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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority has commissioned research on the impact that the presence of a footpath has on the likelihood of a vehicle or pedestrian crash. [26391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an increase in homelessness in Cork city; if he has met with homeless services; and his plans to tackle the issue. [26222/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person declaring themselves homeless needs to provide the local authority with an address. [26223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected cost of an affordable unit in Cork city. [26393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of cost-rental units to be delivered in Cork city for the years 2022 to 2026. [26394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of whole-time equivalent staff currently employed in the Passport Office by role in tabular form. [26302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of whole-time equivalent staff members currently working on the Oireachtas passport query telephone line. [26298/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of whole-time equivalent staff members currently working on the passport query telephone line. [26299/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of whole-time equivalent staff members currently working on the passport webchat service. [26300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average wait time for a first-time child passport currently. [26301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated number of passports that will have been processed from 1 January to 1 July 2022. [26303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has examined the tourism potential of the old Cork prison site. [22135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: 643. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the investigation into the cremation of the remains of babies at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [26238/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: I live in Gurranabraher in Cork, a housing estate built 80 years ago by the Cork City Council. Local authorities are telling us they are not into large-scale direct builds any more. What do the witnesses think of that? We have seen in the past such delivery and in my city there are examples in Farranree, Churchfield, Gurranabraher, Knocknaheeny, Turner's Cross and Ballyphehane. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Those are not direct builds but rather from contractors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: I suppose my question is why are local authorities not delivering direct-build social, affordable and cost-rental properties when we are in the middle of a housing crisis? We know it is a model that worked in the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: I have no issue with the local authorities bringing in the private sector, but we should have both. We should have direct-build social, affordable and cost rental properties along with contractors. We are in the worst housing crisis in the history of the State and local authorities have a proven track record of delivering. During the financial crisis, many apprentices were partly through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: My next question is for the SCSI and CIF. Until now, people building one-off housing may have wanted to build a carbon-neutral or zero-carbon home with inbuilt environmental aspects to make them as environmentally-friendly as possible. Given the increase in the cost of construction, have people changed the type of house they want to build? Have they stepped back and decided they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: We need to provide the right type of housing - sustainable and carbon-neutral housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: Will the current increases in construction costs have a detrimental effect on the delivery of such housing?