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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State has outlined a number of different proposals. The fact is none have made any difference. I challenge the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, the Minister or the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to walk Dublin or Cork and see the amount of dereliction and vacancy. The Government's plan was to introduce a vacancy tax of 0.3%. France, for example, introduced a vacancy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Central Statistics Office, CSO, told us that, in 2021, there were 166,000 vacant properties in the State. The response of the Government was to introduce a levy of 0.3%. In the middle of a housing crisis, with the eviction ban ending on 1 April and a tsunami of homelessness coming at us for the summer, that was the plan. It is not good enough. The Minister of State failed to address...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the deterrents he is progressing, or plans to progress, to tackle vacancy and dereliction. [11827/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State outline the processes being put forward or that are planned to be put forward to tackle vacancy and dereliction? In 2021, 19 local authorities did not collect a red cent under the Derelict Sites Act, which has been in place for 32 years. The ban on eviction has been removed this week and derelict sites that could house people are lying idle.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to protect horses in Cork city this year. [11825/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department include units marked by local authorities as substantially complete in their quarterly Housing for All social housing delivery statistical updates. [11826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 October 2022, for an update on the 203 stop at the Dominican Centre in Cork. [12023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the action taken by the OPW to protect national parks. [10496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of drafting the wording for a referendum on the right to water. [12021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will reopen for regeneration sites. [12095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government he will instruct officials in his Department to engage with Cork City Council to develop a regeneration plan for Mayfield. [12096/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Air Quality (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent to date of the €62 million allocation for HEPA filters in schools. [12138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 340. To ask the Minister for Health whether a long Covid clinic launched by a person (details supplied) was denied funding, and the reason for same. [12137/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I join other committee members in thanking the Department for the work it is doing. This draft Bill is huge and complex. The Department is trying to cover so much. The various contributions that have been made to the committee over recent weeks reflect the scale of the work contained in the draft Bill. We all want to ensure the legislation is done right. It is probably a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I understand what Ms Jones is saying, given that residents’ associations can be quite diverse and can come from various areas, whether rural or urban. In my experience of residents’ associations and judging by the contributions at Tuesday's meeting, they bring great value. Especially when it comes to planning in a local community, it is good to have people with local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I have a problem with this because a lot of communities do not have organised residents’ associations. I said this the other day and somebody disagreed me, but I am going only on my personal experience. In some communities, there is a lot of social housing and people are busy with young families, while in others, there might be a lot of retired professionals who have more time,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: Sorry, how could they as a group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Department has clarified that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: They do not need to have been in existence for more than a year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank Ms Jones for clarifying that because it is one of the major concerns I and many people had. That is some positive-----