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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State. In my constituency there is a major development of the Spring Lane halting site. We have made a number of observations and Cork City Council has taken a lot of them on board. We have done a lot of work with the Traveller community on this site and with the broader community because we want the development to work. We particularly want it to work for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...is trying to use the affordable housing scheme and the shared equity scheme. I am seeking clarity. What I have been told is that the maximum available equity is €100,000 or 22.5%. That is what Cork County Council has told me in respect of the affordable home schemes in Whitechurch and White’s Cross. I would love to help this person. The Minister and I can disagree on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...the figures that came out recently. There are 1,913 buildings on the derelict sites register, and there is €20 million outstanding in uncollected levies, almost €5 million of which relates to Cork. Local authorities are not doing their job. The Minister of State and his Department, led by the Minister, are not doing their job to ensure local authorities put derelict...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have some facts here that will spoil the Minister's earlier rendition. Cork County Council will probably not reach its target figures until 2026. I will give some actual facts. It was five short in 2022 and it was 161 short in 2023. Even though the Government's own targets are so low that they will not help solve the housing crisis, the council cannot even meet its targets. We have a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...the question of funding for local radio stations. In my constituency, local radio is important not only in bringing people the global and national news but also local news. We have stations in Cork such as Red FM, 96 FM, C103 FM, Cork City Community Radio and CUH FM Community Radio that play a vital role. It has been even more vital this year because of what happened with GAAGO....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...is living with his parents because he cannot afford to buy a house. He has saved every penny he can and has substantial savings. He applied and was accepted for an affordable housing scheme run by Cork County Council but even with all of his savings, a gift from his parents, a good job, and a mortgage offer from a bank, he is still €20,000 short. He does not qualify for social...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...assume the Minister of State is out on the canvass. Every time we go canvassing, after getting people social, affordable or cost-rental housing, the next issue is maintenance. There are flats in Cork city that are split level maisonettes that were built in the middle of the last century on Noonan's Road, Cattle Market Avenue, Baker's Road and Clashduv Road. These are just examples....

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...this Government to take on board for these people. They are real solutions for people. This motion is a plan that needs to be put in place. I have with me a photograph of a house in Mayfield in Cork. There is a hole in the roof. This lady has been living in the house for 13 years since the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Government brought in the austerity measures. Her name is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the engineer’s report into a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, Cork. [23836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Cork County Council has been limited to only taking a €75,000 equity share in Rathealy Close, Fermoy. [23681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of delays in apprenticeship completion in Cork; and how he plans to resolve this. [23337/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: When the Tánaiste was Taoiseach in 2022, he gave a commitment that he would phase out long-term leasing. Since then, leases have been signed for 182 social housing units in Cork city. That is at a cost of €3 million per year that the Government is spending, with an average cost of €400,000 for these homes after 25 years. The council and the Government will not own these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a park-and-ride facility is planned for the north side of Cork city. [22096/24]

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: The Minister mentioned "evidence-based". Obviously, the Minister is quite an intelligent man and being Minister for Finance, is good with figures. He quoted that Cork City Council delivered 800 additional houses. That is a misprint, that was 800 families. Some 1,000 to 1,200 came on to the housing waiting list the same year. I am not a genius or an expert in maths but if 800 houses are...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...will not having the ability to access vital funding. We have the highest house prices, rent and homelessness figures in the history of the State. We have almost 8,000 people on housing lists in Cork. The Government's affordable housing projects are a joke. That is the only way to describe them. Hundreds of people are looking to buy an affordable house in Cork. To be fair to Cork City...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: .... These are not our figures. Every group, AHB and local authority, as well as the private sector, is saying the same thing. The figures released today show that one in every four houses in Cork is not being bought by owner-occupiers. They are being bought by investment funds, vulture funds, cuckoo funds and landlords. These are houses families should be living in. This Government...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...Blarney Street put on the derelict sites register. I have mentioned it here a number of times. This butcher's shop was empty for 33 years and because it went onto the derelict sites register and Cork City Council started to charge the owner 7% a year, he has now turned the building into a two-bedroom property and a three-bedroom property. The derelict sites register worked in that case,...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...articulated trucks, heavy goods vehicles and traffic are going through residential areas that were never designed for them. When will this Government commit to delivering a northern ring road for Cork city? The northern relief road in Mallow also needs to be completed. When will the Government fund that? There is a stretch of road between Cork and Limerick on which people have died...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Cork's heroic victory over Limerick last weekend will go down in history as one of the most exciting games of the modern time but thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people were not able to watch it, including diehard GAA people and hurling people who love the game. So far, not one of Cork's hurling championship matches have been on television. The games against Clare and Waterford were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether consideration has been given to the establishment of a dumping taskforce in Cork city. [21616/24]