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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be given to each of the drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023. [61282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; the status of the proposed primary care centre for Blarney; and the timeline for same. [61283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives that he is providing for renewable and innovative lower carbon solutions to food production. [61285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to plans by Coillte to sell 9.8 ha of forest at Ardnagreehy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (8 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health diversion approach to drugs. [60536/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: This week, we heard the shocking statistics that rents in the State have risen by 82% since 2010. In the same period, they have risen by only 18% in Europe. Last year, investment funds purchased one in ten second-hand homes and one in four apartments in the State. In Berlin the Government is taking homes back from investment funds and ridding the city of the cuckoo and vulture funds....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: Actually, I never did. Know your facts, Deputy. I never did. Do not make any statement here without knowing what you are talking about.