Results 701-720 of 5,655 for speaker:Thomas Gould

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Keltoi has been closed a couple of years now. It was closed under the guise of Covid. Then it was used as a Covid centre for marginalised and vulnerable people. To be honest, this is a sham. I want to ask a straight question now.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I agree with Ms Queally 100%. I just want to know-----

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Vice Chair, I just want an answer. Has money been applied for and who has not given the money?

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: By the HSE.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Ms Queally means the Department of Health.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Vice Chair, this is shocking.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I look forward to seeing that note because no excuses are acceptable for the delay in not reopening the Keltoi unit and not having it offering residential care too. I am not looking for a nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday service because that is not going to run here. I will also be talking to Deputy Cullinane about this issue too. Deputy Ward and I have been commenting on the Keltoi unit for...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I request that this be done. There are different issues here, but we need more information on young people at risk in relation to drugs. It is all about the data because it will tell us what we can do. I had a case in Cork where a person was selling these new psychotic drugs. I contacted the local gardaí. They felt they did not have the training to prosecute under the criminal...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am referring to these new synthetic drugs coming onto the market. They used to be sold in head shops. The witnesses might remember there was a gap in the legislation when head shops were selling these materials. The loophole was closed but the normal gardaí on the beat I spoke to in Cork did not have the training. This should certainly be part of the training for gardaí in...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I just have one question. It is a yes-no answer.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I welcome the news that the supervised injecting facility will be open in quarter 4 of 2024. Has it been considered to provide safe consumption rooms and there is any timeline for delivery for Cork and Limerick?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the PSEHRD assessment his Department has undertaken regarding reported difficulties by Travellers to open housing applications and retain open application given that this has been an action under the current NTRIS, and the Minister has a clear responsibility regarding the accuracy of housing lists given his Department...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: The Government has worked day and night to put migration at the heart of politics and debate in recent months. It is a distraction from its failures of the housing crisis, the health crisis, the cost-of-living crisis and the crisis in disability services and supports. A person said to me recently that they feel the Government has made them racist because they are fighting for services...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: As my colleague said, it is disappointing we are now speaking on a Bill without any pre-legislative scrutiny being done. This is another example of the Government refusing to engage constructively in the legislative process. We saw this last week when the planning Bill was rushed through the Dáil and guillotined, and we are seeing a similar issue now with the absence of pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Traveller Accommodation (19 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: 108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to include an assessment on difficulties Travellers experience in accessing and retaining open housing applications in the new NTRIS currently being considered, given that this is an outstanding issue in the current NTRIS since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26667/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Last Saturday, I buried my aunt Jenny O'Leary. Jenny McCarthy was her maiden name. She had been sick for 12 years and her daughter Linda cared for her. Jenny had a lot of issues but she always wanted to stay at home. Even up to two years ago before she stopped communicating, her daughter kept her at home. Linda had to fight for everything from home help hours to increased home help hours...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Just one second. Uisce Éireann brought in private contractors when Cork City Council had excellent water workers who could have done the job. These contractors were brought in. Are they going to be held liable? Are they, in fact, going to be sued for the damage they have done in Cork city and the costs that will be accrued by Uisce Éireann and the taxpayers of this country?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Just on that point, people have given up and stopped ringing in because it takes too long for them to phone in and get a response and a reference number. People have got two, three, four, five and six reference numbers and they have given up ringing Uisce Éireann because they do not believe they are being taken seriously. I highlight this point in the context of it being said that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have just one question. All I am looking for is to know when the people on the northside of Cork city will have a supply of water that is clear and safe to drink. If the witnesses tell me this will happen in three months or six months, we can tell people. All I am looking for is a timeline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have several questions. Going back to the commissioning and operating of the new water treatment plant on the Lee Road, will Uisce Éireann be taking legal action against the private contractors for the issues there now?