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Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Gould
533. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department has drafted analysis of the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill; and if he will publish same. [15374/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Qualifications Recognition
Thomas Gould
553. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when students in MTU were told they need to work two years in the field after graduation for their qualification to be recognised. [15327/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Qualifications Recognition
Thomas Gould
554. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way graduates in 2024 and 2025 and in subsequent years are expected by MTU to gain two years’ employment in the field before the grandparenting process closes in November 2025, if MTU Cork does not secure CORU approval. [15328/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Gould
557. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if consultation has been undertaken with the Ombudsman for Children in relation to the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15373/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Process
Thomas Gould
593. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the proposed timeline for progress of the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15379/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Process
Thomas Gould
594. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the consultation his Department undertook with alcohol-related harm advocacy groups and service providers ahead of the publication of the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15380/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Process
Thomas Gould
595. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if he has met with members of An Garda Síochána regarding the Sale of Alcohol Bill; the concerns raised by them at this/these meeting(s); and his plans to address same. [15381/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Process
Thomas Gould
596. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice whether he will publish public health risk assessments undertaken by any Government Department in preparation for the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15382/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Alcohol Sales
Thomas Gould
735. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the role his Department has undertaken in consulting on, or drafting, the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15375/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Alcohol Sales
Thomas Gould
736. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of proposed alcohol sale changes in the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15376/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Alcohol Sales
Thomas Gould
737. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the harm reduction framework under which his Department has assessed the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15377/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
53. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education when a decision was taken to reduce school hall sizes in new school buildings, the reason this decision was taken and if she is satisfied that current provision for multi-use rooms is satisfactory for the whole school community. [14324/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Thomas Gould
98. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the new school building for a school (details supplied). [14196/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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School Textbooks
Thomas Gould
99. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the promised free schoolbooks scheme. [14195/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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National Car Test
Thomas Gould
80. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of people currently on an NCT cancellation list by county. [14106/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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National Car Test
Thomas Gould
81. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of people with appointments booked for NCTs by county. [14107/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Local Authorities
Thomas Gould
116. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional staff sought by Cork City Council for its housing directorate, by division, that is, vacancy, adaptation, maintenance and so on, in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [14108/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Local Authorities
Thomas Gould
117. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional staff sought by Cork County Council for its housing directorate by division, that is, vacancy, adaptation, maintenance, etc. in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [14109/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Local Authorities
Thomas Gould
118. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of additional staff sought by each local authority, by directorate, in tabular form, in the past 12 months. [14110/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Passport Services
Thomas Gould
148. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people currently awaiting a passport with an address in Cork; and the average processing times. [14104/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Gould
186. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department sent letters to recipients informing them of the option to receive their payment via bank transfer. [14103/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Business Supports
Thomas Gould
147. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if support is available to businesses to retain seasonal staff during their off-peak seasons. [13316/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Environmental Schemes
Thomas Gould
160. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether a person with stone walls can avail of a retrofitting grant. [12253/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Broadband Infrastructure
Thomas Gould
178. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that residents in a location (details supplied) are not in receipt of broadband. [12816/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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National Car Test
Thomas Gould
223. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of people on a cancellation list for their NCT in Cork. [12245/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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National Car Test
Thomas Gould
224. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the actions taken to decrease the NCT wait time in Cork. [12246/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Conservation
Thomas Gould
396. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are two schemes for social housing retrofitting, one for voids and one for occupied homes. [12251/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Energy Conservation
Thomas Gould
397. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units to be retrofitted in Cork in 2023. [12252/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Derelict Sites
Thomas Gould
437. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the derelict sites levies, levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on the register on 31 December 2022 and to date in 2023, by each local authority, in tabular form. [13018/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Housing Schemes
Thomas Gould
478. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities that utilise the tenant in situ scheme will be able to request additional funding for increased maintenance costs. [13454/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Planning Issues
Thomas Gould
486. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full membership of the Planning Advisory Forum. [13566/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad
Thomas Gould
520. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct officials in his Department to engage with the family of a person (details supplied) deceased in Spain who are awaiting repatriation. [12437/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Animal Welfare
Thomas Gould
67. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to protect horses in Cork city this year. [11825/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Vacant Properties
Thomas Gould
88. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the deterrents he is progressing, or plans to progress, to tackle vacancy and dereliction. [11827/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Housing Policy
Thomas Gould
163. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department include units marked by local authorities as substantially complete in their quarterly Housing for All social housing delivery statistical updates. [11826/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Bus Services
Thomas Gould
180. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 October 2022, for an update on the 203 stop at the Dominican Centre in Cork. [12023/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Office of Public Works
Thomas Gould
209. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the action taken by the OPW to protect national parks. [10496/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Referendum Campaigns
Thomas Gould
212. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of drafting the wording for a referendum on the right to water. [12021/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Regeneration Projects
Thomas Gould
218. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will reopen for regeneration sites. [12095/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Regeneration Projects
Thomas Gould
219. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage he will instruct officials in his Department to engage with Cork City Council to develop a regeneration plan for Mayfield. [12096/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Air Quality
Thomas Gould
262. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the total amount spent to date of the €62 million allocation for HEPA filters in schools. [12138/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Gould
340. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether a long Covid clinic launched by a person (details supplied) was denied funding, and the reason for same. [12137/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
282. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) in Cork has received no increase in funding for the past five years and has just been allocated funding for the next five years with only one staff member. [11681/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
283. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether a community association can appeal the number of staff it is allocated through funding and not just the amount of funding allocated. [11682/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Tracker Mortgages
Thomas Gould
71. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Central Bank with respect to the sale of tracker mortgages to vulture funds where those mortgages were overcharged as a result of the tracker mortgage scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Housing Provision
Thomas Gould
295. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered in Cork city in 2022. [11099/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Grant Payments
Thomas Gould
297. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review into housing adaptation grants. [11160/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Medical Inquiries
Thomas Gould
551. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 23 February 2023, if he is aware that the families concerned have made requests to meet the HSE individually and as a group but have not yet received a response. [10948/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Animal Welfare
Thomas Gould
697. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last time a vet from his Department inspected horses engaged in sulky racing in Cork city. [11159/23]
Thu, 2 Mar 2023
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Bus Services
Thomas Gould
46. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on BusConnects Cork. [10455/23]