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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]

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

Thomas Gould: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with higher education institutions to discuss derelict or vacant buildings in their ownership. [54053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vacant Properties (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant and derelict buildings respectively by county in the ownership of the Probation Services, the Irish Prison Service and her Department in tabular form. [54056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for temporary facilities expected to be utilised to house the emergency department in the Mercy Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vacant Properties (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict buildings owned by the HSE and his Department respectively by each CHO in tabular form. [54054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vacant Properties (27 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the HSE to discuss derelict or vacant buildings in their ownership. [54055/22]

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: The weekend before last, there were blackouts right across Cork city. We still do not know the reason. It was a real wake-up call for people in Cork to realise the Government has failed to secure energy despite warnings. People are concerned. Rushing this Bill through the Dáil is fooling no one. Once again, the Government, having ignored the warnings, is now trying to react at the...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am disappointed with the legislation that has been brought forward. While we support it and recognise there is a need for an emergency ban on evictions, and there are parts of the legislation we welcome, the Minister has missed an opportunity to go further, which he should have taken. Child homelessness in Cork has increased by 40% in the past 12 months. Our homeless figures are now at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Not the war; the housing crisis was coming.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Confidence and supply.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: But you supported their strategy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: They are hitting all their targets.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Government party leaders met with senior Ministers early this week on the escalating crisis in emergency housing provision, which has been deepened by the war in Ukraine, but the truth is that it has been years in the making and a result of successive governments turning their face or not supporting public housing provided directly by the State. In the past 12 months, child homelessness...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I commend the work of the All-Island Women's Forum and its commitment to fully inclusive engagement. One of the outcomes of its work is its highlighting of the urgent need to adopt a joint approach to tackling gender-based violence in all its forms. While the Departments of Justice in the North and the South share best practice in tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, there...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Both Deputy McDonald and I have raised the north inner-city drug and alcohol task force on multiple occasions with the Taoiseach over the past year and a half. Progress has been glacial, even by the Department of Health's standards. As a result, the task force in effect remains shut down. This represents a wider shift away from evidence-based community addiction responses. Fine Gael...