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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: During the first lockdown in April, The Irish Timesreported that take-home alcohol sales increased by 40%, with €158 million being spent on alcohol to be consumed in the home. It is vitally important that we have a conversation about alcohol misuse in the light of the serious mental health concerns raised by my party colleague, Deputy Ward, and me, as a result of the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Erasmus+ Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to payment of the Erasmus grant to students who did not travel abroad in 2020. [44777/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of licensing and reimbursement of Jorveza used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis. [44769/20]

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: I commend my party colleague, Deputy Cullinane, on tabling this motion. It is a disgrace that we are here again debating student nurses and midwives getting paid. I raised this matter in the Dáil last March. It took us weeks before we could get the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to acknowledge the work that student nurses and midwives were doing on the front line. He put in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: On Friday, the Minister for Health confirmed to me that SouthDoc clinic in Blackpool was to reopen on Monday. At short notice over the weekend, SouthDoc reversed that decision and the Blackpool clinic did not open. SouthDoc has received €7.3 million to provide out-of-hours GP services for the Cork and Kerry region. It has misled the HSE, the Minister, and more importantly, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Remote Working (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the report on working from home. [2615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Issues (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Ireland will have its own merchant navy record training book for Ireland's merchant navy engineering cadets, deck officer cadets and electrical cadets. [2224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Issues (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Ireland relies on the UK's Merchant Navy Training Board to set the standard of training for Merchant Navy engineering cadets, deck officer cadets and electrical cadets and rating training by virtue of a UK-made training record book for each discipline. [2225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the family of essential workers will be considered for driver tests currently, given that they are necessary to transport essential workers to and from work. [2535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that childcare providers are requesting full payment from parents who are essential workers even if one parent is an essential worker and the other currently is not working and, therefore, not in need of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool. [2417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the previously mentioned gambling addiction support services funded by the HSE; the funding streams they are supported under; and the way in which similar services can apply for this funding. [2784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is facing imminent closure without support; if consideration will be given to supporting this vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2787/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: There is probably only one service nationally offering specialist treatment for people with gambling addiction. In four weeks, this service will have to close because of a lack of funding. What will people who are stuck in gambling addiction and their families do then? The service needs funding for the next few months until the Gambling Control Bill is finally passed and the social fund is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am not sure what happened with Deputy O'Donoghue but I come in and put my name down every day and I come in early to do it. Maybe there was a mix-up today but we do not put our names down in blocks. We come in early because we want to speak.

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: First Stage (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will begin by thanking my party colleague, Deputy Ward, for his hard work on this legislation. For the last number of months, I have had the honour of meeting with addiction services who are working on the ground. The knowledge and the expertise they have shared with me has been invaluable. I take this opportunity to thank them for meeting with me, sharing their experiences and helping me...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body families of deceased survivors of industrial schools can contact to obtain information on the period their family members spent in the institution. [3169/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome this Bill and thank everyone for the hard work they have put into it. From my experience, there are significant gaps in voter registration and the people who actually vote. Younger people, marginalised groups, those in rented accommodation, minorities and those from disadvantaged areas are most affected by the weaknesses and gaps in voter registration. A question raised with me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry, Chairman-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Gould: Will special consideration be given to early school leavers? We have seen many in this cohort lose out.