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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Good morning. I want to start by laying out the background to the issue relating to SouthDoc in Blackpool. As my constituency colleague, the Minister of State must be well aware of this matter. In 2020, the close of SouthDoc in Blackpool was announced on foot of the Covid-19 crisis. At the time, I raised concerns. Those concerns proved to be well founded when SouthDoc clearly stated that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I do not want to be disrespectful, but if the Minister for Health does not understand what is happening in the HSE in the context of SouthDoc in Blackpool, that is shocking. Some €7 million was paid to SouthDoc to provide an out-of-hours service, which it is not doing. If the Minister of State looks at my Facebook page, he will see the number of constituents by whom I have...

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, on his appointment. Obviously, we will have a robust debate over the next 12 months, but I wish him all the best. Where we can work together, we will, because this is a vital area. It is important to introduce legislation and amendments that we can agree on and work together on. Best of luck to the Minister of State. It is now...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Sinn Féin believes in investment in infrastructure. In my constituency of Cork North-Central, we have seen an infrastructural deficit brought on by decades of underinvestment and neglect by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. This has left my constituents with heavy good vehicles, trucks and cars driving through because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael promised a north ring road for Cork...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I was out canvassing during the week, and I knocked on a door and met a gentleman I have known, along with his family, for years. He said the Minister and his Government are making him a racist. This man was never a racist. He was a hardworking man who raised a good family. He never had an issue with refugees or asylum seekers. He has an adult child who has a disability and he has had to...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: We are not going to the right at all. We have to deal with people on the ground. I will not have that said.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will not have that said. I am on the front line.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have been attacked, in my home and my office, and I will not listen to that from him.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Does the Minister not accept that receiving half the same funding for four years on the trot is not fair on the constituents I represent? I have spoken directly with the NTA where I have raised this issue repeatedly. I have also raised it with Cork City Council, and I understand it is the council’s job to bring these projects forward, but the people I represent do not see any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----to walk on roads that trucks drive on. That is not good enough.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: There are huge issues with all of the bus services in Cork. Last week, Sinn Féin in Cork brought out a policy outlining that a minimum of 30 extra drivers need to be hired by Bus Éireann to fill the gaps that are now showing. Due to traffic congestion, we are seeing more people using the buses, which is what we all want, but the problem is that buses are being delayed and are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware of an uneven allocation in funding for active travel in 2024 in Cork city. [13240/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister update the House as to whether he is aware of the uneven allocation of funding for active travel in 2024 in Cork city? For the fourth year on the trot, active travel funding is skewed between the northside and the southside and, once again, the northside of Cork city loses out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: This is the fourth year that I have raised with the Minister the uneven allocation of funding between the northside and southside. People may think it is still funding being spent in Cork but if people come from the constituency that I represent, they can see the disparity in the funding. This is a serious issue that goes to the heart of the neglect of the northside by this Government....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether he has engaged on the reported €10 million payouts on Defence Forces claims in the past three years. [13242/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Will the Tánaiste update the House on whether he has engaged on the report and the reported €10 million payout on Defence Forces claims in the past three years?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I stand corrected on the figure, which was just €7.5 million over the last three years. However, this is concrete proof that there are serious issues in the Defence Forces. It vindicates the Women of Honour in many ways and proves there is a need for an inquiry to deal with significant issues that cause serious harm to those in the Defence Forces. According to the Irish Examiner...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Has the Tánaiste met the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces to discuss the current issues? What interim measures will be put in place pending the inquiry to improve existing complaints procedures? It was really disappointing, and that is probably not a strong enough word, that the Women of Honour did not see the terms of reference before they were published. The Tánaiste met...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sailings the Naval Service cancelled in the past 12 months due to staffing shortages. [13241/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Will the Tánaiste update the House on the number of sailings the Naval Service had to cancel the last 12 months due to staffing shortages?