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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State made the point that it is not believed that mineral extraction and mining will happen in the near future until the data are there and until we know more. That is very vague. Maybe I am picking the Minister of State up wrong and he can clarify this for me, and I hope he can, but putting something in the Bill to deal with something that might happen down the road - it...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: There are serious concerns over mining, extraction and exploration. We know there are companies out there that want to take advantage of our marine environment. That is why it is key that this Bill puts the protections in place to ensure that cannot happen. Sinn Féin has taken the position that no more fossil fuels should be extracted. We talk about climate change. We have to get...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will let the Minister of State in first.

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: This was actually discussed on Committee Stage, was it not? We were expecting it to be corrected. We have to be very conscious in anything we publish and any Bills we pass going forward. I should not say "going forward"; we should always have been conscious in that way.

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Last night, the Minister was asked about HEPA filters in schools. He pointed to opening windows and doors. Teachers have contacted me. I was sent a photograph of a teacher who was teaching in a school last week and it was 3°C in the classroom. The Government was asleep during the summer and for the past six months when filters and CO2 monitors should have been put in. The whole area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ballincollig fire station, Cork is currently closed; if Cork City Council has sought additional funding to reopen the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of running Ballincollig fire station annually. [59190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of running a fire station annually. [59191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency development of St. Kevin’s Site in Shanakiel, Cork. [59277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last date he undertook engagement with the Land Development Agency in relation to St. Kevin’s Site in Shanakiel, Cork. [59278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a lack of secondary school places in the Glanmire area of Cork. [59410/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome Ms Quigley, Ms Hill and Mr. Hamilton. Their contributions are very important. I am very concerned about this shift in relation to the mid-term review. This decision goes against the national drugs strategy. I have questions for Ms Quigley. What support could we give? Does she believe that allowing this to happen is a political decision or is it just a lack of political will by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: On the back of what Ms Quigley said and addressing Mr. Hamilton, is it possible for the Minister of State to come before this committee to discuss both the changes to the mid-term review and also the crisis of funding that would happen in January? These are -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: Yes, Chair. As I said, I propose that the Minister of State come into the committee to deal with the changes in the mid-term review and the funding crisis that will happen in Tallaght in January. That has to be dealt with urgently. Mr. Hamilton commented on the increase in women's crack cocaine use. Is there funding needed for women-specific services? From my discussions with women in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have to step off the meeting because I am going into the Dáil Chamber and then I am going to the CityWide briefing. I will log back on after those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I apologise for my earlier absence. I had to go to the Dáil Chamber. I was here during the CityWide presentation. I know Ms Hill and Mr. Hamilton from an earlier debate. The piece of work that the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force has done is very good. Its findings are shocking, let us be honest. Ms Hill earlier mentioned a tsunami of issues relating to crack cocaine. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank our guests. Ms Hill touched on the issue of funding at the very start of the meeting. People will probably say we keep beating that drum, but the facts are the facts. The savage cuts the services faced from 2008 to 2010 have never been reversed. One of the Government Senators said earlier there was €6 million in the budget towards drugs and alcohol services. We reckon it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: On the Department's plan for civil society, we are reinventing the wheel. CityWide and the drugs and alcohol task forces, who are the people on the ground, will attend. There is an agenda here; let us be honest. The Department is trying to take the communities out of the national oversight committee. That is the issue. To me, bringing forward the civil society, 16-person group is a way...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I agree with Deputies Ó Broin and O'Callaghan that the section seems out of place in the Bill. Maybe the Minister can outline the reasons for including this section and why he feels there is a need for it in this Bill. Sometimes we deal with legislation containing add-ons where the Government tries to put in additional provisions that would not necessarily have been there at the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I will be brief. The Minster stated this is a useful and forward-looking provision that is about advancing change and streamlining and has Government approval. He then stated that he does not know when, if ever, it will be used. If that is the case, why is it being included in the Bill? I made a point earlier regarding how we see parts coming into legislation. In my two short years in...