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- Paediatric Spinal Surgery Waiting Lists: Statements (19 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: I want to express my sincere condolences to the family of Harvey Morrison Sherratt. While he was failed by this State, he was very lucky to have such loving, strong parents, Gillian and Stephen, who fought and did everything they could to get him the treatment he needed. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late, but they continue to fight for all children like Harvey. Before coming to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: You went into Government with them.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Child poverty has doubled.
- Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: The saying goes "The axe forgets; the tree remembers". We are a colonised people. We understand the hardship, the suffering, the genocide, the starvation and the cruelty of occupying forces. Greta Thunberg said recently: "I’m not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity ...". What an unbelievable young woman that she and others...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Tánaiste, I have a document here that is 107 pages long. I read it this morning. It nearly put me to sleep ten times. There is nothing in it. I swear to God Almighty. Has the Tánaiste read this document? I have read it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Do you know what I could not figure out? There are tens of thousands of boarded-up houses across the State that people are looking at every day. There is nothing in this for them. Do you know what I will tell you? There are thousands of houses owned by local authorities that are destroying communities because they are boarded up for years. There is nothing in this document for them. The...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: I have one last case, and I will leave it at that. I know a woman who does not qualify for social housing because her job is too good but who does not earn enough to get an affordable home. Where is she going to go after Christmas? She has an eviction notice now.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Can the Tánaiste tell me that? I tell him that there is nothing in this. It is a waste of paper.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: What page?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Tell me the page.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: I read it. There is nothing in it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: No, it is not there.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: I suggested that three years ago and you told me I was wrong. Then you adopted it. That is my policy. Myself and Eoin Ó Broin brought that to the House three years ago.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: You would think he would turn up then.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: Where is he gone?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: The Tánaiste. Surely, you know where your Minister for housing is on the day he launched the housing plan.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: I was waiting for the Minister.
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken to support the employees, couriers and route owners of a company (details supplied). [62050/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Derelict Sites (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he would engage with Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop guidance for meanwhile use of derelict and vacant buildings for start-ups and small businesses. [62051/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (13 Nov 2025)
Thomas Gould: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the collection of biometric data with Safe 2 registration has ceased. [62058/25]