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- 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...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: May I come in again? I am sorry but I will be leaving.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: I have pages of questions for the witnesses and I was listening to the debates earlier. Something came up earlier about 59 days waiting for nominations from local authorities and the seven-week turnover of voids. We have had local authorities here, namely, the four Dublin ones, Waterford, Limerick, Cork and Galway, and Cork is the worst at nearly 95 or 96 weeks, which is a crazy length...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Could I get in one more question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: Go on, for luck.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: They want to build private houses on public lands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Thomas Gould: I thank everyone for their answers. I want to go back to one point that was raised earlier. I get what Ms Cormican said about having mixed tenure. One of my issues is that too much social housing will only create problems. A mixed tenure is needed across social, affordable and cost-rental homes and homes for older people and those with disabilities. That feeds into my last comment for...