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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if bank payments for disability, invalidity and pensions will be returned to weekly payments through the bank. [35236/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the gambling control Bill. [34834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential addiction treatment services from November 2019 to date, by month in tabular form. [34796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential medical detox treatment services from November 2019 to date by month in tabular form. [34797/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for addiction services announced by Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy on 10 September 2020. [35250/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I thank the officials for coming in. There is a lot involved. My colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, highlighted problems with this legislation from the word go, prior to it coming into being. My big issue as a public representative has always been the provision of housing as quickly as possible in a sustainable way. I come from an area in Cork which has seen massive regeneration. One thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: Okay. The whole thing about the legislation is that it was to deliver housing as quickly as possible and I do not believe it has accomplished that. What will replace this when time runs out? It will run out in February 2022, not December 2021. Earlier Deputy Ó Broin asked about this. Is it possible to stop this now and stop future SHDs? No one seems happy with it, unless maybe I...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I want to discuss a measure that shows the Government was unfair and underhanded in the 2021 budget and that has been enacted in legislation. Everyone knows that Sinn Féin opposed carbon tax. We believe that climate change can only be addressed by holding big business to account. I am not sure whether someone from Fine Gael is now in charge of the lobbying for big business and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: My question is simple and straightforward. As the Tánaiste is aware, the Debenhams workers have been protesting for 211 days because of their unfair treatment by Debenhams Ireland and KPMG, and a lack of action by this Government. Those workers are only looking for a fair and just redundancy. We are now in the middle of a second lockdown but those workers are still on picket lines in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: Will the Tánaiste get back to me about that?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the local property tax paid by local authorities on social housing stock in 2019 and to date in 2020, by local authority in tabular form. [34450/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities by local authority in 2019 and to date in 2020. [34451/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for voids to local authorities in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the original loan amount and the outstanding loan repayments due by local authorities for loans received between 2008 and 2010, in tabular form. [34453/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: My first question is for the representatives from SWAN. How do the regulations in Northern Ireland compare with the provisions in this proposed Bill? Do the witnesses consider the regulations in Northern Ireland and Scotland to be best practice or better practice than what we are proposing? For the witnesses from the EPA, when looking at the aspect of 10 cu. m against 25 cu. m, was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I would like some comment regarding the comparison of regulations in Northern Ireland and what is proposed in this Bill. I know we do not have much time left.

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I do not wish to use up the time if Deputy Daly is just running late. I support Deputy Martin Kenny's amendment to the motion. Will the Acting Chairman indicate whether I may return to the point I was making in my contribution on Second Stage of the Finance Bill 2020?

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I agree with the points made by Deputies Martin Kenny and Cullinane.

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I will give way.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I begin by welcoming the Government's decision to reverse the cuts to the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and the employment wage subsidy scheme. I am delighted that the Government listened to me and my Sinn Féin colleagues. We had been calling for these reversals. It goes to show how out of touch the Government was and is that it brought the cuts in in the first place but...