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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that her Department has carried out to increase work capacity among vulnerable cohorts including those in addiction recovery. [53846/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of amendments that have been made to the Planning and Development Act 2000. [58880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the South African ambassador to Ireland in the past six months. [59074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 319. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the planned upgrades that will be carried out to Defence Forces buildings in 2023. [59076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received a grant to purchase a hearing aid under her Department’s medical appliances scheme in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59075/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will instruct the Irish Prison Service to release the report into the death of a person (details supplied) to the Cork city Coroner. [59042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a family can gain access to the Inspector's Report into a death in prison. [59043/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans attached to the fleet in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number of unmarked vans withdrawn from the fleet during same period. [59073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid-19. [58827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the last date that he met with bereaved families of those who died in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. [58828/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the bereaved families of residents of a nursing home (details supplied). [58829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons attached to Cork University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the hours per week that these consultants are based in the hospital. [59070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the number of number of higher specialist training posts by 3%; the estimated number of additional posts that would result; and the extra workforce requirements incurred by same. [59071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised by charges in minor injuries units by unit in the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59072/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses who have had a long day. It has been non-stop for the past three hours. It has been very interesting. I have had to pop in and out between the Chamber and the committee. However, I have been listening. There is no doubt the work being done is very important. There is also no doubt we can do more to support that work. More needs to be done in relation to tenancies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: To go back to a point my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, made at another meeting, it was about having an NCT for landlords in place beforehand and making it very reasonable. This figure of 70% failure at the first inspection in Cork is unacceptable. Now, because more and more inspections are being done, landlords who either do not have the resources, or who are unwilling to carry out the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: We are hoping to compile a report and make recommendations. I have heard a lot about and there was a comment today about the RTB's small research capacity, or it being out sick today. In some ways, it is amusing but when one looks at the job of work the RTB has to do to have its resources that tight, that say to me that it is not getting enough resources in terms of funding and staff. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The company cleaned up the shop and took all the assets.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: This weekend 15 workers from the Butcher's Block shops in Cork were told their jobs were gone. They were made redundant by text message. Some workers went in to find the shops had been cleared out and the doors locked. They were told that no statutory holiday or redundancy pay would be paid. The workers were advised that the process for the Government to pay redundancy would take weeks...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will make one last point.