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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: In relation to the vacancy and derelict sites units, are there full-time staff and how many are there? Is it one unit for derelict sites and vacant sites or are they separate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is there a person full-time dealing with dereliction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: How many are in the derelict sites team? If the figure is not available offhand I can come back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Are they dealing directly full-time with dereliction and not being pulled into other things in planning, for example? What we have seen over the years is derelict and vacant sites officers doing two and three jobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Neither local authority has a dedicated person dealing directly with dereliction. Okay. Housing maintenance was also touched on earlier. Both local authorities have indicated that their housing stock is probably newer than some. I represent Cork North-Central, which is located within Cork City Council's area. A lot of the stock there could be 70, 80 or 100 years old. The funding of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: South Dublin County Council has a designated fund in place for planned maintenance. Does Fingal have the same?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I have another question for both councils. The Government has set targets for delivery of social, affordable and cost rental housing. Have these targets been met over the last few years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Our argument here is that those targets are too low. What we are seeing are local authorities where all targets are hit every year but the numbers of people on housing lists are going up. One of the arguments that I put forward is that housing delivery must match, if not exceed, the number of people coming on the list. Approximately how many new applicants do the witnesses expect to come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is the number of people coming on to the housing list expected to be over that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses and I appreciate their answers. I thank the Chair for being lenient.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the Cork stations now and at their peak. [52331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the elective hospital in Cork; and when it will be fully operational. [52394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [52393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application by Cork City Council to build firewalls in Traveller bays. [52488/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for approval by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of new biobased construction materials. [52505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices who failed a phase; and the number who dropped out in each of the past five years by phase in tabular form. [52506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any initiatives to run harm-reduction education programmes around addiction for young people. [47510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he is taking to improve children’s disability services. [49681/22]

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Sinn Féin has been proposing this legislation since 2019. We welcome that the Government is finally moving on it. It is long past time for white-collar crime to be dealt with by the law and treated as what it is. It is not a victimless crime. Those who suffered during the financial crash will say that. I am still dealing with families who were affected by that financial crash....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of HGV driving tests provided in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [52156/22]