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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: We are talking about the shortage of 15,000 houses that we need to deliver. We know they can be delivered. What needs to be done to deliver them using vacant and derelict properties? There are over 150,000 vacant properties at present and thousands of derelict sites. Should there be a key investment by the Government in this regard to deliver on top of the new builds we need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: Reference was made on several occasions to modern methods of construction, new technologies and modular homes. The figures for modular homes delivered by the last Government show they were as expensive as traditional homes. One reason was that none of the infrastructure was in place. There was no water, no wastewater facilities, no electricity and no roads. We have a major problem at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location. [26968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the grade level at which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location. [26969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (22 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to update on his discussions with the Irish Prison Service and with Government colleagues on his proposal to reopen the Old Cork Prison in the Glen. [26393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (22 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he is aware of commitments given to the people of the Glen and surrounding areas on the opening of the new prison in Cork that the former prison site would not be reopened as a prison. [26394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (22 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to update on the community dividend committed to the people of the Glen and surrounding areas, following the opening of the new Cork prison site. [26395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (21 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 22 January 2024, if the high-level group has reported on the proposed terms of reference; and if so, and when they will be published. [26100/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the classification of secretaries and caretakers as public sector workers. [26181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 139. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of patients currently in the dementia specific unit in Sarsfield Court; and the future plans for the unit. [26081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (20 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on CIÉ pension recipients who have not received an increase in almost 18 years. [25510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (20 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 335. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024; and whether he will consider expanding the role of post offices in the implementation of this legislation. [25507/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (20 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 757. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that foster carers receive a cut in payment when a child turns 18, even if the child is still in full-time schooling; and if she will consider extending the full payment to children who are finishing school. [25373/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: Will there be supplementary questions?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: With respect, I just have one question. It relates to Cork.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: Okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: 12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the derelict sites levy collection in 2024. [24896/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the amount collected by means of the derelict sites levy in 2024? We know that the derelict sites register and the derelict sites levy together constitute one of the only ways to get at landlords who are hoarding properties and letting them fall into rack and ruin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: As the Minister of State said, the latest figures he has are for 2023. The new figures will arrive e shortly. As the Minister of State outlined, there are 1,913 derelict sites on the register. What is shocking is that only one in three have been levied. Thirteen local authorities applied no levy. Seventeen did not collect even one cent. In 2023, local authorities that applied the levies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (15 May 2025)

Thomas Gould: Local authorities have a legal obligation to enforce the Derelict Sites Act. They are not doing it. Deputies Browne and Cummins are the Ministers responsible. It is as simple as that. This is a legal obligation which local authorities have and which is not being enforced. Local authorities also tell me that they do not have the staff or resources to do this work. In reply to a...