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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The housing crisis is getting worse every week. Not a week goes by without some new statistic showing how bad the situation is getting. We see house prices and rents rising while, at the same time, not enough houses are being delivered to meet demand. We have a huge issue with capacity and the provision of housing. We know speculators are hoarding land and trying to maximise the profits...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Sorry, Chair, the Minister made a statement about people opposing the development of the St. Kevin's site in Cork. I have not opposed it and do not know of anyone here who has. If the Minister makes a statement such as that, he should clarify who he is speaking about. I do not know of anyone who has opposed it. I originally proposed that we build on that site, eight years ago, before the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister cannot come to public meetings and make comments that are not accurate.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Like others, I have concerns about social housing. I appreciate that the Minister is talking about increasing the 10% Part V social housing requirement to 20%. The core of the facts here is that public housing should be built on public land. We cannot stand over any development that will allow private developers to build private houses on public land, which are unaffordable to the majority...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies refusing to provide cover to persons with fully managed type 1 diabetes. [31799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no recourse for complaint regarding decisions taken by the nominations committee of a credit union. [31798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the deadline for the submission of safety improvement works 2022. [30680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a price discrepancy being quoted in the cost of the M20 by him and that being quoted by the engineering team. [31733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 379. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lending agency can refuse a person a loan based on their age. [31817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if TDs are exempt from Freedom of Information charges. [31001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 to deal with the issue of dereliction in tabular form. [30704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent derelict sites inspectors by local authority in tabular form. [30705/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the levies applied by each local authority on derelict sites in 2020, in tabular form. [30706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a legislative requirement for a site to have been on the derelict sites register for two years before it can be compulsorily purchased. [30707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided in 2019 and 2020, respectively for the compulsory purchase of sites by local authority in tabular form. [30708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions or fines and the number of court appearances, respectively, resulting from equine seizures in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30674/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: We tabled these amendments because we believe protections need to be put in place. The amendments are not to be controversial. They are designed to improve the Bill and make it more constructive. It is disappointing that the Minister of State has not taken on board the way in which these amendments were tabled and the reasons for them. It is disappointing because we just wanted to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the points outlined by Deputy Ó Broin on the price the LDA will pay for land. I am conscious of the domino effect the LDA paying over the odds for land will have on the price of affordable rent and purchase homes afterwards. They are intrinsically linked. It is important the correct figures are used for the value of land and the amount paid by the LDA. We cannot have the...