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- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: He was asking me a question.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: That is not true.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: That is not true. That is not true.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: The Government will not give the local authority the money.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: No. The figure we mentioned was €11,000.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: I did one last month and the figure is 2,700.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: Will the Minister think of the families? I ask him to reconsider his motion and to support ours.
- Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — there are at least 2,656 vacant council homes, excluding Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) homes, across the State, including 776 homes vacant longer than 12 months; — the National Oversight and Audit Commission Performance Indicator Report 2023, found that the average reletting time was above 33 weeks and cost, on average,...
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: Two weeks ago, Cork City Council announced an affordable housing scheme. This will be delivered through the Department's funding and by Cork City Council. There is shock that it will cost just under €400,000 to buy one of these properties. For years people who cannot get a mortgage and who do not quality for social housing have been contacting my office and I have been telling them...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: I support that suggestion because landlords must deal with the RTB, which is only right and proper, and then local authorities are leaving people in houses, which are owned by the State, in unbelievable conditions. Last night, I got a phone call from a man who had water pouring through his roof and down through the light fittings in the house. He told me that the council has called out to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: I appreciate the honesty. My next questions are for Mr. O'Flynn and Michael and I probably disagree politically. The report calls for a radical reset. Today, Michael has said that housing is an emergency, needs to be treated like an emergency with the introduction of legislation and the oversight directive needs to be implemented right now. They were his words.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: My first question is for Professor Norris. I have a big interest in social housing. It is important that we build social housing, especially for a lot of the people I represent. At the same time as the housing crisis, I have seen a neglect in housing maintenance and a lack of funding for housing that already exists. This has resulted in people having to live in terrible conditions where...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 402. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of staff responsible for the collection of the vacant homes tax by grade level and the overall wage cost for the unit. [29529/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) did not receive sanction for a special class for the upcoming school year. [29840/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall budget assigned to planned maintenance and stock surveys in each of the past five years. [29528/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of a stock survey per unit. [29530/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the next tranche of URDF. [29531/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)
Thomas Gould: 797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff currently in the vacant homes unit in his Department. [29532/25]
- Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)
Thomas Gould: It should be noted that the Government benches are empty. For months, this House had a huge issue with speaking rights. I heard Government TDs, spokespersons and senior officials say on radio and television that they did not have speaking time and were being discriminated against. It is funny that when we are discussing workers' rights-----
- Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)
Thomas Gould: Yes, but this should be noted.