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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is a great policy to have. I fully commend that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Just one other thing. Have-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The witnesses can come back in afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: The witnesses representing Limerick City and County Council said that the council has 76 properties that it either has sold or is in the process of selling and that it compulsorily purchased. Could those properties not be used for social housing or are they business properties? If the latter, why are they not being used as social housing? I thank the witnesses. I really appreciate their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: We discussed targets for 2026; do the local authorities think they will reach their targets on social, affordable and cost rental between now and then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: If they reach their targets will their housing lists reduce as a result? I ask because so many local authorities appear before the committee and say they will meet their targets but there are so many people coming on the housing lists on the other side that even if they hit all their targets their lists would still be worse in 2026. It the witnesses hit all their Government targets, will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: They should know the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Just to clarify, do the local authorities' building and targets supersede the number of people who are coming on the list every year? I have a final question, Chair. Limerick made a point about 76 houses they have either sold or are going to sell. Can I ask if they are being sold to investment funds or to cuckoo funds or are they being sold to ordinary people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: What we do not want is investment funds buying potential homes from people who need them. I would have a concern about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is it fair to say the council is being much more assertive in respect of people who are not paying the levies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Sorry?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who are currently employed for less than the living wage; and his plans to remedy this. [53845/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [53843/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 133. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the approximate number of community groups that are eligible for the Enhanced Community Group Fund to help with energy costs. [53844/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wait time for approval by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of new bio-based construction materials. [53932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant and derelict buildings respectively by county in the ownership of An Garda Síochána. [54056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a lack of secondary school places for children coming from special schools in Cork city. [53954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Derelict Sites (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict buildings respectively by county in the ownership of her Department in tabular form. [54058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vacant Properties (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict buildings respectively by each of the universities in tabular form. [54052/22]