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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria that a local authority can assess a person’s application for homelessness; and the documentation that needs to be provided by a person who is seeking homeless accommodation, having left their family home. [37540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he believes that it is appropriate to refuse homeless accommodation to a person who has a letter from a parent confirming that they can no longer stay in the family home and has no other means of accommodation. [37541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options that must be, and should be, available to a person who has been refused access to homeless accommodation. [37542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the cases of some local authorities refusing individuals access to emergency accommodation due to the fact that they cannot provide a legal reason for homelessness. [37544/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Sanctions (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union has considered a ban on Brazilian beef given record deforestation in the Amazon. [37662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements that the European Union has had with Brazil on record deforestation in the Amazon. [37663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the special needs transport grant (details supplied). [37032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a grant agreement and a service level agreement, respectively are appropriate. [37012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 965. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the strategic implementation group of the National Drugs Strategy that her Department is chairing. [27668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 966. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware that the HSE has not reported on the details of returned expenditure from its 2021 allocation. [29651/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for their numerous attendances at our committee meetings over the last two years, and particularly the last 18 months. I appreciate the volume of work done by the Department, the legislation that is passing through Ms Graham's office and the pressure her office is under to deal with the matter. I express my thanks now as our discussions can be robust, to put it mildly....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: When considering environmental impact assessment sometimes the language or jargon used can be complex. I refer to EIA processes and imperative reasons of overriding public interest, IROPI, processes. It is a lot to wrap your head around, especially for an ordinary member of the public. A person like me would have a foundation or a basic understanding of the planning process, but a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is it: plain speaking. There is one other issue. I will not go into individual cases, but it goes back to a point that was made earlier about planning. I was contacted by a person in a case where planning permission had been sought for a solar farm in an area. A second planning permission was sought for a second solar farm in a different area. Then a third application for planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank Deputy O'Donoghue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: Every day we learn something new is a good day.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered an increase to the apprentice pay rates given the rising cost of living. [36772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has in ensuring the HSE are delivering services for children with disabilities. [36770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in 2022 for catering in direct provision. [36769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2022)

Thomas Gould: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that transport has not been sanctioned for July Provision for a school (details supplied). [36778/22]