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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Tests (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if mandatory quarantine rules apply to those arriving from Ireland into the UK and from the UK into Ireland. [16358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 774. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the extension of visas for persons currently residing here whose visas are due to expire but are planning to return on a work visa and have a legitimate offer of employment given current travel restrictions and to avoid unnecessary international travel. [16303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 854. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that vaccine clinics in Cork City Hall and Melbourne Road, Cork were closed on 20 and 21 March 2021, the opening hours of these clinics on the days in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in the mass vaccine clinic in Cork City Hall on 20 and 21 March 2021 respectively. [16305/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in the mass vaccine clinic on Melbourne Road, Cork on 20 and 21 March 2021, respectively. [16306/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the difference between a PCR test and a regular Covid-19 test. [16356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 964. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who left employment, by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 966. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who were recruited as interns or newly qualified in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 967. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners recruited through means other than new qualification or internship, by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1144. To ask the Minister for Health if a person is allowed to visit a second home or a mobile home that is located within the allowable travel distance. [17366/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: For most people, social media can be entertaining and is an enjoyable way to interact with friends, acquaintances and the community. There are great positives with social media, but what has happened over time is that social media has been hijacked by bullies and organisations with hidden agendas and that want to attack people. A party colleague of mine has been attacked constantly by one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: Education is a constitutional and human right. In 2013,15 children entered junior infants class in Cara Junior Catholic School for special education in Cork. They are graduating this year and only seven of them have places in secondary school, so eight children from that class are being discriminated against. It is not just those children that are affected because there are children in...

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]