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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: Okay. With regard to cost rentals, one of the arguments other members of the board and I have been putting up is that affordability should be based on a person's income and not a reduced rate on the market value. Mr. O'Rourke might give us his thoughts on that. We believe that for a property to be truly affordable, it would be based on a person's ability to pay. If market value is used to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: My final point is that I am concerned about some of the comments today regarding the ten-year mix between affordable, cost-rental and social housing. If I was to be a sceptic or if I was to doubt the Minister or Government, it almost seems to me that the LDA is being structured in such a way as to deliver affordable and cost-rental housing and to leave the provision of social housing up to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedure in circumstances in which it appears that households are burning smoky coal. [63475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that is available to local authorities seeking to improve air quality. [1943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a ban on all smoky fuels. [1944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to serious issues with air quality in the Glanmire area of Cork. [1942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the grants available to a person with a disability in need of an adapted vehicle. [63415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application was submitted for retrofitting on Noonan's Road; the details of the application received; and the additional information now required. [63245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are required to employ a disability officer. [1579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have a disability or equality officer in tabular form. [2027/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: They were removed with no consultation or reason given. With the Minister of State confirm they will be reinstated? Who is making the arbitrary decisions to remove people from the oversight committee without discussion or engagement? It is not good enough. There needs to be an explanation as to why this has happened. Will the Minister of State commit to reinstating them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: That is disappointing. I hope the meeting will be successful. This was done without consultation or prior knowledge. No one can understand why it was done. I will park it now until the meeting is held. Will the Minister of State confirm that the civil society forum will be open and fully transparent and will involve consultation with everyone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State has spoken about new processes. Surely this should happen in consultation with local community and voluntary groups. This, and not excluding them from the process, is the key to developing the strategy. I am very concerned with the Minister of State's responses here this morning, talking about changes and involving new processes. From what I am hearing, the people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is my time up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: I will come back in later on. I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Applications (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1078. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider granting asylum to a family (details supplied). [63356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1106. 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 have a disability officer; and if this is a requirement. [1580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to those looking to develop citizen science initiatives. [63355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the nursing group were not invited given that five medically trained personnel were invited to sit on the National Oversight Committee when it had specifically requested to remain on the committee; the criteria that was utilised to ascertain suitability for membership; the way the transparency was applied; if members were informed of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: 1874. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that addiction nurses were removed from the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy. [2184/22]