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Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the format the promised further discussion on membership of the National Oversight Committee will take. [62552/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be provided on the proposed plan to address crack cocaine, as promised in budget 2022. [62553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister for State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has met with the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force since the publication of its recent report. [62554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting residential treatment and detox, by county, in tabular form. [62555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued updated guidance for peer-support addiction recovery group meetings. [62556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if an outreach programme is planned for delivery of vaccine boosters to vulnerable hard to reach cohorts, for example, homeless persons and those in active addiction. [62557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a horse project has been made by Cork City Council; and if not, if private individuals can make these applications. [62569/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I commend my party colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, on bringing forward this Bill, and the Simon Community on the work it has done on it. It is vital that we start tackling homelessness. It is soul-destroying for the people who are stuck in homelessness, their families and in particular, the children, who do not know where they are going to spend Christmas and where they will be in the new...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: First, I wish the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the staff and everyone in Leinster House a happy and safe Christmas and new year. I may not have another opportunity to say that before the recess. I also want to convey my warm appreciation of all those working in the addiction sector over the past 12 months, many of whom will be working over the Christmas period trying to protect vulnerable people....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am looking at the Minister of State's script. In the last paragraph on the first page it is stated that between 2013 and 2020, Cork City Council received €21 million in respect of retrofitting works for 7,000 units. Did the council change light bulbs or what? A figure of €21 million to retrofit 7,000 units does not add up at all. I ask that be clarified. Cork City Council...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: My father lives there. It was a success.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Every time I meet with Cork City Council officials, I always tell them that if there is anything they need me to raise or support in the Dáil, I will do so. Noonan Road is one such issue. The apartments on Noonan Road and houses in surrounding areas are in significant need of regeneration and retrofitting. There was a Department announcement two years ago that this was going to happen...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan in an area (details supplied). [61428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being undertaken by his Department to address the scourge of illegal dumping. [61429/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of build-to-rent planning permissions approved in County Cork in 2021; and the number of units this equates to. [61582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 550. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have completed a level 6 vaccination course through a company (details supplied) can apply as vaccinators; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the horse project for Cork city. [61204/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank witnesses for their contributions. This is a really serious issue. From my time in Cork City Council for 12 years and now in the Dáil, I think it is a scandal. My own constituency of Cork North-Central is blighted from the inner city areas to the rural areas with dereliction and vacancy. Since I have come to Dublin for the past almost two years as a Deputy, the amount of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I completely agree with the points Ms Sherry made. I thank her for all her work. Can Professor Murphy respond to my question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witness. People are coming to my office every week who cannot rent houses or get social housing. People are being given notices to quit, evictions and they look around their communities and look at vacant properties that could be turned into housing. It is a scandal. Local authorities are not being encouraged nor funded by the Government to do this. I do not think it should...