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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 have a question for Mr. Curran. Cork City Council has €36 million in loans in respect of land it purchased. There is no way it will recoup that money if it is providing social, affordable and cost rental properties. They will have to be subsidised or something else will have to be done. Cork City Council has another €36 million in unsold homes. That one local authority...

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

Thomas Gould: Will there be a resolution of the loans in 2021? I was a councillor for 11 years and every year the loans were a major issue at budget time.

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

Thomas Gould: On the same issue, an announcement was made two hours ago by the GAA that the Munster post-primary schools competition has been cancelled for the 2020-21 season. This will have a very serious effect on young people in school and the same could happen with many other sporting organisations. What plans are in place to support young people in sport and the arts, particularly in the context of...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister came in here yesterday and said that quarantine measures were being brought in to protect the vaccine programme in order that it is not undermined by new variants. What the Minister has failed to acknowledge is that a limited list of countries is not good enough. We need all people travelling from all countries to be quarantined on arrival. That is the only way we can provide...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme. [11049/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Safepass courses are still operating. [10657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (25 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if an external report and the subsequent recommendations on the Keltoi facility is to be published; and the timeline for this publication. [10859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives currently operating and those planned to encourage domestic recycling. [9456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gambling Sector (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which betting duty is used to combat the social costs of problem gambling as outlined as a purpose of the duty in his Department's general excise paper 2019, given that no Department has specific funding for combatting problem gambling. [10307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for the voids programme is planned to be wound down, as suggested in circular 5 of 2019 issued to Cork City Council; if so, the timeline for same; and the measures that will be implemented for preventative maintenance in this instance. [10103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are limited to applying only for the number of voids as set out in Rebuilding Ireland targets. [10119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the difference between the standard refurbishment option and the homeless refurbishment option in relation to voids. [10128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the An Garda Síochána Operation Cribbage; and the current status of this operation. [10106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the vaccination clinic locations were chosen; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are none on the northside of Cork city; if consideration was given to a facility on the northside of Cork city; and the reason for the decision not to establish a mass vaccine clinic in this area. [9638/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, on the north side of Cork city; the number who should be employed; and the number of vacancies waiting to be filled. [9822/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, by county. [9823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 907. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who regularly work in front-line settings, for example, contract air ventilation installers who work primarily in a number of nursing homes and hospitals but are neither direct employees of the setting nor permanently stationed in one setting will receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [9946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: 993. To ask the Minister for Health when a full return to outpatient service is expected; and the metrics that will be used to decide same. [10276/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: I have written to the Minister about conducting a walkability audit and ensuring that correct disability parking spaces are installed-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Gould: -----rather than just parking spaces with disability signs. We wrote to the Minister seeking for him to provide funding so that a walkability audit could be carried out on behalf of people with different types of disability and limited mobility in Cork city, but it should be done in every constituency.