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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I want to go back to the repair and lease scheme. It has gone from €60,000 to €80,000. The numbers in Cork are quite small. Is this because it is more expensive in Cork to repair and lease these properties? Excellent work was done in Waterford and the people there should be commended on it. Why has this not been done in Cork? Is it because Cork is more expensive? What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have a question on Dublin Region Homeless Executive, the work it does and how it is co-ordinated. I would love to see co-ordination like that in Munster, with Cork as the lead, perhaps, and Limerick and Waterford and all the other counties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...has really come to the fore now. The witnesses' statistics really show that. I refer to the one-parent family. Like the witnesses, I have serious concerns, which I raised earlier with the DRHE, Cork City Council and the Department. People are now coming to me. Two primary school teachers in Cork contacted me to say they are seriously worried about children who had been doing very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...homeless. While it is great there is emergency accommodation where families can be put, he said the trauma affecting children going into it, including anxiety and depression, is just shocking. Cork Simon does great work. I commend all the groups on their work, but there is an amount of homelessness in Cork. A point was made regarding the number of people using Cork Simon Community's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have a few questions for the representatives of Cork Simon Community. Its opening statement referred to the fact that, tragically, 17 people died in emergency accommodation last year in Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank Dr. Kavanagh for that response. Representatives of Cork City Council earlier gave a figure of eight people who tragically died in emergency accommodation. Are these eight people represented in the 17 people referred to by Cork Simon or are these an additional eight deaths?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: That is what I was leading into. On the figures, do we know how many people died last year in Cork city either in emergency accommodation or in accommodation that Cork Simon was providing? Cork Simon Community said the figure was 17 people, while Cork City Council said it was eight. I know there is probably a crossover in the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: There is a stark figure of 15 people now sleeping rough every night in Cork city. This increased from six the previous year. What has happened? What has gone wrong that there has been such a dramatic increase in rough sleepers in Cork city?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Cork City has an outreach worker going out at night. Cork Simon Community probably also has outreach workers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: I know people will not use Cork Simon Community's night light service, even though it is a brilliant one, because women and people in recovery feel vulnerable. They feel they are going into situations that might trigger them and lead them back into addiction. There is a huge need for more accommodation for women and families but also for people in recovery. People are telling me that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the current stage of the elective hospital in Cork. [9636/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact of the recruitment embargo on children's disability services in Cork. [9638/24]

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...vibrant trade union sector that has the strength to negotiate for workers across all sectors. I wish to briefly raise two issues concerning workers' rights. The workers in Activision Blizzard in Cork city face redundancy. It is expected that 136 jobs will be lost. These workers are represented by the FSU. Microsoft has indicated it is willing to engage with the union. This needs...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...-19 on everyone were serious, but especially so for children and even more so for vulnerable children who need supports from CAMHS. This Government has abandoned our children. These 348 children in Cork and Kerry have been waiting for over a year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will be brief. There are not enough gardaí in Cork either, and the figures show that. In 2022, there were 734 gardaí in the county. By December 2023, there were only 699. Cork got one additional garda from the group of recruits that came out of Templemore. There was a serious incident in my community on Tuesday night. Six gardaí responded but there were over 200 young...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: On the issue of leadership within An Garda Síochána, on Tuesday night there was a very serious incident on Kilmore Road and Churchfield Road in Cork. My concern, and I have actually written to the Minister, to the Commissioner and to the gardaí locally in Cork about this, is that somebody should have made a call that a serious incident was taking place. This goes back to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the horse project in Cork city. [8366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time, by hospital in Cork and Tipperary in 2023. [8467/24]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...ground who know what is happening the ability to make the right decisions. Will the Minister consider naloxone as a drug that could be provided without prescription? We have seen in Dublin and Cork recently the vital work done by groups where we had a series of heroine overdoses. Because people had access to naloxone, lives were saved. Community groups and those on the ground have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding allocated to the Innishmore active travel scheme in Ballincollig, Cork. [8181/24]