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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: What about Germany?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Government is just the Tory Party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: If the farmers start a party, the Government will be in trouble.

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Independent Group for tabling this important motion. There is real fear among people about attending emergency departments because they are looking at spending nights on trolleys and long waiting times in overcrowded emergency departments. In 2022, more than 12,000 people waited on trolleys in Cork University Hospital. As for the Mercy University Hospital, its emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I was listening there intently and I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Something which they discussed earlier was resources and staffing. We know from meetings which we have had that local authorities are short at least 500 in their planning sections, if not more. A point was made about the whole area of An Bord Pleanála and local authorities. Surely we are looking at a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. Jones for that. As he has said, the matter has come up at previous meetings. I am just very concerned that if we have the best legislation in the world without the resources and staff to implement it, we are at nothing. I am involved with a GAA club and community groups but do not know one person from them who has ever gone to college to study planning. Believe me, I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I have just one question on a comment made earlier. Mr. Jones spoke about the over-zoning of land and that we have too much over zoned land. Cork City Council has recently brought forward its new city development plan. The Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, suggested that the council had over-zoned the land and it had to go back and take some sites out. Then there were sites that were...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the target for recruitment to the Defence Forces in the next 12 months. [22911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Navy patrols cancelled or delayed because of staffing issues this year to date. [22910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the design guidelines for school halls. [22912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated per programme to the Summer Programme 2023; and the number of DEIS schools that have indicated they will run the programme. [22913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the last date the EPA independently completed a full audit of the water treatment plant responsible for water in Glanmire. [22972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the structure in place to fund the provision of nursing support to children with complex medical issues in school. [22406/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Glashaboy flood relief scheme. [22063/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the Glashaboy flood relief scheme for Glanmire, please?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: In January of this year after the contracts went to tender for the Glashaboy flood relief works, a commitment was given that construction would start in June. The Minister has said it will be quarter two of this year before the contracts are signed and that the work will start before year-end. The people of Glanmire are sick and tired of broken promises from this Government and previous...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: I will.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister of State talks about misinformation. I will give him the truth. In 2016, this work was to be carried out at a cost of €8 million. Now the work is being tendered for an expected €17 million. The cost is actually criminal. It is because of the Government's mismanagement, doddering and failure to deliver flood relief for Glanmire. Not alone has it doubled in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will offer support to the group currently working to renovate the butter exchange in Cork as an enterprise hub. [22065/23]