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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions or fines and the number of court appearances, respectively, resulting from equine seizures in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30674/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: We tabled these amendments because we believe protections need to be put in place. The amendments are not to be controversial. They are designed to improve the Bill and make it more constructive. It is disappointing that the Minister of State has not taken on board the way in which these amendments were tabled and the reasons for them. It is disappointing because we just wanted to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: I support the points outlined by Deputy Ó Broin on the price the LDA will pay for land. I am conscious of the domino effect the LDA paying over the odds for land will have on the price of affordable rent and purchase homes afterwards. They are intrinsically linked. It is important the correct figures are used for the value of land and the amount paid by the LDA. We cannot have the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: On a point of order, in January 2020 Fianna Fáil councillors voted against social housing in Cork.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: One of them was the Taoiseach's brother.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Ask the Taoiseach's brother how he voted.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Answer the question on housing please.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The question is on housing.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Today the ESRI published a report detailing the need for the State to take a new approach to housing. The approach outlined is to borrow money and build houses. Sinn Féin has been calling for this strategy for years. While the ESRI's calculations are on the conservative side, it still found that the most effective and viable option to solving the crisis is to borrow and to build. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State accuses me and Sinn Féin of quoting the ESRI when it suits us, but is this not what he is doing? The ESRI stated that the Government needs to double its expenditure on housing if we are to solve the housing crisis. That is what it stated. Does the Minister of State not accept that as a bona fide fact, or does he say that the ESRI and Sinn Féin are incorrect?...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Last week, the Ombudsman for Children published a scathing 72-page report into the conditions in which children are living at the Spring Lane site in the heart of my constituency. It is a site with which I am familiar and I have tried to do a lot of work on this issue in the past. Spring Lane was originally opened in 1989 as a ten-bay halting site but it was overcrowded from day one as 16...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the legislation resulting from the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill report. [30225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of legislation to allow Workplace Relations Commission proceedings to take place in public. [30224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Gambling Control Bill 2018. [30220/21]

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

Thomas Gould: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Cork County Council is significantly underfunded; and his plans to address the issue. [30348/21]

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

Thomas Gould: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rent contribution agreement as required to be signed by HAP tenants has statutory footing; if so, the location same can be found; and if not, if the document differs by local authority. [30404/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: It is as simple as this. The Minister and the Government have to recognise this now. It is unbelievable that we are listening this morning to comments from Government Deputies who do not accept the facts. My colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, our party and other parties on the left have been calling for a massive housebuilding programme for some time. That is the only thing that can solve...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: -----because a HAP property is not proper social housing. There is no guarantee of tenure. People have no confidence in the HAP scheme but when there is nothing else there they have to use it. It would be a lot better for both the State and the people trapped in this housing emergency for us to spend that €500 million. Instead of giving it to landlords and making them rich, we...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: It is not about-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Gould: Thank you, Chairman. I will be brief. We are in the middle of a housing emergency. We are the committee that has oversight over housing. It seems simple to me that if we do not build houses as quickly as we possibly can, the emergency will continue to get worse. That is why we are tabling amendments. Deputy McAuliffe made a comment about the State being back into building houses. In...