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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1874. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthopaedic surgery in Cork University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [15748/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare workers in an organisation (details supplied) in Cork who have been vaccinated. [15778/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: Education is a constitutional and human right. In 2013,15 children entered junior infants class in Cara Junior Catholic School for special education in Cork. They are graduating this year and only seven of them have places in secondary school, so eight children from that class are being discriminated against. It is not just those children that are affected because there are children in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: For most people, social media can be entertaining and is an enjoyable way to interact with friends, acquaintances and the community. There are great positives with social media, but what has happened over time is that social media has been hijacked by bullies and organisations with hidden agendas and that want to attack people. A party colleague of mine has been attacked constantly by one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: Politicians have to be responsible for our actions. When the Taoiseach speaks to the nation, as he did yesterday, people look for leadership and hope. I refer to the last-minute announcement about the change in the vaccine roll-out. I am dealing with carers, teachers, child support workers, members of the Garda and bus drivers. A man told me on the train from Cork yesterday that one of...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister. I recognise how quickly she has moved on this Bill. Unfortunately, I personally know a family who have been affected. Kimberly O'Connor, who I can now name because the case has been through the courts, tragically passed away on 19 February last year. Kimberly was a bright, artistic, caring young girl who had a loving family and her whole life ahead of her. The...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I was hoping to speak on Second Stage.

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thought we would be able to come back in after the Minister finished.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: On a point of clarification, after Deputies Mairéad Farrell and O'Reilly made their contributions on Second Stage of the Public Service Pay Bill 2020, there was a slot for the Labour Party but no Deputy from that party was in the Chamber. I understood that a Government speaker was then to have the floor, after which it would revert back to Deputy Clarke. I am here in the Chamber...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: What the Ceann Comhairle is saying is not right. He asked the Minister to respond-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: If I may finish-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: What I am saying is right.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 40. To ask the Taoiseach the expected running order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [13256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the credit implications of missed mortgage payments due to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and the actions he has taken to mitigate same. [17159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a situation in relation to a credit union (details suppled) that has continued to refuse to supply a death grant to members despite a motion passed unanimously at its last AGM. [17158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which Cork City Council refuses a transfer pathway to a person (details supplied) under the RAS scheme despite his or her eligibility for the transfer. [16321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recourse available to a person denied a transfer pathway under the RAS scheme in which he or she believes he or she is eligible for such a transfer and the local authority diagreess. [16322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have the power to engage with the Residential Tenancies Board on landlords contracted to it through the RAS scheme. [16323/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if tenants have the power under the RAS scheme to engage with the Residential Tenancies Board about the local authority and-or their landlord. [16324/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the discrepancy in figures between those given by his Department in the 2020 summary of social housing assessments and those given in the 2020 allocations report by Cork City Council in respect of social housing waiting lists given that these figures were both taken one month apart but show a significant...