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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: I offer our support, and we will do whatever we can. As Deputy Ó Broin said, we feel this is a vital piece of work that needs to be done as quickly as possible and we would prefer to move ahead together.

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (23 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: On 10 September, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Feighan, announced in the House that he had approved emergency funding to offset the cost of delivering drug and alcohol services in a Covid-19 environment. Six weeks on, there have been two upward movements in levels and four Government scandals, but the funding is still not available. The only response I have...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: I asked the Minister a question.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: Over the weekend, we heard about how the tracking and tracing system broke down and collapsed. I wish to briefly outline what that meant for me and my family. My wife is a secondary schoolteacher and last Thursday she was notified by the Covid app that she was a close contact of someone who had tested positive. The same day, her school notified her that a positive case in the school had...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: I hope this group of amendments will be taken on board by the Minister. The Bill seeks to address the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions for people who are limited to a 5 km radius in trying to find rental accommodation. The Minister said earlier in his contribution that he noticed in August and September that 182 notices to quit were issued.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: These are families and individuals who could technically become homeless. As a consequence of the ban on evictions during the first phase of lockdown, we saw the homeless figures go down, but because of what happened in July, we will start to see the figures go up again. I am telling the Minister what people are telling me when they ring me in my constituency office. I know of one family...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if gyms can remain open for individual training under level 4 restrictions as per the Living With Covid-19 Roadmap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies awaiting standards compliance inspections by local authority in tabular form [32232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative timeframe for standards compliance inspection under the HAP scheme [32233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Management (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the frequency with which local authorities manager reports should be published and distributed. [32132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the allocation for vacant house funding will cover the cost of refurbishment of the 180 planned houses or will Cork City Council will be required to meet any deficit. [32240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which pandemic unemployment payments interact with other social welfare payments including disability allowance and the means testing of same. [31838/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a case on compassionate grounds of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of needs as they are require intervention and supports [31845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Care Services (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of day care centres that have reopened in County Cork; and the number that will reopen before 1 November 2020. [31713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to provide financial support for childcare workers in view of the essential work they are providing at risk to themselves and the urgent need to provide these workers with a living wage. [31714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build or expand a higher education institute on the north side of Cork city. [31715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every student who was downgraded unfairly due to the calculated grades error has been offered the CAO choice they should have been entitled to. [31716/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to the national drugs strategy in budget 2020; the actual spend on the national drugs strategy; and the full allocation to the strategy in budget 2021. [31493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Services (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 699. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation from budget 2021 for delivery of community action on alcohol; and when this funding will be made available [31494/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (20 Oct 2020)

Thomas Gould: 700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 18 September 2020, the status of same. [31495/20]