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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to recoup money spent by the family of a person (details supplied); and if he intends to remedy this situation for other families in a similar position. [25547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25599/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to CAMHS in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25600/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the funding of returns, by CHO of community healthcare in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [25601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to COPE in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25602/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to NAS in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the Brothers of Charity in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25604/22]

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. What is shows, and having listened to the Minister, is how out of the touch he is with ordinary people. When the Opposition comes together to put forward proposals and to highlight problems with the Government's strategy on solving the housing crisis, we know the attitude he adopts to the Opposition....

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Shocking.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed cap on hospital car parking charges. [24965/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing social welfare rates given the recent Central Statistics Office report highlighting the potential increases to those at-risk of poverty in 2021 without Covid-19 emergency payments. [24589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider meeting with family carers to discuss supports they need due to the cost of living crisis. [24588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available for a person looking to establish a tennis court in Cork city. [24189/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: One of the biggest issues or concerns I have relates to housing maintenance. Obviously, it accounts for a significant part of the budget of most local authorities. According to the reports produced by NOAC, there was a decrease of 12% in funding spent from 2014 to 2020 but an increase of 17.4% in registered tenancies. When one calculates the decrease in funding and the increase in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: I apologise for interrupting Mr. McCarthy. That was going to be my next question. I ask him to hold off on addressing voids for the moment. I am keen to discuss them with him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: My issue is the decrease in expenditure on housing maintenance for social housing that is currently occupied by tenants. The housing stock is ageing and people are living in houses that have single-glazed aluminium windows and no insulation. There is no retrofitting of those houses going on. Actually, retrofitting is not in the report. I do not believe local authorities are performing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: What are the consequences? If NOAC audits the 31 local authorities and some are best in class, some are in the middle and others are at the bottom, what are the implications? From what Mr. McCarthy has told me, a person living in Cork may not be getting the same housing maintenance as a person living in Tipperary or Dublin. I believe all social housing tenants should be treated equally and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Great. My next point relates to voids. I was surprised at the figures referred to by Mr. McCarthy. He stated it takes 14 to 15 weeks to turn around a void. To clarify, the performance indicator report with which we are now dealing is the 2020 report. The report for 2021 has not yet been published. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: The figures from which I am operating state that from 2017 to 2019 the periods were 29 weeks, 28 weeks and 28 weeks, respectively. The figure increased by 65% from 2014 to 2020. The figures I have are much higher than those referred to by Mr. McCarthy. My figures come from the indicator report. The most recent figures I got from Cork City Council indicate a period of 64 weeks. When I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: We discussed voids earlier and I checked the figures. I would like to be associated with the appreciation for the work done by the witnesses in the report they put forward. It is very valuable, especially the indicators which show 31 local authorities getting all of the information together. That provides Deputies, Senators and councillors with the ability to apply pressure on or...