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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: What are the numbers for those in receipt of HAP and RAS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: From my point of view, because I want to give a true figure of the social housing need, the figure is 120,000 families and individuals. The Government might consider HAP to be social housing, but the vast majority of the people I deal with do not. They are on the transfer list. Of those 60,000 people, how many of those are EEA and non-EEA? Are there any figures for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: My next point is regarding the "future intentions" of anyone who applies for social housing. I know many people who apply for social housing. I come from social housing. My mother and father - and God rest my mother's soul - got a house in Knocknaheeny. My dad was able to buy the house later on, but when he signed up for social housing he was never asked about his future intentions. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Okay, well I will make the point about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----emergency accommodation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: There has to be guaranteed access to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: My point is regarding when a person does not declare their future intentions, for example, to purchase a house or to travel. They might decide to move from Cork to Dublin, etc. Does that then make their application null and void? What about if they decide to get into a relationship but they have not stated that in their future intentions? It just does not add up. I do not know how it...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received communication from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth requesting additional funding for capital projects for childcare in Cork. [15679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether payments have been made in Cork city under the community climate action plan. [17674/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Archiving (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the digitisation of railway records similar to those of the Land Commission. [17932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the reason subsistence payments to nursing students working under the Cope Foundation have not been paid. [17878/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís éireann (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received reports on governance and culture, and contractor fees and HR, in RTé, which were due in March 2024; when she will publish these reports; and whether she has made a decision on the future of media funding. [16992/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on her Department's engagement with Gaeltaca and on the funding of the Irish language, particularly language assistants in schools in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16991/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date of the last four meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining; the methods he is using to ensure workers' right to organise is developed in this State; and whether he intends to wait until the deadline of Article 4 of the EU directive before taking any action. [16994/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if business in Cork have received payment under the increased cost of business scheme. [16993/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for ASD classes in a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will reconsider this. [17182/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the NCSE refused an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD classes or if this decision was made by her Department. [17183/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether requirements for social housing assessment have changed from two months to 12 months of payslips; if so, when this change was made; and if his Department has provided additional resourcing to local authorities to address this additional burden. [17184/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time to assess a social housing application, by local authority, in tabular form. [17185/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days that triage or assessment rooms in CUH ED have been occupied by patients on trolleys, or were unusable for any other reason, in the past 12 weeks, by reason, in tabular form. [17152/24]