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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: I am disappointed with both responses. Given the amount collected from the levy, Mayo and Longford are not the only local authorities where that applies. I will be monitoring all the local authorities to see how many sites are on the derelict sites register and how much is collected from the levy. This is national legislation that was passed 32 years ago. In the middle of a housing crisis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. Brannigan. Has Mayo County Council experienced much of an increase in homelessness? What are the figures and how challenging is it to find emergency accommodation for those people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister encouraged local authorities to buy HAP properties where a landlord sells a property with a tenant in place. How many of those has Mayo County Council bought or is it in the process of buying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: What about in Longford?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for their answers. If they have any issues with the CPO process or anything relating to housing, we are here to try to help and support local authorities put together plans that we can discuss with the Department and the Minister. Restoring vacant and derelict properties is the quickest way to get houses back onstream for families who desperately need them. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: Homelessness in Longford has almost doubled in two years. In 2020, there were 78 homeless people and, in 2022, there were 151, which is a staggering increase. I will come to Mayo next but how much of a challenge is Longford County Council finding it to house homeless people and to find emergency accommodation for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: How many properties were the subject of a compulsory purchase order last year and how many derelict sites do the witnesses expect to CPO this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: What about in Mayo?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to traffic concerns in Cork city due to a number of changes to road layout recently; and if he will engage with the local authorities to resolve these. [2356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of refreshments on trains. [2357/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State and his team. We have spoken about the importance of biodiversity for everyone. I represent a constituency with below-average tree density, poor public open spaces and very few retained biodiversity habitats. Will this have anything for my constituency or is it something completely different? Biodiversity habitats are very important and some of the people I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: Does the Minister of State think the pharmaceutical companies will engage with this process in a positive manner?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: Research from the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, IFPMA, has found that the protocol creates a transactional framework for sharing pathogens and undermines global health security. Will researchers here need a permit to access the State's biodiversity for research and development under the protocol? What protections are we taking to avoid the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State mentioned the importance of sharing information. I recently became interested in the concept of citizen science and the impact it can have on the environment. I have met the owner of an open litter map, which potentially could support the improvement of our biodiversity. I know there are other initiatives around dereliction, animal species and more topics. This seems...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: When will this legislation come before the committee?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Nagoya Protocol: Motion (19 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: It is like the housing crisis.

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: There are 166,000 vacant homes. Many are homes that people could live in and where they could raise families. Instead, this Government is leaving them idle, empty and rotting. When the Government tells us it is serious about tackling climate change, I ask how serious it is. It is serious enough about making ordinary people struggle to pay prices, taxes and unfair carbon taxes but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the driver CPC handbook for professional passenger and HGV drivers will be updated. [1566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Jan 2023)

Thomas Gould: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider instructing the RSA to conduct reviews of existing CPC courses for professional passenger and HGV drivers; and if the operational format of the training could be reformed. [1581/23]