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Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this motion. Last night, Sinn Féin tabled a similar motion. This shows that the Opposition is united in recognising the crisis in our emergency services. In Cork and Kerry, response times for ambulance care have risen by over 70% since 2019. This puts huge pressure on paramedics and those working in the ambulance service. I met some of them...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Mar 2023)

Thomas Gould: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 28 September 2022, the discussions his Department has had with Cork City Council regarding stormwater pipe repair responsibility; and if his position has changed since the reply issued. [10454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses confirmed built by Cork City Council in 2022. [9928/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities include homes marked as 'significantly complete' in their build statistics submitted to his Department for Housing for All quarterly updates. [9929/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) has pulled out of the affordable housing market; if he has engaged with them on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9930/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in dementia-specific nursing home units in Cork. [9987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for dementia specific nursing-home care in Cork in 2022. [9988/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drugs Strategy (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the implementation of the national drugs strategy. [9262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the Town Centres First policy initiative. [9263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to equalise minimum wage for those under 20 years. [9247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill report. [9246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with airlines regarding the reinstatement of the Cork to Bristol route. [9346/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a petition calling for the reinstatement of the Cork to Bristol route. [9347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an update of the numbers of species in Cork harbour that would be considered important bird area (IBA) triggers has been done, given the original study was in 1995 and that it would allow for information on the success of conservation efforts. [9433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the reason KOSI have not issued all pandemic bonus payments; and the date that these will be issued. [9332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (23 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 279. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that families involved in the CUH incineration scandal are still awaiting a meeting with the HSE following the publication of the report into the scandal. [9429/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: I want to discuss the issue of community policing and keeping our community safe while at the same time keeping the members of the Garda Síochána safe. What we are seeing at the moment, not just in Dublin but across the country - the last speaker described the problems in his constituency - is that there is now a crisis in policing, especially community policing. I believe that if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: The draft national risk assessment expects inflation to remain elevated and anticipates a very gradual easing of inflation rates over the course of 2023. It then uses the energy-linked inflation to warn against a wage-price spiral emerging as the economy approaches full employment. This is a limited argument that ignores the fact early warnings of a wage-price spiral have not materialised,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Nursing Homes (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Disability Federation of Ireland described the Attorney General's report as deeply discouraging. Nowhere in his report did the Attorney General refer to the State's obligation to people with disabilities under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, or Ireland's responsibility as a signatory to this international human rights convention....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: IBEC's latest housing report states that the availability of affordable housing in Ireland, be it home ownership or rental properties, is becoming a critical barrier to continued growth and development of business investment. Every time we raise the need for the Government to increase public housing targets, Ministers and even the Taoiseach level the false arguments that the Opposition is...