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Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: At the end of January, the National Treatment Purchase Fund reported that there were 72,684 people on waiting lists in Cork hospitals. Almost 30,000 of those had been waiting more than one year for treatment. To be clear, these people are not waiting for minor treatments. They are waiting on life-changing and, in some cases, life-saving treatments. More than 100 people alone are waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Service Level Agreements (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role that he plays in the negotiation of the service level agreements at HSE level. [11473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to improve financial accountability and transparency in the funding provided by Government to the non-governmental sector. [11474/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW’s investigation into the Ballincollig Weir. [11527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average response time for the fire brigade in Ballincollig, County Cork. [11526/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if contact can be made with the parents of a person (details supplied) who is due to fly this week and whose passport was set for dispatch last week. [10988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered contacting the HSE to advertise vacancies in passport offices to those with contracts ending at vaccination, testing and tracing centres given the large backlog in passport applications and the winding down of certain Covid-19 response measures. [10986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of Luxturna. [11451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 752. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sexual Health Strategy; and the timeline for publication [11515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of reimbursement of CAR-T. [11516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time services by CHO addressing hepatitis-C. [11517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 756. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances in Ballincollig, County Cork. [11523/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: In fact, I am going to mention an example that is near to County Dublin. I recently saw a report on the expected closure of Greystones Kilcoole community garden, due to its lease not having been renewed. In researching for this meeting, I learned that 80% of community gardens, or 1,920 of them, face a similar fate. Will our guests comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: Deputy Ó Broin earlier raised the issue of planning. My father's house, in Knocknaheeny, has a fine big backyard, and many houses that were built 70, 80 or 90 years ago have big front and back gardens. Nowadays, however, especially in the case of city developments, apartments and even some of the regeneration projects in Knocknaheeny, where I come from, there are no front gardens, just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Feighan, was in Cork last week and visited a community garden. He was asked about funding and support for men's sheds and he said money will always be available for community gardens and similar initiatives under Healthy Ireland. If only 20% of these gardens are permanent, are we funding ones that may soon shut? If we are putting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: To be considered long term or renewable, most leases would have to be for longer than five years. If a lease is longer than five years, the tenant has the option to renew it. If it is for less than five years, the tenant has to leave if the landowner asks. As such, what Mr. McCormack said makes sense. Complimentary comments were made about Cork City Council. I can be critical of local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: Chair, may I-----