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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1621. To ask the Minister for Health the amount received by the HSE for rental income through the fair deal scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [20314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1628. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans by his Department to reform the fair deal scheme to incentivise rentals and a timeline for delivery of this plan. [20383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1633. To ask the Minister for Health the planned full-time equivalent staffing, by role, for each county’s children’s disability network teams in 2027 and 2032. [20412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1634. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to discuss the need to catch up on placement hours missed during Covid-19 for those due to graduate. [20414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1684. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of the working group formed to analyse the implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [20581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1793. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a marriage notification appointment in Cork city. [20957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1794. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the increased demand for marriage notification in Cork city. [20958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an appointment for marriage notification in Cork city. [20959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1796. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that section 39 workers who otherwise fulfil criteria for the pandemic bonus have been excluded. [20966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1797. To ask the Minister for Health if those working in the residential addiction sector throughout the pandemic are entitled to the pandemic bonus. [20967/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of a living wage. [18771/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Can the Minister update us on the status of the implementation of a living wage? When will the Low Pay Commission report? Will the Minister commit to implementing all of the recommendations? In its considerations, is the commission considering the rising cost of living?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: While it is appreciated that the Low Pay Commission is considering this, it was asked to do so on 15 April 2021, some 357 days, or a week short of a year, ago. People working in shops, hospitals, supermarkets, the public and private sector on below the living wage are waiting on the report. We need to deliver a living wage for people. The crisis caused by the rising cost of living is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: It is a year later.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: It has been a year. People have been waiting for a year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: I do not recognise it as a positive, because people are struggling right now. The Minister of State said he is taking a measured approach, but a 30 cent increase in the minimum wage was recommended by the Low Pay Commission. I am not sure if the Minister of State has any grasp on the reality of how bad the cost of living crisis is. There are increases virtually every week in the cost of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State should not make comments that are not true. The Minister of State just made a statement that is not true.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: Inflation alone will be 8% this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Low Pay Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is a Central Bank figure.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (7 Apr 2022)

Thomas Gould: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to increasing the minimum wage given the rising cost of living. [18772/22]