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Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: 875. To ask the Minister for Health when publicly funded IVF for persons experiencing secondary infertility will become available. [32488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: 895. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in private nursing homes are entitled to the recent section 39 pay deal. [32599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Regeneration (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: 994. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received an application for the rural regeneration and development fund-phase 2, for Carraig na bFhearr; and if so, when this application will be assessed. [32478/25]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is determined to make this as confusing as possible. He is forcing out jargon and spin instead of solutions. He talks about RPZs, STRs and every acronym under the sun. Renters do not want that. They are looking for security, support and affordability. It is not rocket science. Unfortunately, the Government, specifically the Minister as the person with responsibility in this...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: I support the amendment. There has been a call for a rent freeze for renters. People need it. There is a choice. I was on a show on RTÉ earlier. The Minister has a choice. He can support renters or he can support big business, but he cannot do both. The Government must make a decision. The Minister's argument relates to how we are going to get private money in to develop more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for being here. I will start with the LDA. In 2021, I was told by the LDA that rents on the St. Kevin's site in Cork were expected to be in the region of €900 and €1,100. Is that still the expected cost of those rental properties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Are they in that ball park or are we looking at a substantial increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Okay. On Glen prison, the LDA was in discussions on taking over the site with the Prison Service. Who pulled out of those discussions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: The only problem is the Minister for justice and Taoiseach last week greenlighted the building of a new prison on the site. It is a bit confusing. At one stage, it was being looked at for housing for the community and now the Minister has made this announcement. Did the LDA get notification of the changes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: But the LDA has not been notified of the changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Is it not strange that the Minister makes an announcement but does not inform the LDA and it is still being considered for housing? I will move on from that. I apologise but there are time constraints. It is not the LDA's issue and I respect that. It is doing its best. On apartments in the Cork docklands, the LDA is working with Glenveagh and the average cost is coming in at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Is the LDA looking at another site down there for regeneration? If this is the price set by the first deal it has done, it is setting a standard for what apartments are worth. We also know that the private sector is going to be building apartments there. With the LDA paying €445,000 to Glenveagh, is that not the standard now? The price is going to go one way - up - so we are looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: The benchmark now is €445,000 for the Cork docklands. Would it be fair to say that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. Coleman. I have a question for the Housing Agency. How many cost-rental tenant in situ homes have been purchased and how many have been transferred to AHBs? How many applications for cost-rental tenant in situ have been received and where is the blockage in delivering this scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: My time is up. On the blockages-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: It was on the blockages. The witnesses might come back to that in a minute.

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Tomás Mac Curtain once wrote, “Unity can triumph over fear." These are the famous words of the Irish republican and former ard-mhéara of Cork City Council, who was assassinated by the RIC and the Black and Tans to quieten him so that his voice would not be heard. However, his words have never been more important. True patriots know that only united will we defeat those who...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: Freedom of information documents I received in May show that on 18 March, the head of primary care services in the HSE South-West asked who approved the amalgamation of services that led to the closure of SouthDoc in Blackpool, but she got no response. I have asked the same question multiple times and I have got no response. A decision was made to close SouthDoc Blackpool and no one knows...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Jun 2025)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State. I accept that she has been given this information and, in all honesty, she has come here and presented it to the Dáil tonight. However, I have to say that information has gone into the Dáil record tonight that is not true. I ask the Minister of State sincerely to go back to the Department and the HSE and ask them why they gave her false information....