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Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I would also like to wish the Minister all the best. I am not sure if he is going to be Minister for Finance or the Taoiseach. Only time will tell. The reality is that this Government puts aside money every year for capital projects and fails to deliver on some of them. Meanwhile, areas like Cork North-Central are screaming out for funding and investment because of under-investment...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Kicking and screaming.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Fianna Fáil should run a few candidates there and see how it gets on. The Deputy is all talk.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Government did not spend the allocation this year.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The only problem is-----

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is Santy Claus.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: How many homeless people are there in the Minister's constituency?

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: It would be a good start.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: You gave them a big bonus last week.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I have nothing against the Minister personally but I have something against his policies and plans because they have not worked. He has been in office for two and half years and I have listened to everyone describe all that the Government has done. I will tell this Government about families. A lady contacted me, a mother and grandmother, who cannot close the door of her bedroom because she...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he is taking to reduce approval times at the NSAI for new building technologies. [62086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy-Cahill report. [62085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the promised humanitarian assistance fund for those who were affected by flooding in Cork on 16 October 2022. [56452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regional homeless forum covering counties Cork and Kerry last met. [62278/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for all the work their organisations are doing. I have been in contact with all the groups in Cork. To be fair to everyone involved, I find the co-operation levels and the work are excellent. The attitude with which they approach housing, social housing and homelessness is refreshing. They want to deal with people and they are solutions-based. We have problems and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Why is that the case? Call me old fashioned but there is the issue of regeneration. My dad still lives in Knocknaheeny and I live down the road. We are putting millions, if not hundreds of millions, of euro into regenerating areas. We know what the solutions are. One of the issues is that, as we build housing, we must put the infrastructure in at the same time, if not before. Is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: I know developments that are going on in Cork at the moment such as one on the Middle Glanmire Road, which I think will have 26 social and 26 affordable units. Other examples are Hawkes Road and Togher. There are developments coming in now with cost rental. The one in Glanmire, which was mentioned earlier, has 32 properties and 1,300 people applying for them. People were ringing me asking...