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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to continue with his plans to reopen the Old Cork Prison site; and the level of engagement he has undertaken with the local community on this matter. [53204/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (9 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions Cuan is taking to prevent the housing crisis from impacting on person’s ability to leave abusive relationships. [53203/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person with a private non-workplace pension can opt-out of the six-month auto enrolment pension. [54346/25]
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: Yesterday, the Government finally listened to me, to Sinn Féin and to all those who had campaigned so that the derelict sites levy would be collected by Revenue. I compliment Dr. Frank O'Connor and Ms Jude Sherry for the Trojan work they and others have done to highlight the scourge of dereliction. The Government finally brought in this levy for Revenue to collect to ensure that it was...
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: Is the Minister of State going to vote against it?
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: The Minister of State sold his soul for a Ministry.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: You sold it to the devil.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: We are telling the truth.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: People cannot turn on their electricity because of the cost of it.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: We will be downloading the videos from last year and putting them up on YouTube after.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, completed under the CPO activation programme and an update on the long-promised legislation to reform the CPO process as recommended by the Law Reform Commission. [54229/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: I cannot believe the data is not available. It was supposed to be released in the second quarter of the year and here we are in October 2025 without the data. The Minister said things are going well and progressing but where is the proof? For months, I have submitted a parliamentary question every two or three weeks looking for information on dereliction, such as how many sites are...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: I want to make that point.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State give that commitment today?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: Today is World Vacant Homes Day and in a minute members of the Government will be outside having their photograph taken. The hypocrisy of that is unbelievable. Things are so bad that Fine Gael backbenchers introduced Private Members' legislation in July to try to force the Minister's hand on the matter of CPOs being used. Some Government backbenchers do not believe or have faith in the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: They are not working.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: In three years' time. There will not be-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: When will it be delivered?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: Will the Minister of State walk with me?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 Oct 2025)
Thomas Gould: I will organise that.