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Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: We have been talking about it for years. Simon and Threshold came before the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage yesterday. The homelessness figures are only the tip of the iceberg considering how many people are affected. Families are staying in their parents and grandparents houses because they have nowhere to go. They cannot get money for a mortgage. I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a child (details supplied) cannot attend school due to a lack of nursing care; and the measures she is taking to resolve this. [26441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils enrolled in the 2022-2023 academic year. [26505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils enrolled in DEIS schools in the 2022-2023 academic year. [26506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (31 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will sanction a nursing post to a child (details supplied) so that they can attend school. [26440/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for being here today and for all the work they do. Looking back over the years at where the homeless figures were previously and where they are now, we recognise the important front-line work that has to be done. I thank the witnesses and everyone in their organisations for their tremendous work. My first two questions are for Threshold. From a parochial point of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. McCafferty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: It used to be the case that having a steady income from work was a preventative against becoming homeless. That is no longer the case. In the past five days, I have had four people present to me who are in very good full-time jobs. Three of them will not qualify for social housing because they are over the income limit. Cork City Council's income threshold for an individual is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: In hindsight, the Government should have brought in the tenant in situ scheme earlier. If it had been brought in two years ago, we would see fewer people homeless. Is that a fair enough statement for me to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: No, it was only enacted last July. It was probably from August and September that local authorities actually started purchasing housing. That is the information I have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank our guests for their contributions. The figures released by the RTB today show that 525 families in Cork received notices to quit in quarter 1 of 2023. There were 1,000 such notices between quarter 3 and quarter 4 of 2022. This means that in Cork city approximately 1,500 families have received notices to quit. Threshold and the Simon Communities are doing tremendous work but do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: Under the French model, there is a winter eviction ban every year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I get the point on it being built into the system; but would it not provide safety, especially for rough sleepers, when the weather is at its worst, which is probably from November to February? The witnesses deal with rough sleepers on the front line and will realise that we surely need some kind of protection. The DRHE gathers data on the number of tragic deaths. The witnesses made a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current WTE staffing levels in each of the children's disability network teams in CHO 4, in tabular form. [25905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available through Sport Ireland in 2023; and the amount allocated to each scheme. [25810/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of building a one-bedroom apartment. [25811/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the operation of ‘home for life’ in the mortgage-to-rent scheme. [25852/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications, by provider, approved to date in 2023. [25853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools; the number who have returned to Cork schools; and the number who will return in September, by role, in tabular form. [26125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided for residential respite for children's disability services in CHO 4 in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [26053/23]