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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention was drawn to the fact that approved housing bodies are being bypassed in the mortgage to rent process in favour of a private operator. [21480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (5 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the vacant homes unit established in 2017 in his Department; the different role this plays to the vacant homes unit currently being established in his Department; and the number of full-time staff employed in this original unit in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [22438/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Not true.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: You certainly could not put the Minister's comments on Twitter because people would see through them.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister mentioned it.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: First, I thank my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, for bringing forward this motion and working tirelessly for renters. Deputy Ó Broin has put forward really important motions, which we implore the Government to take on board. Speaking for myself, the housing crisis in Cork has never been as bad as it is now. I am working with more than 20 families who are facing eviction from next...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the appointed Senior Counsel is expected to report back to him regarding allegations of failing to declare conflicting interests in An Bord Pleanála. [22305/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the application process for a gambling regulator CEO; the number of applications; if a successful applicant has been chosen; and when it is envisaged a successful applicant will take up the role. [21925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application process for a CEO for the gambling regulator; the number of applications that have been received; if a successful applicant has been chosen; and, if so, when the successful applicant will take up the role. [22027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if current community and voluntary representatives on the national oversight committee, NOC, on national drugs strategy, NDS, will have a role in deciding membership of the new civil society forum; if they will receive automatic membership; and if this group will take over their places on the NOC. [21926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Teacher Training (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 547. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the training the HSE provides to teachers with students with epilepsy; the way that this training is given; the way that a teacher applies to take part; and the number of teachers have taken part in the past five years in tabular form. [22308/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the funding given towards nursing supports for children with epilepsy in the past five years, by year in tabular form. [22309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Funding (4 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 549. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the process a school must engage with to seek funding for a nursing support for a children with epilepsy. [22310/22]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: There are concerns with this Bill. I hope the Minister will take on board the amendments we and others will bring forward to improve it. There are and have been concerns with the Government's role in judicial appointments over the past couple of years. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice did not agree to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS, on this. More importantly, the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Yes. I appreciate there is considerable work to be discussed in this Bill. It is vitally important. We talk about the Judiciary but ordinary people on the ground have to feel protected and safe. I ask the Minister of State to raise that at Government.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department takes a macro view of the funding allocation across Departments to ensure fair distribution geographically. [21482/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is the Minister's Department taking a macro view of the funding allocation across Departments to ensure fair distribution geographically? I am particularly thinking of the funding streams announced for projects across one local authority. Where money is being invested, it is not being done evenly. I am sure the Minister is aware of the area I wish to discuss and is cognisant of the neglect...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: I am very proud to come from Knocknaheeny. The northside of Cork city is one of the best places in the world. We have brilliant communities with brilliant people, amazing history and huge potential. When I was elected to the Dáil, I gave a commitment to the people who elected me that I would fight to end the neglect of the northside. Part of this is making sure that when Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will give the Minister a couple of facts. On the regeneration announcement for Cork, of €405 million, not one penny is going to the northside. On sustainable transport funding, there are 66 projects; 31 in the southside and 12 in the northside. Nearly €16 million is being spent on the southside and less than €6 million on the northside. These are the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: These are the figures-----