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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for bringing forward this Bill. Not every worker can work from home. Those in meat factories, retail, healthcare and childcare services need to go into work but, unfortunately, some of those places have seen significant clusters. We have been asking the Minister of State for far too long to take the simple step to protect workers' rights and workers. We should not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: You voted against it.

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: I wish to raise an issue I have been raising for many months. It is not a new issue. I raised it first in March, when the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, stated that all student nurses would be paid for the duration of the pandemic. I may be wrong, but the pandemic has not gone away. The only thing that has gone away is the payment for student nurses. The restriction and strain...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: One of the only positive things to come out of the pandemic is that the Government put in place emergency structures for the supply of medical cannabis to people such as Vera Twomey's daughter Ava. Before the pandemic, the Government stated this could not be done, and families had to travel to the Netherlands and other places to get medical cannabis. Will the Government commit to making the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider provision for payment of the pandemic unemployment payment to high-risk childcare workers who have been advised to remain home from work. [39727/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a continued backlog in back payments of the pandemic unemployment payment. [39726/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to permanently extending the temporary delivery arrangement for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil. [40826/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants who can currently grant a licence for cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil. [40827/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of cannabidiol oil and tetrahydrocannabinol oil in Ireland without patients having to source themselves. [40828/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc by facility under the GMS scheme from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [40831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to SouthDoc by facility from 2016 to date, in tabular form [40832/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: I started a petition last Friday which now has almost 1,000 signatures. It calls on SouthDoc to reopen its facility on the north side of Cork. I have contacted SouthDoc and asked whether it will reopen this facility. It has said that the closure of the service has had no impact on service provision. Almost 1,000 people would disagree. I have been in touch with the HSE which said that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gambling Sector (2 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 147. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2018-2019 gambling prevalence survey will be published [40560/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: We look forward to-----

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: That is right.

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: This year, during the election, I met a man who told me that he had his first job when he was 14 years old. After working for 51 years, the Government put him on the dole, or the exchange as he called it. After 51 years of work, that was what the Government did to him. He was angry. He said the lack of respect shown to him demonstrated that all his years of service, his work and his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation in which a school (details supplied) is being forced to campaign again for additional SNA resources given its last campaign was in 2019. [39725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation in which a school on the north side of Cork city lost a teacher in October 2020 and was forced to amalgamate two classes. [39724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when residents in Cluain Ard, Blarney, will have broadband rolled out. [40450/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been approved for traffic calming on Orerry Road, County Cork. [39543/20]