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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: In light of recent high figures of unemployment, I ask the Minister of State his plans to incentivise young people typically excluded from higher education due to socio-economic status to engage in education past school. Covid-19 has shone a serious light on the need to get young people into higher education to improve their chances of employment and the quality of that employment and to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: We have heard an announcement here about additional places in third level to be offered to students. Will students be included who are exploring alternative routes to third level through schemes like the higher education access route, HEAR, for socio-economically disadvantaged students or the disability access route to education, DARE, scheme for students with additional needs? These are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: I accept some of the points the Minister of State made. For the people I represent, sometimes the barrier to education is not just points. There are many more issues that affect people. There are transport, accommodation and finance considerations, and people who are involved with care-giving duties. In the area I represent, only 10% of the people who go to third level education consider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the apprenticeship system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/20]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: The fact we hear stories about members of the Defence Forces having to sleep in cars, or that someone who is employed by the State and engaged in such critical work is unable to afford to live on their wages, is a scandal. Both this and previous Governments have ignored representations from my colleagues and members of the Defence Forces regarding the pay and conditions under which they...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to support families and children at risk in view of the closure of many organised social activities such as indoor sports that provide support and structure to struggling families. [22376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to granting a request by a person (details supplied) to travel to Romania to visit their gravely ill parent without ceasing their pandemic unemployment payment on compassionate grounds. [22467/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1391. To ask the Minister for Health if updated guidelines will be issued for front-line workers who are deemed very high risk to facilitate their return to work in view of the economic impact of their continued isolation. [22549/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: House parties have been a particular issue in Cork on an ongoing basis. They are having a negative effect on neighbourhoods and communities. This did not begin during Covid. The communities of Magazine Road, College Road and Connaught Avenue and surrounding areas of Cork have been negatively affected by house parties for years, but it has got particularly bad during the lockdown and the...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is talking about a different Bill.

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: The Minister said the Government wants to bring in strong law and that the Government wants to protect tenants' rights. I believe the legislation will create strong law but to protect vulture funds and landlords and not tenants. The Bill is about profit. That is what it is about. I am here, as are many other Deputies who have tabled amendments, to stand up for people, families and...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I support the amendment as well. The protections we have put in place during the Covid-19 crisis have led to a reduction in the homeless figures. In Cork and the south-west, we have seen those figures reduce from 111 people in January to 84 people last month. That shows that the protections we put in place worked. Why would we row back on them now? That is why this amendment is so...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: I support Deputy Grealish's. In my own constituency, as is the case for many other Deputies, the issue of whether pubs can remain viable in the long term is a cause for concern Even if they do reopen under the next phase, when one takes into account the social distancing requirements, for a lot of pubs, especially smaller ones, reopening might not be feasible. Pubs and bars employ more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a purpose-built school building in view of the fact it is temporarily based in unsuitable accommodation. [18122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration will be given to children awaiting an assessment of needs to secure an ASD unit placement in September 2020 in view of the delay in assessments of needs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [18123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to Cork City Council for the implementation of cycling infrastructure from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [19787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to increasing funding to Cork City Council over the term of the Government to improve cycling infrastructure. [19790/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) and its campaign to connect Cork city hospitals through a cycle network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the cycling manual will be updated; the way in which investments currently being implemented are cost effective in view of the length of time since the update of the infrastructure guidance document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory obligations to be implemented prior to the return to school to assure safe routes to school in view of the fact that these were included in the Sustainable Mobility Programme 2010-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20182/20]