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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: About 20 homes become available in Cork every month. The 241 voids to which the Minister referred are simply units that were returned during the year. I raised this matter when I was a councillor six or seven years ago. There is no budget in housing for returning voids that come up every month. This is something that we should consider.

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 will give credit where credit is due. The next time the Minister is in Cork and meets Ann Doherty and Brian Geaney, could he meet me? I will walk around and show him derelict and vacant sites and voids. He can tell me whether things are positive.

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

Thomas Gould: To follow on from Deputy Boyd Barrett, costs should not be a barrier to groups looking for protections for the marine environment and the marine area. At the end of the day, for people who have genuine concerns about the environment, especially the marine, costs are restricting their ability to look for justice, to look for what is right and to look for protection. Some groups could have...

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

Thomas Gould: Deputy Boyd Barrett made the point about the concerns that people have. We are especially concerned about amendment No. 51. It is why Deputies Ó Broin, Boyd Barrett and others are looking to delete lines 15 to 39 on page 118, and to delete lines 1 to 19 on page 119. We believe these lines should be deleted. What are the Minister's thoughts?

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

Thomas Gould: Just to clarify, is the Minister of State stating here, in the Chamber, that the process of flipping a MAC cannot happen under this legislation?

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

Thomas Gould: That is on the record.

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...