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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. Grant for that. I just want to raise two other points. The European school survey on the use of alcohol and other drugs, ESPAD, found that 3,400 15- and 16-year-olds in Ireland were engaged in problem gambling. For the in-store bookmakers how many underage people have been stopped in the past 12 months? Are there data over recent years on how many under 18s have been trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: Have we data on under-18s trying to access betting shops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is only once-off. Does the IBA have national figures that are collated daily, weekly or monthly on under-18s trying to access betting shops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is fine. Regarding the 3,400 young people aged 15 to 16 with problem gambling, is there any response to online targeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: Can we take it that this is in operation? If a person walks into a betting shop and does not want to bet any more, is the information given to every other betting shop, of the 800 betting shops, that this is a person who does not want to gamble? If this person says they have a gambling problem, does this happen?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the next draft of BusConnects in Cork will have a route from the northside to the Munster Technological University [12065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the northern ring road. [12066/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (3 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the collection of the derelict sites levy in urban areas [12068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (3 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered reform of the voids scheme given its failings [12067/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: For far too many people, the prospect of home ownership is moving further and further away. On 16 November 2019, the then Taoiseach turned the first sod in the Boherboy Road development, which was Cork City Council's first affordable housing scheme. Today, those houses are built and lying idle and families have contacted me looking to buy them. It has been 224 days since the Affordable...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Affordable Housing Bill 2021.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: The houses are built.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: The houses are built. People want to buy them.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Gould: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are available for communities to install CCTV to combat antisocial behaviour. [11981/22]

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]