• Sinn Fein TD for Cork North Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Thomas Gould speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Numerology

No data to display yet.

Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Waiting Lists, Addiction Treatment Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Road Projects, National Drugs Strategy

(based on written questions asked by Thomas Gould and answered by departments)

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

“The Minister is talking about a different Bill.”

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

“The Minister said the Government wants to bring in strong law and that the Government wants to protect tenants' rights. I believe the legislation will create strong law but to protect vulture funds and landlords and not tenants. The Bill is about profit. That is what it is about. I am here, as are many other Deputies who have tabled amendments, to stand up for people, families and...”

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

“I support the amendment as well. The protections we have put in place during the Covid-19 crisis have led to a reduction in the homeless figures. In Cork and the south-west, we have seen those figures reduce from 111 people in January to 84 people last month. That shows that the protections we put in place worked. Why would we row back on them now? That is why this amendment is so...”

More of Thomas Gould's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 20 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
• Has received answers to 96 written questions since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 2 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Thomas Gould speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 10 times in debates.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)