Results 721-740 of 5,655 for speaker:Thomas Gould

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: Okay, but we did not have an issue before the new plant came on stream. We do have an issue now. Where did this issue come from and who is responsible for it?

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: Okay. Returning to the subject of the new plant, Ms Attridge commented earlier on some minor adjustment works perhaps being done to the plant. Is the plant producing water now? Why would there be a need to make more adjustments to the plant if the water is perfect?

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: Okay. To just go back to the point, we had clean water but we do not have it now. Why did this happen and who is responsible?

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 am not talking about the plant. We have a problem now.

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: Okay. Of the estimated cost of €500 million to replace the cast-iron pipes, how much funding has been applied for?

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: How much did those 25 km cost?

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: My issue is the timeline. Will this replacement be done in 12 months, five years or ten years? I ask this because this did not look like it was even going to be done within ten years based on my last meeting with Uisce Éireann. I find it astounding.

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: Yes, but I am only speaking about Cork now. The rest of the country has clean water but Cork does not.

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: In relation to the supply of clean drinkable bottled water, and I asked this already at our previous meetings in Cork, I am formally asking Uisce Éireann to supply clean bottled drinking water to the impacted communities. We can work with community centres, the GAA and other sporting organisations, the meals-on-wheels service, etc., to distribute it. If we look at the sample of water I...

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 to come back to that aspect of "for the most part", the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the concentration of THMs in water was above the threshold in January this year. Ireland was fined because of this finding. Is the water supply in Cork city being tested for THMs and manganese and, if so, what levels have these readings been at in the last six months?

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: The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled against us because of the concentration levels in the water.

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 am just conscious of time and I have two other questions I want to ask. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has said several reports indicated that oral exposure to manganese, especially from contaminated water sources, can produce significant health defects, especially for children. We have had people contacting us who believe their kids were sick in the last 12 months...

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: Okay. My last point concerns Glenville and Carrignavar. Ten houses were built in 2009. They were actually built and because of water and wastewater there is no one living in them. Why have they not been included in capital investment for 2025 to 2029? We are being told that is unlikely to be in place until after 2029. These houses will be 20 years old at that stage.

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 thank Ms Ryan.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: 59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting a CDNT appointment in Cork, by CDNT, in tabular form. [25826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Staff (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: 62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools. [25827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: 300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth on a facility (details supplied) in Churchfield, Cork. [19708/24]

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 thank the witnesses for coming in. I have brought in a bottle of water today. This is what is going through the pipes on the north side of Cork city. I represent 130,000 people and, for the past two years, this is what Uisce Éireann has been delivering to our doors. It is an absolute disgrace. People are being told to run the water and that, when it runs clear, it is drinkable....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: On local authority voids and vacant houses. We have seen a very slow turnaround time in many, though not all, local authorities. What can the Minister do to help turn these houses around? In Cork city there can be up to 500 voids at any one time and hundreds more in the county. I am looking for a solution here. What can the Department do to turn these around? I have a suggestion....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: Sorry. I am conscious of time. We know where we are now.