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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: But not to wait until next year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that he is taking to increase foster care allowance. [49682/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: This question is to ask the Minister what actions he is taking to increase the foster care allowance since it has not been increased in 13 years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the Minister's announcement that a once-off payment will be made to foster carers before the end of the year. This is welcome. It is not, however, an answer to the question I asked regarding foster carers not receiving a pay increase in 13 years. Foster carers do some of the most important yet toughest work in their own homes, day in and day out. They do not sign off at the end...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I hear what the Minister is saying. He spoke on Newstalk recently and said that he wished he had offered foster carers an increase in the budget. Now, though, the Minister seemed to be going back on that statement. We are seeking a commitment from him for an increase in the allowance paid to foster carers. There has been a great deal of talk from Ministers after the fact saying this is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which additional needs payments will be used to ensure that those with pay-as-you-go electricity meters do not face disconnection this winter. [49679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is increasing resources to reduce processing times of additional needs payment claims. [49678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has increased resourcing to MABS in view of the increase in financial insecurity within homes. [46260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to be given to each of the local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023, in tabular form. [50987/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: To follow up on the point made by Deputy Ó Broin about the land register, we had representatives from Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before the joint committee on Tuesday. Next week we will have representatives from Cork City Council and Galway local authorities. In the next few weeks, we also will have representatives from other local authorities....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I want to give an example of the point Deputy Eoin Ó Broin is trying to make. Constituents in Cork North-Central went to buy their home from the local authority under tenant purchase but because there were problems with the land register and because the house was built on three different plots going back over 100 years, that family waited over 20 years before they could buy the home....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: If the Minister wanted, he could always start in Cork city. I will just put that out there.

Derelict Sites (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Derelict Sites (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and to provide for related matters. I have spent a lot of time over the past 13 years as a public representative, particularly the past two years as a Deputy, raising the issue of dereliction. I have walked around the dereliction in Cork, met with local authorities, raised...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I congratulate the Ireland women's soccer team on its fabulous victory last night and on qualifying for the World Cup. I particularly congratulate Denise O'Sullivan from Knocknaheeny in my community. The whole country is very proud of all of them. This is a vital motion and I thank the Labour Party for bringing it forward. What I do not want is for the Government to support it and then...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: In County Cork, 2,000 children are waiting for a first appointment with a CDNT. Children and adults with disabilities deserve better. Parents are being offered online courses and videos. These are not therapies nor are they a substitute for therapy. They can be important for parents when the therapies are given as a support, but not instead of them. CDNTs have a huge amount of staff...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Taoiseach says that no one will face disconnections this winter. He says that people will not be left sitting in cold, dark houses. What he has not said is how this is going to be accomplished or how the 400,000 people with prepaid meters will be looked after. These are vulnerable people who are now terrified because of the lack of information and direction from the Government. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each child who requires a place in an ASD unit will obtain same in September 2023. [49677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that will be forced to fundraise for an adequate school hall in its new school building. [49676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request local authorities not to remove a person who has entered addiction rehabilitation from the social housing waiting list. [49642/22]