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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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I actually wrote to the Minister last week. We broadly support the Bill, but we have set our own clear policy on the night-time economy. The Minister mentioned the consultation that took place in 2021. Consultation is not a replacement for the health impact assessment. We are not looking to delay the Bill, which is moving slowly at the moment. There is an opportunity for the Minister to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: We support what the Government is trying to do. We see this as positive for the night-time economy and businesses if it is done in an engaging way. We also need to take on board the views of Alcohol Action Ireland, which has been very vocal and has done Trojan work on this. It believes a health impact assessment would allow for service planning and migration to protect vulnerable people....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a health impact assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill. [8368/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Alcohol Sales (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: This question is to ask the Minister if she has considered a health impact assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill and if she will make a statement on this matter.

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

Thomas Gould: I echo the comments of my party colleagues in support of this Bill. I take the opportunity to speak on it and raise a number of issues. I acknowledge the great work done by pharmacists in my constituency and right across the State. They are often a person's first port of call. They provide compassionate, educated advice on many issues. This is invaluable. I request that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I would ask the Minister to seriously look at expanding the scheme in relation to free buses. People in Glenville, Watergrasshill and Ballyvolane in Cork are affected by its limited capacity. The Minister is looking at extending the scheme but I would certainly say that it needs to be expanded.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I was hoping to speak on the next question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: The Government is not giving them enough money.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: That is a drop in the ocean.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Minister of State mentioned voids and casual lets, but the whole system the Government has does not work. We are looking to have it be open-ended so when a house becomes vacant the council can do it up and apply for the money immediately-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----rather than sending a list of all the houses to the Department and waiting for the decision to come back. The Minister is shaking his head but I know what I am talking about. Last weekend, I was in Mayfield and on one estate there were six boarded-up houses. I contacted the council on Monday morning to say what a disgrace it was. It is not just in Mayfield, but in The Glen,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----on this Minister's watch.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes returned in Cork city under the voids return scheme in 2023; and the number to be returned in 2024. [6900/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if officials in her Department would consider supporting a northside Gaeltacht in Cork city. [6902/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Has the Minister spoken to officials in her Department about supporting a Gaeltacht on the northside of Cork city?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: The irony here is that I am asking this question in English because I do not have the Irish to do it. However, the one thing I can say, and I am really proud of it, is that my two daughters could ask this question as Gaeilge. This is because they went to a local Gaelscoil - Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers in Fearann Phiarais. The fact that there was a local Gaelscoil available to them - it was not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: It is good to hear about the initiative and that Cork city is being targeted as one of the areas where the language will be supported. I would like to see vacant buildings used. In my community on the northside of Cork, there are buildings that are free. We could have a Gaeltacht hub in the area with a café, meeting rooms, library and a place to hold events. That would encourage the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: To follow on from my colleague, the Minister spoke about the reform aspect and waiting for the two Government reports. People are sceptical about that because the Future of Media Commission was commissioned and brought a report out before any of these scandals. That report should be taken on its own merits. People fear that the Government is kicking it down the road until after the local...