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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: 694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details on the gambling regulator mentioned in budget 2022 speeches. [50704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: 803. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that found significant difficulties in evaluating public expenditure on the State’s approach to drug and alcohol harm and which found that unlabelled expenditure and productivity costs contribute significantly to the overall economic burden of problem drug and alcohol use; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: 804. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in accessing treatment due to the reconfiguration of children’s disabilities teams in Cork. [48659/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the Minister's comments. During the summer a group of volunteers, some of whom were from UCC, carried out an audit of all of the parks and playgrounds in Cork. They discovered that the north side of Cork city has fewer parks than the south side and that the north side parks are smaller, of lower quality and have fewer amenities. Great work is being done on the south side of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: 54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available from her Department to community groups and organisations that have obtained staff through various social protection schemes but now want to retain these staff permanently given their important role in community development. [50097/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank Dr. Ryan for his presentation. I have a couple of questions. I will try to keep them brief. In the second last paragraph of the second last page of the EPA's report, which Dr. Ryan read out earlier, it states, "Additional unreported incidents were uncovered by EPA inspectors during the auditing process which supports the EPA's view of incident management by Irish Water and Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry to interrupt Dr. Minihan but I ask her not to go into the details of each case because my time is limited. I appreciate her answer. From the EPA's point of view, is there now a risk of ongoing problems such as these? What can we do and what can Irish Water do - it is responsible - to ensure there are no further such incidents? If the EPA is uncovering incidents that are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have another question. There is an incident in Ballingeary, west Cork, at the moment. In the 1930s a septic tank was built for ten houses there. Now there are 61 houses, 13 businesses, two schools, a summer school, a community hall and a GAA club there and the septic tank cannot cope with the amount of wastewater going into it, which is flowing into the local river. We have been in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Yes, I can email the witnesses that. There have been another couple of incidents, and this goes back to who is in charge of water quality. In Ballyphehane, Cork, a number of residents have brown water coming out of their taps. It is the same in a couple of houses in Knocknaheeny. We have been contacting Irish Water for maybe a week or ten days and the issue has not been resolved. Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Chair, may I ask one more question? It can be answered later if that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I appreciate that my time is up. In Churchfield industrial estate there are a number of waste collection facilities. Last year the EPA did an audit and found there was ammonia in the groundwater there. The witnesses will know that ammonia is serious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: The witnesses might come back later on ammonia in groundwater-----

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Will the new hospital be on the north side?

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Will the Government deliver the new hospital for the north side that has been promised for 20 years?

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Fine Gael closed the North Infirmary and the orthopaedic-----

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: When James Reilly was Minister for Health, he closed St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: Let us start with the positives. The Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, who has just left the Chamber, outlined €6 million in funding under the national drugs strategy. I welcome that, although it is not enough. I look forward to seeing the detail of where it will be spent. I welcome also the €1.7 million provided for the HSE drug and alcohol service nationwide, which will...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: My apologies to an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and to the Minister of State but can I have a copy of the Minister of State’s speech, please?