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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will go back to the figure of 560,000 people being affected and 243,000 people having ongoing problems. Those are huge figures given the size of the country and our population. Is a figure of 500,000 people being affected a damning indictment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I touched on water quality earlier. I am coming at it from a Cork point of view but it is a national issue when you are dealing with lead pipes. I am not sure if any of the witnesses were involved but I had a number of meetings with Irish Water as a Deputy and when I was a councillor on Cork City Council about the plan in place to reduce the use of lead piping. Unfortunately, I have never...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: What are lead services?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is the only solution.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department is providing to keep children in sports. [47509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resourcing he has given to local authorities to staff affordable housing units. [47647/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: We support what is coming forward here today and I believe that this is the second meeting of this committee where we are agreeing with the Minister of State. Last week, we discussed maternity and sick leave for councillors. Sometimes people are looking at politicians and only see the adversarial way, especially when one looked at the budget this week and the disagreements but there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: I accept the point the Minister of State is making. He is dealing with planning today but it is important that he goes to the Minister. This is something that we want to move forward with and it is important. Another issue which may not be of concern but which I wish to raise is that if I engage someone to install a gas boiler, they have to be certified to install it. We are talking now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: Does the Minister of State believe that the SEAI will look at the regulations, considering the increase in size of the panels and the number of panels that will be mounted? Is this something that needs to be looked at? I am not looking to delay anything now but we are changing the rules here and it is just that I think that we need the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: My next question is that when the Minister of State is talking to the Minister, he might note that in England and Wales, they are installing solar panels on 800,000 social housing units, which is about 17% and just less than 20% of the social housing there. With the new regulations being brought forward by the Minister of State, it would make a very significant difference to us if we were to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: I have a point for the Chairman. I was in the private sector before I came here and I know that when you are installing anything like energy-efficient lighting, you must recoup the cost in three years. Many businesses and people would think that seven years is too long. That is just from a business point of view. The reason for this is that the technology will be outdated in seven years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is fair enough.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: Only 0.4% of the Government spending announced yesterday will go towards addiction. It is an insult to those working on the front line, to those in our community who are saving lives and families every single day. Sinn Féin's addiction and recovery budget was ten times that of the Minister. It was a €45 million suite of measures that would not have fixed all the problems but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the strict criteria for the location of suitable housing under the Croí Cónaithe fund are too exclusionary and reducing access to the scheme. [47312/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the support given to local authorities to ensure a swift response to social housing maintenance approaching the winter months. [47311/22]