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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: Mr. Donovan from Cork Cycling Campaign spoke earlier about changing attitudes, changing the message, trying to get people to buy into that and - Chairman, you touched on this - changing people's behaviour, their attitudes and the culture of society at present regarding the car. Society is about the car instead of it being about walking, cycling and using public transport. Mr. Donovan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank Ms Harvey. I had a question for Dr. D'Arcy on shared bikes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: I made another point on vacancy and dereliction. I am not sure if someone can answer my question on urban regeneration.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of existing residential housing units that have been acquired by real estate investment trusts, REITS, and Irish real estate funds in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county; his views on whether the tax advantages provided by both tax structures are justified with respect to the acquisition of existing dwellings; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the booking system through Irish Rail for persons with a travel pass. [62341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of delaying the M20 process and the timeline for delivery of the M20 project. [62340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if applications for the road safety improvement scheme 2022 have closed; the number of applications received from Cork City Council; the number of these in areas (details supplied); and the number of successful projects if approved. [62561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which John F. Connolly Road, Cork has been in a state of serious disrepair for an extended time period (details supplied); and the role his Department will play in rectifying this issue. [62566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department received a funding application from Cork City Council for work on John F. Connolly road. [62567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and response to the ESRI paper, Prudent government borrowing can mitigate inadequate housing supply and upward pressure on prices and rent; and if he met with the ESRI on same. [55907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the survey of vacant properties undertaken within the local property tax process. [62513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic and Social Research Institute (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings his Department has held with the ESRI in the past 12 months; and the topic of these meetings. [62518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed front-line worker bonus. [62517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering applications from other private providers interested in providing the mortgage-to-rent scheme. [62514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HAP inspections are being outsourced to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding his Department will deliver to local authorities to ensure that they can employ a full-time vacant homes officer from January 2021. [62503/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a funding application was received under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund for Blackpool from Cork City Council in 2020; and if so, the reason this was rejected. [62504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an obligation on a property owner to pay outstanding derelict site levies upon the sale of a property. [62505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the derelict sites legislation grants a provision for delay of placement on the register in a situation whereby a person intends to dispose of dereliction; and if there is a time limit on this delay. [62506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies enacted to date in 2021, by local authority; and the cost of HAP, by local authority, in tabular form. [62507/21]