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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...Minister of State provide funding to enable local authorities to put in eco-drains and flood protection measures? At the top of Knocknaheeny, an area I represent, there is a dip in the road at the Apple site which floods every time there is heavy rain, blocking access for everyone. Will the Minister of State give money to local authorities to fix those? Will he also provide a grant to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (9 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...are on-call firefighters. In 2023 in the town of Ballincollig, which is now part of Cork city, those people do not work in the village like they did in the old days. They could be working for Apple in Ringaskiddy or in Little Island. This model does not work. We want Cork City Council to put what it has to offer on the table and engage with the workers. I gave a figure. The existing...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...fact, local authorities were worse off with the local property tax. For example, one area I represent is Kerry Pike. It is a lovely little village in Cork North-Central. It is five minutes from Apple Computers. The village doubled in size with development and until recently, it had no public lighting and footpaths on one side of the road only. It had 99% compliance with the local...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...just a rural Ireland problem; it is a national problem. We can have an apartment block in the city without broadband. There are many other areas. In Clogheen and Kerry Pike, which are 2 km from Apple, one of the biggest computer companies in the world, there are areas with no Internet coverage or limited coverage. The town of Blarney, which is 6 km from Cork city, is the same, as are...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: ...technology companies which have a huge impact on jobs and investment in Cork, pharmaceutical companies like Janssen, Eli Lilly and Pfizer, which are big employers in the city, as well as those like Apple Computers and PepsiCo. Their products are driven by science and led by science. We also have much smaller businesses, such as artisan food producers and companies, which take a different...

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Thomas Gould: ...like myself, the Minister knows areas like Blarney, Whitechurch, Togher, Killeens and Kerry Pike. These are areas that have major problems with connectivity and broadband. Up the road from me is Apple, one of the biggest employers in Cork, if not the State, and just up the road in Kerry Pike, half the village does not have broadband. There are huge issues in respect of the roll-out of...