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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of psychoactive substances which were seized on importation by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41719/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish national figures on homeless deaths. [41750/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to a national task force on homeless deaths. [41751/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that homeless deaths nationally are not reported and that this is causing distress to many of those working in the sector. [41752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the publication of the review of out of school settings will take place; if the review will inform future policy in this area; and the status of the review. [41725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce youth unemployment; the targets she has set; and the expected dates for achievement of these targets. [42097/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding given to Garda youth diversion projects from 2008 to date, in tabular form. [41398/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of seizures by the Criminal Assets Bureau from 2010 to date, in tabular form. [41399/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 541. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support section 39 workers. [41747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 542. To ask the Minister for Health his engagements regarding section 39 workers. [41748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding given to local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces from 2008 to date by taskforce in tabular form. [41397/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the minutes of his last three bi-weekly meetings with the Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy [41733/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses and everyone for their comments so far. In 2016, some 470,000 people were renting. On 23 November, there were 352,000 people on the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. Why do the witnesses think that only 348 tenant declarations have been made? Does someone whose income has been affected by Covid-19, and who can prove it, need to be in rent arrears to avail of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: That is not the question. To clarify, the question is about landlords who are in receipt of full income and can still terminate the tenancy. How is the tenant to know if the landlord is in receipt of full income? All the tenant will know is that the landlord is in receipt of a payment.

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]