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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett on this issue. Taxi drivers in Cork are telling me how hard they and the industry are finding this situation. They cannot cope. They need more supports from the Government. On the replacement of cars after ten years, there was an extension to that rule for the year, but it must be extended again. How can taxi drivers replace cars which are ten years old...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: This Bill strips away from renters many of their protections from being evicted. It is unbelievable the Minister would include section 2 in the middle of a pandemic when, under public health guidelines, we should be trying not to put people out of their homes and having to look again for accommodation. Yet, that could happen with this Bill. This is the fourth time the Minister has...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the Bill, the proposed increase in parental leave from two weeks to five weeks and the inclusion of those in same-sex marriages. It shows we are moving forward and being positive, which I welcome. I do, however, have a number of issues with the Bill, which I will outline. First, the rate is too low. A lot of families, if they decide to take parental leave and especially if they...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated completion date of the national broadband plan; the original estimated date; and the number of delays in the plan. [14115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether improperly installed bus shelters acting as barriers to public transport should be addressed as a priority by the NTA. [14114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a flood relief scheme is proposed for the Bridgestown and Moneyfluigh area, Inniscarra, County Cork. [15367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if eviction protections in place due to Covid-19 extend to tenants for whom the landlord has sold their property. [14436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an exception to the current tenancy protections in the case of property sale. [14437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cork City Council for voids refurbishment in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [15136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to primary schools to build outdoor classrooms in view of social distancing guidelines; and the criteria for eligibility of such streams. [15244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to schools to build sensory gardens whereby a special educational unit already exists within the school; and the criteria for eligibility of such streams. [15245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation of eight children who left a school (details supplied) in June 2020 and have no secondary school place and that some of the children have instead been offered home tuition. [15373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available to parents who are unable to source a special secondary school place for their children. [15374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied). [15450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if divorce proceedings can continue remotely under level 5 restrictions. [13882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the guidance given to family courts on operating under level 5 restrictions, particularly in relation to divorce proceedings. [13883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the general scheme of a gambling control Bill has been published; and if not, when it will be published. [14112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the substantial changes planned for the gambling control Bill due to be published, in comparison with the previous general scheme published in 2013. [14113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in Cork city by month in 2020 and to date in 2021. [14279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Information (24 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if family members can access prison records of deceased family who were interned in the Curragh in 1940 through freedom of information; and if these records are sealed. [15093/21]