing down. It had been left in a business park and had no playground or anything like that. It was unbelievable. The school was formed in 1986 by Brother Jack Beausang and some parents in the Farranree area, on the north side of Cork city, who wanted a Gaelscoil. They could not get...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have raised a number of times in the past the issue of the return of therapists to special schools, including St. Killian's Special School and Cara Junior School in my constituency. Figures I have received show that there are 368 students in special schools in children's disability network team, CDNT, 8 in my constituency, and they have only been sanctioned two full-time therapists for 368...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: There is a serious knock-on effect for children because of the failures to provide therapies. Behavioural issues are getting worse, children are falling behind and through the gaps, and staff are under constant pressure and stress, all of which could be resolved. We will not be able to fix everything but if the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, were to provide €150,000, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (9 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 3. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will provide assistance to develop a community centre in Fair Hill, Cork city. [20940/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (9 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister to provide an update on whether she will provide assistance to develop a community centre in the Fair Hill-Fairfield area of Cork city.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (9 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. First, I welcome the money that has been put into the community fund. However, the people of Fair Hill and Fairfield have not had a community centre for decades. For the past ten years, this brilliant community has again been trying to develop a community centre. At the moment, it has a two-bedroom house from Cork City Council, to which hundreds of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (9 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: We are trying to get the money for the feasibility study. This group is currently doing that but it is taking years to access any funding. Maybe it is different with the funding for shovel-ready projects but this site is not shovel-ready and will not be until the feasibility study is carried out. The question is whose responsibility it is to deliver a community centre. Is it always on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Cork's heroic victory over Limerick last weekend will go down in history as one of the most exciting games of the modern time but thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people were not able to watch it, including diehard GAA people and hurling people who love the game. So far, not one of Cork's hurling championship matches have been on television. The games against Clare and Waterford were...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I do not accept the Minister of State's assertion that there is no role for the Government in this matter. Hurling is not just another sport. It is our national game. It is part of our culture and tradition. It is what Irish people from the island of Ireland and all across the world associate with being Irish. To say the Government has no part to play in it, while other sports are on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether consideration has been given to the establishment of a dumping taskforce in Cork city. [21616/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the National Broadband Plan in Cork. [21617/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether funding is available for infrastructure and traffic calming in Cloughduv village. [21645/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the northern transport project for Cork city has not been included in the National Development Plan interactive transport map. [21671/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration will be given to providing a stop for the 203 bus in Onslow Gardens in Cork city, given it once stopped there. [21798/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an additional school bus for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21527/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether funding is available for the taking-in-charge of estates. [21642/24]

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: On Monday evening, a young man in my constituency was seriously injured in a motorbike accident. At the moment, he is in a critical condition. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time. He, unfortunately, is just one of a number of people, especially young people, who have been involved in serious road accidents in my constituency. There are a number of reasons for this. A...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I support these amendments in relation to the ability to draw down funding. We are in the middle of the worst housing crisis in the history of the State and we will not having the ability to access vital funding. We have the highest house prices, rent and homelessness figures in the history of the State. We have almost 8,000 people on housing lists in Cork. The Government's affordable...