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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons currently on a community employment scheme or training allowance having previously been in receipt of a disability allowance. [57804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the restoration of funding to the North Inner City Taskforce. [57411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the restoration of an umbrella national family support network. [57412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he has held with the Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health in 2022 regarding addiction or in which addiction was a topic of discussion by month in tabular form. [57413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ending of the contract for provision of youth addiction services in the Midlands region. [58034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the date that he issued a tender for youth addiction services in the Midlands. [58036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a firm commitment that there will be no disruption to youth addiction services in the Midlands in the next 12 months. [58037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any reduction in funding to the Midlands regional taskforce in Budget 2023. [58035/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: These meetings are very important to give us an insight and develop strategies that will help us and the councils solve the housing emergency. I have one question I ask every local authority, which is slightly to one side but is an important issue for people who go into recovery and are on the housing waiting list. If they go into recovery for three, six or 12 months, are they suspended...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am the Sinn Féin spokesperson for addiction, recovery and well-being. I was contacted by a person who went into recovery for six months. The local authority found out and suspended the claim until the person came out of recovery. I ask that this would not happen and that all local authorities would support people who are in recovery or in hospital. Would the two councils be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: What is the net number of people on the housing list? What is the gross number of people on the housing list when those on the HAP, RAS and all other housing assistance payments are included?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Does HAP include RAS figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The gross figure is about 6,250.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Sorry. I thought Ms Aspell said there were 3,000 on the housing list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: What about Meath County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The gross figure is 4,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: My next question is on dereliction and the derelict site levy. Kildare County Council levied €125,800 and collected just €3,300. There seems to be more than €313,000 outstanding on 23 sites, as per the register of 31 December 2021. I do not have any figures for Meath County Council, which did not make any returns. There were 13 sites for compulsory purchase. I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Thank you. I am conscious of time. The first thing I look for every year is the derelict sites register and how much is collected by each local authority. That legislation was passed 32 years ago and it should be enforced. If it cannot be enforced by a local authority, then the Minister should be notified as to why not. I have legislation that I am hoping to bring in along those lines....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Returning to a point made by Senator Cummins in relation to voids and the length of time they are vacant, it is good to hear that local authorities were in the 20s and that they are trying to get back there. We should have targets in this regard. Local authority properties should be vacant for only 20 weeks or 24 weeks. It should be a reasonable amount of time. Something I see in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: On that point, I have seen in my own constituency some houses being left there for perhaps four or five years because it would take €50,000 to €70,000 to do them up. They may be very old units. The local authority, then, would leave those houses until last. Does this happen in County Kildare?