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

Thomas Gould: Thank you, Chairman. I will be brief. We are in the middle of a housing emergency. We are the committee that has oversight over housing. It seems simple to me that if we do not build houses as quickly as we possibly can, the emergency will continue to get worse. That is why we are tabling amendments. Deputy McAuliffe made a comment about the State being back into building houses. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions or fines and the number of court appearances, respectively, resulting from equine seizures in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the northern ring road. [32435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to disparities in sustainable transport access in Cork city. [32436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a disparity in funding allocations across several Departments between areas in Cork city; and his plans to address this. [32468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether all contracts for capital works laid out in the National Development Plan should be required to contain social clauses which require contractors to hire a certain proportion of their staff from the live register and create a certain number of apprenticeships. [31969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Seized Property (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to reclaim a relative’s War of Independence firearm if it was surrendered to An Garda Síochána in the 1970s. [32572/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The housing crisis is getting worse every week. Not a week goes by without some new statistic showing how bad the situation is getting. We see house prices and rents rising while, at the same time, not enough houses are being delivered to meet demand. We have a huge issue with capacity and the provision of housing. We know speculators are hoarding land and trying to maximise the profits...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Sorry, Chair, the Minister made a statement about people opposing the development of the St. Kevin's site in Cork. I have not opposed it and do not know of anyone here who has. If the Minister makes a statement such as that, he should clarify who he is speaking about. I do not know of anyone who has opposed it. I originally proposed that we build on that site, eight years ago, before the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister cannot come to public meetings and make comments that are not accurate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Like others, I have concerns about social housing. I appreciate that the Minister is talking about increasing the 10% Part V social housing requirement to 20%. The core of the facts here is that public housing should be built on public land. We cannot stand over any development that will allow private developers to build private houses on public land, which are unaffordable to the majority...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for giving me an opportunity to speak on this important motion. During last year's general election, I was canvassing with the Sinn Féin president, Deputy McDonald, in Blackpool shopping centre in Cork. A number of people came up to us to explain how angry and frustrated they were at what they perceived as a betrayal by the previous Government and Fianna...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to bring forward a fund to get young persons engaged in sports and the arts given the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on youth engagement. [33251/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: What will the Minister do to bring forward a fund to get young people to engage in sport and the arts, given the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on youth engagement? Young people have really suffered as a result of the pandemic restrictions and need support now.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I acknowledge that there has been investment in capital expenditure and on equipment. That is to be welcomed. My question goes further than that because, unfortunately, young people are not returning to sport or to the arts. As a result of the lockdown restrictions, people were isolated at home and could not train. Some of them have not gone back. I recently spoke to a coach who is a GAA...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I expect everyone in this Chamber would be of that opinion; we want to get as many people as possible involved again in sports and in the arts. Yesterday, I was in Churchfield industrial estate visiting the Golden Gloves boxing and fitness club, a thriving young club for boys and girls of various ages. It was fabulous to see the return to sport and the energy and excitement up there....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to sporting clubs to host commemorative tournaments and events given the significance of the Decade of Centenaries and the opportunity this presents to educate young persons. [33252/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of defibrillators at bus stations across the State in 2021. [33341/21]