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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support this amendment. To solve any problem, you need data to analyse it and to identify the solutions. As stated by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, we all need to work together. These are real people we are talking about and they are depending on us to deliver a solution. We are putting forward amendments that we believe will be a positive in regard to this Bill. Numerous Bills have been...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: This is a very sensible amendment. We did not think we would need to table something like this because when we discussed this after the USI and everyone came together, the Minister of State accepted the points that were made. Allowing someone to look for payment upfront goes against the whole concept of paying one month's rent in advance and then paying the rent every month. It is fairly...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will speak to amendment No. 22. There is talk about tenancies of indefinite duration, which we all welcome, but this Bill does not deliver that. We have to be honest with people. There are renters out there tonight who are looking to the Minister for hope, security and protection, and this Bill does not deliver that. Our amendment will help to protect renters. The excuses of use by...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Deputies O'Dowd and Duffy said they want to protect renters of indefinite duration. If they support this Bill, they will not be doing that.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of leases between local authorities and an organisation (details supplied) by county. [60703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent schemes approved through approved housing bodies or local authorities since 2018. [60704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a decision was taken to allow an organisation (details supplied) to engage in the mortgage-to-rent scheme; and if the reports and evidence this was based on will be published. [60705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the levies applied, collected and outstanding in respect of the vacant sites levy by local authority in 2020, in tabular form. [60706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average teaching hours received per eligible child under the Covid learning and supports scheme. [60698/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching hours and amount of funding already allocated and drawn down under the Covid learning and supports scheme. [60699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way schools assessed students as eligible for the Covid learning and supports scheme. [60700/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all students in schools under the DEIS model qualified for the Covid learning and supports scheme. [60701/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Cork deemed eligible for the Covid learning and supports scheme. [60702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reasoning behind a decision made in 2017 to halt the initial planning stages of possible development of the Old Cork Prison site was ever published; and if she will share this information. [60652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her predecessor met with the Irish Prison Service board to discuss the development of the Old Cork Prison site. [60653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scrambler initiative announced in April 2021; and the location in which a person seeking to supply a track to the initiative can apply. [60776/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to entice businesses into Cork city centre given the recent closures of a number of businesses in the city. [60788/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: What is the Minister of State's plan to entice businesses into Cork city centre given the recent closure of a number of businesses there?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Do I get a chance to respond?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Blackpool and Mayfield are communities in my constituency, Cork North-Central, that are in dire need of regeneration. I have asked that both communities be included in a regeneration plan. Cork City Council has applied for funding under the regeneration development fund but the application has been rejected. These are great communities that need support. The community I come from,...