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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: I ask the Minister what the status is of the new elective hospital in Cork.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: I apologise to the Minister but I am looking for the status. I am looking to see where we are.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: The Minister is saying he received a proposal in September. This is December and it still has not been approved. This is urgent. A site should be specifically set out in the PBC. Why is there a delay in announcing it? It should say where the potential site is. Where is the information for people? I ask that this hospital be based on the north side of Cork. The people of the north side...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: The Minister of State made a point about a reduction in the backlog of assessments of need for children. They are getting their assessments of need done, but then there are no services. I am dealing with families who have had no services for their children for years. We are talking about the children's disability network teams. I am dealing with a mother who is doing a 12-week course to...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: As the Minister will probably know, today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I want to know how he plans to address the slow pace of implementing and processing disability services, and children's disability networks. I want to know how he plans to address the challenges this presents for parents of children with disabilities. Finally, I ask him to make a statement here on...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: Last month, figures were released to me that show the following: 853 children await occupational therapy in Cork north Lee in my own constituency; over 200 children have waited two years or more; and some children have waited three and four years. I have also had it confirmed for me that out of the three funded occupational therapist positions in Cork north Lee 1.5 persons have been on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (3 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: I support the thrust of this question. The one thing we have learned from Covid is that we are going to do things differently. We have seen that young people need supports, particularly after Covid. Unfortunately, we could be living with Covid for a long time, so we need to enhance facilities, schools, GAA and soccer clubs. I have noticed in my community that many of the youth facilities...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a business proposal for the new elective hospital in County Cork; and if not, when he expects to receive same. [55908/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: If there is need to go into private session, I can get the information there, and if there is not, a written response will be fine as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: Like everyone else, I was having difficulties. My first question is on whether planning fees will be applied to local authorities. Will the fees be enough to cover the cost of the planning decisions of these developments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: I have a question for the Minister of State, which follows on from some of the other comments about local authority funding. I raised it earlier with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. At the moment, the Department gives €50,000 for a vacant home officer every year. We know from questions I have tabled that there are only three full-time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)
Thomas Gould: There was a lot of talk about the resources coming in. It is vital that local authorities get funding, and I ask the Minister to bear this in mind and to examine that aspect. We also have major problems with planning departments being unable to cope with the number of planning applications being submitted. That is particularly the case regarding projects that the local authorities are...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: I have a number of questions. I am hoping the Minister will keep things tight with his answers. As was the case last year, the Estimates come in after local authorities draw up their budgets. In Cork City Council, which the Minister referenced earlier, the loss of income and expenditure due to Covid-19 came in at approximately €4 million. This resulted in a shortfall of €1.5...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: At a recent budget meeting, €1.5 million in cuts was mentioned. As the Minister knows, the problem for local authorities is that they have to deliver a balanced budget. They expect the money to come in afterwards. When they pass a budget, it must be balanced. I look forward to going back to Sinn Féin councillors in Cork City Council to tell them that there will be no cuts for...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: Councillors did not do that. This came from the finance department in Cork City Council. I will make sure our councillors raise the matter and that the finance department contacts the Minister's Department. If he has said everything is fine, I will trust him on that. The derelict sites levy is not being collected. A total of €12.4 million should have been collected in levies...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: I want to clarify something------
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: The LDA is managing the St. Kevin's site. We still do not know what the affordability of the site will be.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: Can the Minister tell me-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021) Thomas Gould: -----what the cost of an affordable house in St. Kevin's will be?