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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a training centre (details supplied) in renewing its lease; and if his Department will provide assistance to the organisation in this regard. [58365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a person (details supplied) to take their exams. [58274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [58268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy. [58269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 501. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) remains on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [58270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time to see a doctor from the initial call for SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a phone call from the nurse in SouthDoc in Cork city at present, in October 2020 and October 2019, in tabular form. [58763/21]

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Last night, the Minister was asked about HEPA filters in schools. He pointed to opening windows and doors. Teachers have contacted me. I was sent a photograph of a teacher who was teaching in a school last week and it was 3°C in the classroom. The Government was asleep during the summer and for the past six months when filters and CO2 monitors should have been put in. The whole area...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will let the Minister of State in first.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: This was actually discussed on Committee Stage, was it not? We were expecting it to be corrected. We have to be very conscious in anything we publish and any Bills we pass going forward. I should not say "going forward"; we should always have been conscious in that way.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: There are serious concerns over mining, extraction and exploration. We know there are companies out there that want to take advantage of our marine environment. That is why it is key that this Bill puts the protections in place to ensure that cannot happen. Sinn Féin has taken the position that no more fossil fuels should be extracted. We talk about climate change. We have to get...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State made the point that it is not believed that mineral extraction and mining will happen in the near future until the data are there and until we know more. That is very vague. Maybe I am picking the Minister of State up wrong and he can clarify this for me, and I hope he can, but putting something in the Bill to deal with something that might happen down the road - it...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Just to clarify, is the Minister of State stating here, in the Chamber, that the process of flipping a MAC cannot happen under this legislation?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: That is on the record.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Deputy Boyd Barrett made the point about the concerns that people have. We are especially concerned about amendment No. 51. It is why Deputies Ó Broin, Boyd Barrett and others are looking to delete lines 15 to 39 on page 118, and to delete lines 1 to 19 on page 119. We believe these lines should be deleted. What are the Minister's thoughts?

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: To follow on from Deputy Boyd Barrett, costs should not be a barrier to groups looking for protections for the marine environment and the marine area. At the end of the day, for people who have genuine concerns about the environment, especially the marine, costs are restricting their ability to look for justice, to look for what is right and to look for protection. Some groups could have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ballincollig fire station, Cork is currently closed; if Cork City Council has sought additional funding to reopen the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of running Ballincollig fire station annually. [59190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of running a fire station annually. [59191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency development of St. Kevin’s Site in Shanakiel, Cork. [59277/21]