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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr Coleman and his team for attending tonight and taking questions. It has been confirmed to me that a one-bedroom apartment in the St. Kevin's site in Cork will be valued at €900 per month. That works out at approximately €36,000 a year after tax, net, if one wants to keep that under 30% of a person's income. In other words, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have a final question on Mr. Coleman's response to affordability. The LDA might not be targeting people who would qualify for social housing, but it is a fact that tens of thousands of people in the State cannot get social housing because of the long waiting lists. They have to rent properties, but we cannot supply those people with affordable rents. It appears to be contradictory that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: Deputy Higgins is always controversial at these meetings.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: We know that people with disabilities constitute one of the sectors that has suffered most due to Covid-19. I have been contacted by people with disabilities who are entrepreneurs, who want to start their own business or who want to get their businesses going again but there is a lack of support for them. Will the Tánaiste and the Government provide supports for people with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (4 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training given to gardaí on implementation of the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010. [12271/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have the same issue about vaccine centres. Three such centres were announced for Cork city, one in the city centre and two on the southside. Once again the northside of Cork city is being abandoned and forgotten about. There is no vaccination centre in one half of Cork city. It is not fair. There was also the closure of SouthDoc. There needs to be fairness when it comes to providing...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Government’s Bill highlights what Sinn Féin has been saying for years, which is that Fianna Fáil is being led by the hand by developers and speculators. Are Fianna Fáil members suffering from amnesia that they do not remember what happened in the previous property crash, how they brought the country to its knees and hundreds of thousands of people had to leave this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a commitment will be given to keep Cork Airport open and to support its success upon the eventual return to international travel. [11163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place and those planned for Cork Airport. [11164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of refurbishments carried out under each of the void casual let refurbishment schemes, respectively, by local authority in 2020, in tabular form. [11934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 386. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Defence Forces who are due to deploy overseas are awaiting vaccination; and when they are due to receive their vaccines, particularly in view of the worrying situation in which a deployment is due to Mali in the next two weeks. [12059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an extension to Private Security Authority, PSA, licences given the cost of renewing the licences and the restrictions on the sectors many of them would be used within; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued closure of SouthDoc Blackpool and Listowel. [11154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 763. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which SouthDoc could be in breach of a service level agreement with the HSE worth almost €7.3 million; the steps he has taken or plans to take to investigate this possible breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting for podiatry appointments in County Cork for six, 12 and more than 24 months, respectively. [11333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting for oncology appointments in County Cork for six, 12 and more than 24 months, respectively. [11335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer screenings carried out by cancer type in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, in County Cork. [11336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons it is expected that general practitioner and pharmacy services in County Cork will be able to vaccinate daily; and the number expected to be vaccinated in each vaccination clinic in the city and county. [11337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (3 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: 973. To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning behind a change in narrative in the HSE national service plan with the addiction services section now referred to as drug and alcohol services and no commitment for any measures to address behavioural addictions; and if he or any of his Ministers of State were involved in this decision. [11977/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank everyone for coming to the meeting this morning and giving their thoughts. As a Deputy, I want to see the delivery of social and affordable housing and affordable cost rental properties. People need action and they are looking for us to provide it now. They are sick of announcement after announcement. We need to deliver these for the people. I have a question for the CCMA...