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Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the news that both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste finally acknowledged last night that this €100 credit does not go far enough to help people who are trapped in the cost-of-living crisis. When this proposal first came up, we in Sinn Féin explained that it would not be enough. It has taken too long for the Government to realise this. It goes to show how out of touch...

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: Last May, the Debenhams workers bravely ended their 406-day dispute when they accepted the Government's offer of a €3 million training fund. They were only on the picket line because this Government and previous Governments failed to implement the Duffy-Cahill report, yet here we are, 258 days later, and the Debenhams workers are still waiting for that training fund. This cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider regulations requiring local authorities to undertake an accessibility study on all public realm planning going forward. [5346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to recognising the work carried out by family carers throughout Covid-19. [5343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to an emergency increase in the fuel allowance or to the extension of same. [5344/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Local Authorities (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council does not employ a disability officer. [5345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into private family care arrangements in the foster care system. [5685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for speech and language therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for physiotherapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for occupational therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for play therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently no physiotherapy undergraduate courses in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Thomas Gould: My point is whether it should be in the Bill or not because I have been raising this in Cork City Council for a number of years and I have been getting nowhere. What rights do individuals have to make these decisions for people? As far as I am concerned they do not have the right to do it and they should have been taken to task for it. I was listening to some of the earlier contributions...