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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the fair deal section of Cork Kerry Community Healthcare by role, in tabular form. [34108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in Cork for the fair deal scheme by month to date in 2023. [34109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September 2023. [34080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September 2023. [34079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September 2023. [34078/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister outlined the tenant in situ scheme, which he said is just starting to roll out now.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry. It is the cost-rental tenant in situscheme which has started to roll out now. The Minister also spoke about the tenant in situscheme, which he said he hopes will achieve more than the target of 1,500 units. These schemes, however, are only preventing additional homelessness. We have seen a 20% rise in 12 months in the figures for homelessness to 12,441, of whom 3,699 are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: We in Sinn Féin would reinstate the eviction ban. We would also help to slow down people becoming homeless. If the Minister had done this, those additional 182 people would probably not have been homeless in May. It would also have given the chance to perhaps reduce the figures. Additionally, legislation has been proposed by Simon and Focus Ireland concerning homelessness that the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: -----cannot move into the hotel into which they are moving next Monday. This is what the Minister is standing over. An autistic child is being ripped out of her home and going into a hotel room.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: That is not true. We would-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out what additional measures he intends to put in place to stem the deeply worrying rise in the number of adults and children in emergency accommodation. [33418/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister outline the additional measures he intends to put in place to stem the deeply worrying rise in the numbers of adults and children in emergency accommodation?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review by his Department of public homes in the pipeline; and the number of these that have been stalled for over 12 months. [33089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of affordable housing in Cork city. [33088/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department has produced a report on the unpaid carers identified in Census 2022; and whether she intends to expand the carer’s allowance to provide payment to these people. [33091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process under which her Department notifies people of their entitlement to a specific payment to avoid disruptions in payment. [33090/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I intend to withdraw amendment No. 118, but we will see how the Minister of State looks at it and reserve the right to bring it forward on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I support the point Deputy Cian O'Callaghan made. About 15 or 20 years ago the house where Tomás Mac Curtain was assassinated by the Black and Tans in Blackpool was demolished over a weekend. That house was protected and was an historic site for the people of Cork. Tomás Mac Curtain was a Lord Mayor of Cork and a very influential figure both in the republican movement and also in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 124: In page 50, to delete lines 15 to 29. Our concerns relate to loopholes in the legislation that could be circumvented. We are looking at works that could be carried out without following the normal channels of authorisation, in other words making unlawful works lawful. The Minister of State waives requirements in section 27, even if works could damage heritage...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I withdraw the amendment, reserving the right to bring it back on Report Stage if we need to.