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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: This bottle I am holding contains what we are drinking in Cork. It is yellow. The thing about this is that if you boil it, the cast iron, the dirt and the manganese are still in it. People are boiling the water at home thinking they are doing the right thing but instead all they are doing is drinking dirty water. Does the Minister of State think the people of Dublin would accept this?...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: I will finish with this. People with children and babies have to buy bottled water. The people at risk here are people who are blind or have sight issues, as well as older people, who are drinking this water because they do not have the money to buy bottled water.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: The figure is 29,000. The figure should be correct.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: We told the truth. We told the truth; that was the difference. The Tánaiste misled the public.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contingency plan available for those with complex needs who cannot access existing hostel accommodation in Cork city. [3720/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contingency plan available for those without access to accommodation when hostel services are at capacity in Cork city. [3721/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person can receive domiciliary carer's allowance past a child's sixteenth birthday or whether the child is required to apply for disability allowance. [3718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to date by the NTA for rental of office space in Penrose Quay in Cork. [4585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of ongoing issues with traffic in Glanmire due to delays to the flood relief scheme and when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the suspension of re-entry visa requirements for children under the age of 16 years, who are travelling with legal parent or guardian, will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are assigned to Cork Garda stations but are expected to cover the region. [4789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England; if this contravenes the daytime broadcasting watershed under Section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (11 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that an alcohol brand was advertised in the middle of the field of play during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin; if this contravenes the restrictions on advertising during sporting events under Section 15 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement...

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: There is a crisis in children's mental health services in Cork and Kerry. A total of 60% of all children on waiting lists for CAMHS appointments for more than one year are in Cork and Kerry - 60% in just two counties. Hundreds of children experiencing severe mental health issues are on a waiting list while their parents and loved ones watch their condition deteriorate. A mother contacted...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when 90-minute fares will be introduced in Cork. [5408/25]

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: We are talking about AI and the future of technology in the State. The reality is that while technology has moved forward in leaps and bounds in some areas, we still have large portions of our public service operating off systems that are from the last century. The bus app in Cork that is run by Bus Éireann and the NTA is one of the most unreliable and useless pieces of technology or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Cork that received the power up grant; the number of businesses that received the increased cost of business grant, ICOB, 1; and the number of businesses that wrote to him or his Department requesting assistance because of a mistake on their initial ICOB application preventing access to the Power Up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: What is the number of businesses in Cork that received the power up grant; the number of businesses that received the increased cost of business grant, ICOB 1; and the number of businesses that wrote to the Department requesting assistance because of a mistake that was made in the initial ICOB application, which then prevented access later on to the power up grant?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Thomas Gould: What has happened is that it seems a number of businesses made a mistake when they applied for the ICOB 1 grant. Due to that, some of them did not follow up for the second ICOB. When they went for the third grant, even though they were eligible for the power up grant, because they made a mistake at the start, they did not get it. Is there any chance the Minister will reopen that grant for...