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- 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.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: There are families who have saved for their Christmas food and their money has gone now as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister for being here today. It is important that we can ask questions and go through the Estimates. Sometimes when we are in the Dáil Chamber, it can be adversarial. When we are here in committee, we at least have time. Normally, I might get a two-or-three-minute slot in the Dáil Chamber and I am trying to fit issues in whereas at least here now we have ten...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The Minister has given a commitment to come in if he is in Cabinet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: We will discuss that at our private meeting on Monday next.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: I have a few questions on the land legacy loans that the Minister has provided €100 million for. In my time on Cork City Council, that was a big issue for us. Cork City Council had built up substantial debts. They had purchased properties before the financial crash. For years, they were only paying interest on these land debts and then they had to pay capital. The issue here is if...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Does the Minister have a figure for the total legacy debt on the land that local authorities are holding?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The Minister has €100 million put forward this year. Is that something that will be rolled out over the next two or three years to remove that legacy debt?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: When I was on Cork City Council, it was paying, let us say, on €100,000, what started off at €7,000 and rose over the years because it was originally interest-only repayment and then the local authority had to pay capital. It could have been the bones of €1 million. Other local authorities must be in the same position. It goes back to a point Deputy Cian O'Callaghan...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The problem with that is the Government brought in the local property tax and then slashed the block grants. In fact, local authorities were worse off with the local property tax. For example, one area I represent is Kerry Pike. It is a lovely little village in Cork North-Central. It is five minutes from Apple Computers. The village doubled in size with development and until recently, it...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: The problem with the new vacant homes tax is that it is only equivalent to 0.3% because it is tied to the local property tax, which is not enough to act as a deterrent.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: There were 419 applications for Croí Cónaithe towns and only 66 were delivered. There was huge fanfare when the scheme was announced. I got the number of units delivered in a response to a parliamentary question I tabled this week.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Thomas Gould: Only 66 homes delivered.