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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I support amendment No. 11. We are trying to protect charities and sporting and community organisations so the Act does not negatively affect them, while excluding gambling companies or people looking to profit on the back of charitable events. There could be a situation where an event is being held and maybe 10% goes to the charity. That is being used as a backdoor around this...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: The treatment of family carers by the State is completely unacceptable. Time and again families come to me exhausted, frustrated and angry because they cannot get the home care packages they need. On occasions when packages are sanctioned, the staff are not available to supply them. They also come to me because they are struggling financially and because they cannot get respite care. I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: It is not open out of hours.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Only in Blackpool.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: On the north side.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: Good morning. I want to start by laying out the background to the issue relating to SouthDoc in Blackpool. As my constituency colleague, the Minister of State must be well aware of this matter. In 2020, the close of SouthDoc in Blackpool was announced on foot of the Covid-19 crisis. At the time, I raised concerns. Those concerns proved to be well founded when SouthDoc clearly stated that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: I do not want to be disrespectful, but if the Minister for Health does not understand what is happening in the HSE in the context of SouthDoc in Blackpool, that is shocking. Some €7 million was paid to SouthDoc to provide an out-of-hours service, which it is not doing. If the Minister of State looks at my Facebook page, he will see the number of constituents by whom I have...

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

Thomas Gould: I want to come back to the issue of the numbers. Some 14,400 are on the social housing list. Mr. Kelly said that the figure was roughly 59,000. Does that figure include HAP and RAS recipients?

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: 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...

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

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]