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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The wording of legislation is very important. The people who live in social and affordable housing or private rented accommodation are not all necessarily from different areas. It is important that we do stigmatise or label areas. I come from Knocknaheeny, which is a major social housing development on the north side of Cork city. I own my own home now. Some of the guys with whom I went...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 12: In page 8, line 18, after “schools” to insert “, road, cycling and other active mobility infrastructure”. There is a lack of cycle lanes, greenways and roads on the northside of city. I have posted a map of this on my Twitter page so people can see the difference between the southside and northside of the city. It means that people on...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The LDA has a site at St. Kevin's in Cork which could have up to 240 units but which has no public transport, no cycleways, greenways or infrastructure. I made a submission on the site, and this goes to the whole heart of ensuring that when we build and develop communities, they are sustainable. I am concerned there will be a lack of infrastructure if the description is too broad. Deputy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: If the Minister is willing to look at our proposal and take it on board, I will withdraw the amendment and we can look at the issue again on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: We tabled these amendments because we believe protections need to be put in place. The amendments are not to be controversial. They are designed to improve the Bill and make it more constructive. It is disappointing that the Minister of State has not taken on board the way in which these amendments were tabled and the reasons for them. It is disappointing because we just wanted to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the points outlined by Deputy Ó Broin on the price the LDA will pay for land. I am conscious of the domino effect the LDA paying over the odds for land will have on the price of affordable rent and purchase homes afterwards. They are intrinsically linked. It is important the correct figures are used for the value of land and the amount paid by the LDA. We cannot have the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will be brief. I wish to reiterate the points made by Deputies Ó Broin, Boyd Barrett and Cian O'Callaghan. With the policy under this Government and the previous Government, which the Minister's party supported, we have seen house prices increase, rents increase and the housing crisis get worse for people trying to get affordable accommodation either to purchase or rent. These are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the contributions by Deputy Ó Broin and other Deputies. Affordability is at the heart of where we need to be, not a market discount. A market discount means we are going by market prices, which are not a true reflection of affordability. Affordability should be based on income. Regarding what Deputy Boyd Barrett said earlier, numerous people have contacted me who have been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing to provide cover to persons with fully managed type 1 diabetes. [31799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no recourse for complaint regarding decisions taken by the nominations committee of a credit union. [31798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deadline for the submission of safety improvement works 2022. [30680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a price discrepancy being quoted in the cost of the M20 by him and that being quoted by the engineering team. [31733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 379. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lending agency can refuse a person a loan based on their age. [31817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if TDs are exempt from Freedom of Information charges. [31001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 to deal with the issue of dereliction in tabular form. [30704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors by local authority in tabular form. [30705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the levies applied by each local authority on derelict sites in 2020, in tabular form. [30706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a legislative requirement for a site to have been on the derelict sites register for two years before it can be compulsorily purchased. [30707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided in 2019 and 2020, respectively for the compulsory purchase of sites by local authority in tabular form. [30708/21]