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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: Will they have a place, yes or no?

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: I want to talk about a lady in my constituency who spent six years on the housing list and on the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. She is to be evicted on 10 April. Because of the sky-high house prices in Cork, the council is not allowed to buy the house under the tenant in situ scheme. The council has said the landlord is looking for too much. This lady has three children, the youngest...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: The Minister and Minister of State should go back and read the Act because I do not believe they have any understanding of what they are looking to do and what we are looking to do. We are looking to protect one of the few things that the previous Minister, Deputy O'Brien, did when he was in office by listening to all the Opposition parties when we put forward a tenant in situ scheme as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: I will try to be constructive but, following on from my colleague, €11,000 is a joke of an amount of money. I appeal to the Minister of State to increase that amount. A local authority that has a property that will cost between €50,000 and €80,000 to fix will leave it idle and fix the voids that are cheaper. The Government is only giving €11,000 plus the grant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: I wish to inform the Minister and the other Deputies talking about excess water usage that water in Cork is undrinkable. Some of the time, it is not fit for human consumption. In Gurranabraher, the area in which I live, test data is coming back stating that the levels of manganese are so high that the water is unfit for human consumption. Still, we cannot get a "do not consume" notice from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: Where in the programme for Government is a referendum on water-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: -----to protect the people.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the compulsory purchase order activation programme, given the plight of dereliction in our cities, towns and villages; and the timeline for reform of compulsory purchase order legislation. [12618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of an increased grant for council homes that have been empty longer than 12 months or are in a significant state of disrepair. [12617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not sanctioned for an ASD class. [13114/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason cameras for live traffic feed at the Dunkettle Interchange are not currently live. [9285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of installing cameras at the Dunkettle Interchange. [9286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rent paid by Iarnród Éireann for 1 Horgan Quay in Cork in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively; and the approximate square metreage of office space being let, in tabular form. [9288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a plan to open SEN classes in a school (details supplied); and if this will include a needed extension of the school building. [9297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for capital works by a school (details supplied). [9298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charges under the Control of Horses Act 1996 in 2024. [9107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Garda buses in Cork city in 2019; and the number currently by station, in tabular form. [9299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an incident in Glanmire, Cork recently that saw the body of a horse left with seven other horses on land for multiple days in very poor conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Gould: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a horse must be tagged; if not, the options that are available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9103/25]