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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will reach its target of 10,000 apprentices in 2023. [6884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an internal inspection of a property is required prior to it being placed on the derelict sites register and, if not, whether he will consider implementing same. [6995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of urgent needs payment applications, by category, in Cork, and the number refused, in each of the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [6731/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date of the new elective hospital in Cork. [6626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were on trolleys in CUH in the month of January in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [6627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in Éist Linn, by role, in 2019 and 2023, in tabular form. [6628/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the removal of the prescription requirement for naloxone. [6792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [6793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the 2015 pilot naloxone scheme; and if he will report on same. [6794/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: A great deal has come up in this discussion. I have a few questions. In regard to WEI, the witnesses spoke earlier about the lifespan, and it is in the submission. This came up in our meetings over the years. The submission states that it is restricted to between 20 and 25 years. WEI made the point that in the 1990s permission was unconditional. I am not sure I would go that far....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: CIF outlined the 13% reduction at the end of last year and that it expected a dramatic decline in planning permissions. Is it referring to the backlog of 70,000? Many people have talked about the resources of An Bord Pleanála in regard to staffing, members of the board and skills. Representatives from An Bord Pleanála were here last week. From the information the provided, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: The next question is one I raise at every meeting. It relates to derelict or vacant properties. There are between 98,000 to 166,000 of such properties depending on where you get your figures from. This is a consequence of some construction. If you want to develop a site, but right next to it is a derelict property that has been there for years, to develop properties you want to develop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will people comment on Deputy Ó Broin's points and the questions he asked about this Bill? If there are two or three changes or points or something they want to have included, this is an opportunity for them to state them.

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

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a rule preventing house swaps amongst social housing tenants where one tenant is a resident of a local authority and another a resident of an AHB; and the rationale behind same. [6235/23]

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

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses. I have been watching online. It is great to have the witnesses here to pick their brains and get their thoughts. I will first ask the OPR about a comment in its submission that it strongly welcomes the increased capacity of local authorities to utilise compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, to acquire derelict or vacant properties for onward sale and to play a stronger...

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

Thomas Gould: What positives are in this Bill that will help local authorities deliver these vacant properties and make CPOs easier? Mr. Cussen called it an epidemic. We know that the derelict sites and vacant sites registers only reflect a fraction of the number of properties that are actually derelict and vacant. Everyone understands that. Housing is the number one issue for me. It is absolutely...

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

Thomas Gould: I am conscious of my time. I thank Mr. Cussen for that. Listening to the comments of the representatives of An Bord Pleanála, you would feel like going home. Let us be honest. It has 700 or 800 decisions pending and eight members.

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

Thomas Gould: Like myself. The number of members is going from eight to six, whereas it should be 15. There is a year-long backlog. This just seems catastrophic. We are in the middle of a housing crisis and An Bord Pleanála does not have the tools it needs to do the work it has to do. How frustrating and demoralising it must be for the staff. If something is not done through this Bill, what can...