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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: I am not sure whether Ms Walshe or Dr. Walsh wishes to take this question. What are their opinions on the Grant Thornton report on LPT and its possible alternatives? Are there better alternatives to LPT that would provide funding for local government? Deputy Doherty, Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson, and our wider party have advocated that a wealth tax would be a more equitable...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: Ms Walshe made the point that the vast majority of people have complied. I have been contacted by constituents in Glanmire, Togher and Blarney and, specifically, Kerry Pike, where more than 90% of people are compliant and pay the tax but cannot get action in respect of footpaths, public lighting or amenities. What rights do residents who pay their LPT have in areas which do not get from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: I support the comments of the Acting Chairman, Senator Cummins and Deputy McAuliffe. All of us can agree about the pressure this puts on local authorities and councillors trying to bring forward budgets when they are trying to make decisions. This year that will be in August. Something has to be done to give local authorities some flexibility. They must balance their books every year, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)
Thomas Gould: I appreciate that. It is very kind of the Deputy to let me contribute. Affordable housing and affordable cost rental have been probably the biggest issues I have faced as a councillor and now as a Deputy. We want a robust and fair affordable housing and cost rental scheme, but there is a major lack of detail and information in the scheme here. The witness made a point about the Central...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a suspected fish killing in Carrigadrohid, County Cork in June 2021. [39487/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a permanent suitable building can be found for a group (details supplied). [39081/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the overall estimated cost of the Dunkettle interchange project. [39645/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for delivery of all phases of the Dunkettle interchange project in tabular form. [39646/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sustainable transport initiatives included in the Dunkettle interchange project; and if safety studies have been carried out on these. [39647/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding provided to ladies and men’s sports respectively in County Cork from 2015 to date in tabular form. [39648/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of derelict sites levies waived by local authorities in 2019, broken down by local authority in tabular form. [39165/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities can waive the derelict sites levy if a property was sold. [39166/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to collate data on homeless deaths in Cork city. [39167/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve water quality in the River Lee given the dangerous nitrogen levels found in the river in 2019. [39489/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in the discussions on the funding promised for a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39082/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of the schools in County Cork providing the July provision for children who were educationally disadvantaged due to the Covid-19 programme; and the details of the programme for the children involved in tabular form. [39216/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of each of the 40 early start programmes currently operating in tabular form. [39490/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason applications for new early start programmes are closed; and when they will reopen. [39491/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 1332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers the gambling regulator is expected to have; if their powers will be based on the UK model; and when advertising will start for the interim position. [39164/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Jul 2021)
Thomas Gould: 1333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cork city by Garda division and rank and role in July 2019, July 2020 and July 2021, in tabular form. [39169/21]