Results 1-20 of 32 for destroyed speaker:Thomas Gould

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...Fáil and Fine Gael. This has left my constituents with heavy good vehicles, trucks and cars driving through because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael promised a north ring road for Cork and, after they destroyed the country in the financial crash, it was scrapped. Now half of the city has a ring road on the south side, and nothing on the north side. Instead, articulated trucks go...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...The first thing that went in anywhere in the country was the church. Knocknaheeny was so badly designed, planned and resourced that there was nothing there. We are actually knocking it down and destroying the community now because of bad planning and decision-making. I hear what Deputy McAuliffe is saying but we need the bells and whistles and the playgrounds.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...Future of Media Commission. It is vital that we frame this Private Members' motion in the context of the current public atmosphere. What transpired over the summer was nothing short of a scandal. It was not just one scandal but a number of scandals. It has destroyed public confidence and trust in the management of RTÉ and exposed serious shortcomings, including a lack of governance...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...Disturbing reports have emerged depicting widespread destruction, the loss of life and mass displacement, painting a grim picture of the challenges faced by the Palestinian people. The Israeli forces destroyed all the infrastructure, including electricity, sewerage, water and roads. This was not an action just to get at so-called combatants; it was directed at the Palestinian people of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...x201c;Board oversight to protect monuments at risk of destruction 43. (1) A registered monument or a prescribed monument, or any part of a monument or its surrounding context or landscape, shall not be destroyed by a person except in accordance with subsection (2). (2) Subject to subsections (3)and (6), where the Board is of the opinion that a monument is not, or has ceased to be, of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Gould: I move amendment No. 242: In page 117, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(5) A person shall not destroy an archaeological object.”

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...empathy. It cannot be undermined. I also want to make it clear that this problem will not just go away of its own accord or because this survey has been released. This issue is ruining lives and destroying childhoods. Children, who are often the most vulnerable in our homes, are the victims too when there is violence in the home. This is an issue that so often stems from deep-rooted...

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

Thomas Gould: ...of State should not tell me about misinformation. He should go down to the people of Glanmire and invite my colleagues, who know well what is happening, along to see the businesses and homes that were destroyed and have no insurance. I have been in Glanmire three times in the last six months when it was on the edge of flooding, when water came up through drains and the fire brigade had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...in each local authority also deal with dereliction? What consequences will the Minister introduce for those who own derelict properties and who speculate on them for years and, in some cases, decades? They are destroying towns, villages, cities and communities.

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...forward to the recommendations of the assembly and the positive change we will see as a result. The Minister of State spoke about those who had lost their lives to addiction and the families who had been destroyed by it. This citizens' assembly will give us an opportunity to listen to their stories. I hope the assembly will come forward with a report we can all support.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...and families across the board need to have an open and frank discussion about it. Unlike many other addictions, there are no physical signs of gambling addiction but, just as with others, it can destroy lives and rip families apart. The impact of gambling on families is often overlooked. The regulatory authority, when established, would ensure a portion of the social fund would go...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...this because some people's attitude towards people in addiction can be very aggressive or very nasty, but these are human beings we know personally. I know people who have died. I know families that have been destroyed. I knew two people who were in the throes of addiction and who took their lives this year because their families were being threatened because of drug debts - two young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Thomas Gould: Is that organised? It sounds excellent. I know nobody wants to be signing those orders but where communities are being destroyed, the local authority must do everything in its power to save the whole community. What Ms Kavanagh described is an approach the Department should support. When we see an issue developing, we should get all the different agencies involved to find out if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: .... There are 110 derelict sites on the council's derelict sites register. I reckon the figure is at least treble that. We need to be more aggressive with tackling these landholders who are destroying, and having negative impacts on, communities. People feel angry when people are homeless or fighting to keep a roof over their heads and then they see buildings that have been derelict for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...are in north Cork city and Blarney's children's disability network team, CDNT. There is one occupational therapist, OT, currently working and there are 893 children on the waiting list. This is destroying children's lives and it is heartbreaking for their families. Will the Minister of State and this Government provide services for Killian, Warren and the thousands of other children in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...the policy that we asked him to. What I am saying now is that we are looking for full-time vacant home officers and full-time derelict home officers. We are seeking to end the scourge of dereliction because it is destroying communities like the one I represent right across the country. Does the Minister of State realise how difficult it is when people who do not have homes are passing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...they were taking a softly-softly approach to land hoarders. Softly-softly is no good for people in homeless accommodation or who do not have homes. It is no good to the communities that are being destroyed. I mean no disrespect, but this circular was sent out in November. When was the decision made? I do not blame Ms Graham personally and I want to make that clear. I believe this...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: I commend my party colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, on bringing forward this Bill, and the Simon Community on the work it has done on it. It is vital that we start tackling homelessness. It is soul-destroying for the people who are stuck in homelessness, their families and in particular, the children, who do not know where they are going to spend Christmas and where they will be in the new...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2021)

Thomas Gould: ...to mind when talking about orphan drugs and new medicines. A great deal of work is being done at the minute to find a pharmaceutical treatment for crack cocaine addiction. This is an epidemic that is destroying communities and the lives of people and families. Unlike heroin, there is no pharmaceutical substitute for crack cocaine and this is proving a huge barrier to people accessing...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Gould: ...and the first point of contact for many of my constituents. There are days when Ken supports people in very distressed situations. He hears dozens of stories daily of people whose lives are being destroyed by the housing crisis, the cost of living or the crisis in children's disability services. I have no doubt there are people like Ken in constituency offices throughout the State,...