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Thu, 9 May 2024
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Community Development Projects
Thomas Gould
3. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will provide assistance to develop a community centre in Fair Hill, Cork city. [20940/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Services
Thomas Gould
47. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided to reopen a service (details supplied). [19710/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Thomas Gould
54. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service. [19711/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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National Development Plan
Thomas Gould
101. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on National Development Plan projects in Cork city. [19709/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
157. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether she will meet with parents and staff of a school (details supplied) regarding their sanctioned ASD classes and her Department's refusal to sanction an extension to allow for these classes to be established. [19765/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Housing Policy
Thomas Gould
167. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available for households that do not qualify for social housing, cannot access a mortgage and live in an area with no proposed cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Thomas Gould
304. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nursing staff, sponsored by the HSE, did not receive a subsistence payment. [19759/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Thomas Gould
94. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to schools in CDNT8 in Cork. [19229/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Thomas Gould
130. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the number of children overdue an assessment of need in Cork North Lee is at its highest rate since Q1 2019. [19228/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Active Travel
Thomas Gould
211. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether a funding request has been received for a pedestrian crossing at a location (details supplied); and when this was received; and whether it was approved. [19227/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Regeneration Projects
Thomas Gould
394. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an updated timeline for completion of the NWQR in Cork. [18916/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Regeneration Projects
Thomas Gould
395. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware that construction work at Phase 2C of the NWQR remains stalled; whether he has received any request for additional funding to resolve this from Cork City Council; and if so, the timeline for resolution of same. [18917/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Gould
396. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on legislation committed to on the renaming of streets. [18918/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Thomas Gould
399. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to advertise the lead mains replacement scheme in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [19034/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Thomas Gould
400. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to a targeted advertising campaign for the lead mains replacement scheme. [19035/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Thomas Gould
582. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what additional benefits will be conferred on the holder of an enhanced medical card, awarded under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 above and beyond an ordinary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Thomas Gould
583. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when enhanced medical cards, awarded under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, will be so awarded. [19244/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mental Health Services
Thomas Gould
704. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the CAMHS staffing levels compared to the Vision For Change requirement in each of the teams in CHO4. [19196/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Gould
31. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform payments to family carers. [18408/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Thomas Gould
40. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether ME is eligible for disability allowance. [18407/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Control of Horses
Thomas Gould
84. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized in Cork city in 2023. [18409/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Animal Slaughtering
Thomas Gould
101. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse deaths recorded in Cork in 2023. [18410/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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National Development Plan
Thomas Gould
144. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the north-west multi-modal mobility hub, as outlined in the National Development Plan. [18490/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Waterways Issues
Thomas Gould
164. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of works on the weir at Ballincollig Regional Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18482/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
175. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site to accommodate schools (details supplied); if tenders have been awarded; when the new schools will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18480/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
176. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on capital works at a school (details supplied) to provide additional capacity in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18481/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Staff
Thomas Gould
281. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he is aware that a school (details supplied) is still not in receipt of therapist hours. [18489/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Thomas Gould
289. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of positions, by role, assigned to CDNT west central Cork city; the number of vacancies that exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18615/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Care Services
Thomas Gould
299. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the Westfield integrated care centre in Ballincollig, Cork will be fully operational. [18483/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Thomas Gould
88. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has received communication from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth requesting additional funding for capital projects for childcare in Cork. [15679/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Climate Action Plan
Thomas Gould
129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether payments have been made in Cork city under the community climate action plan. [17674/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Digital Archiving
Thomas Gould
180. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the digitisation of railway records similar to those of the Land Commission. [17932/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Gould
651. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason subsistence payments to nursing students working under the Cope Foundation have not been paid. [17878/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Thomas Gould
33. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received reports on governance and culture, and contractor fees and HR, in RTÉ, which were due in March 2024; when she will publish these reports; and whether she has made a decision on the future of media funding. [16992/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
55. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on her Department's engagement with Gaeltaca and on the funding of the Irish language, particularly language assistants in schools in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16991/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Employment Rights
Thomas Gould
70. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date of the last four meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining; the methods he is using to ensure workers' right to organise is developed in this State; and whether he intends to wait until the deadline of Article 4 of the EU directive before taking any action. [16994/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Business Supports
Thomas Gould
84. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if business in Cork have received payment under the increased cost of business scheme. [16993/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
188. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason an application for ASD classes in a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will reconsider this. [17182/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
189. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE refused an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD classes or if this decision was made by her Department. [17183/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Housing Policy
Thomas Gould
218. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether requirements for social housing assessment have changed from two months to 12 months of payslips; if so, when this change was made; and if his Department has provided additional resourcing to local authorities to address this additional burden. [17184/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Housing Provision
Thomas Gould
219. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average time to assess a social housing application, by local authority, in tabular form. [17185/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Thomas Gould
292. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of days that triage or assessment rooms in CUH ED have been occupied by patients on trolleys, or were unusable for any other reason, in the past 12 weeks, by reason, in tabular form. [17152/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Thomas Gould
293. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that nurses are forced to triage patients in ED waiting rooms due to overcrowding in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17153/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
49. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 5 March 2024, the reason no contact has been made with the parents of a child (details supplied) in respect of securing a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024-25. [16974/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
94. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned three ASD classes by the NCSE but cannot deliver them as her Department has refused funding for an extension to the school. [16369/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
127. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and the timeline for delivery of the building. [16368/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Road Network
Thomas Gould
207. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to continue with its policy of removing lighting on motorways and dual carriageways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16385/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
319. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the measures being taken to ensure a child (details supplied) receives a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024/2025.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16386/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Ballincollig, Cork, for September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16387/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Thomas Gould
335. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason only two of three sanctioned ASD classes at a school (details supplied) in Cork are operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16515/24]