Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Eligibility

Thomas Gould

779. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a diagnosis of myalgia encephalomyelitis would allow a person to access disability allowance. [14584/24]

Legal Services Regulation

Thomas Gould

922. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice whether legislation exists, or has been considered, to regulate solicitors acting for family members. [15079/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Thomas Gould

1132. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each month to date 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait in Cork, by LHO or administrative area. [14605/24]

Community Development Projects

Thomas Gould

1727. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether she is aware that Pobal requires verified audited accounts from community groups to access funding but does not provide financial assistance to support such organisations in funding these audits. [14585/24]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Gould

1728. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available to community centres struggling with increased gas and electricity bills. [14586/24]

Naval Service

Thomas Gould

13. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of sailings the Naval Service cancelled in the past 12 months due to staffing shortages. [13241/24]

Defence Forces

Thomas Gould

14. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether he has engaged on the reported €10 million payouts on Defence Forces claims in the past three years. [13242/24]

Active Travel

Thomas Gould

70. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of an uneven allocation in funding for active travel in 2024 in Cork city. [13240/24]

Bus Services

Thomas Gould

101. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of issues with the bus service in Cork city; and whether he has engaged with the NTA or Bus Éireann in resolving these. [13239/24]

Road Projects

Thomas Gould

154. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the northern ring road for Cork as mentioned in the National Development Plan. [5671/24]

Irish Language

Thomas Gould

214. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for further clarification on the governance issues that were not resolved previously referenced in her Parliamentary Question response No. 352 of 5 March 2024, and whether she is aware that the organisation have not been provided with these details. [13366/24]

Prize Bonds

Thomas Gould

230. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the person or body that conducts the independent analysis of weekly prize bond draws conducted by the National Treasury Management Agency. [12060/24]

School Admissions

Thomas Gould

484. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she can ensure a place is made available for a child in a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/24]

Television Licence Fee

Thomas Gould

550. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of TV licences purchased, by month, in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11759/24]

Television Licence Fee

Thomas Gould

551. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of cancelled direct debits for the television licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11760/24]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

663. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental backstop tenancy purchases completed; the number in progress and the number refused, by county, in tabular form. [12574/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

808. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of convictions for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11761/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

809. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of custodial sentences imposed for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11763/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

810. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the overall amount received by the courts, either through statutory fine or 'charity box' payments, for non-payments of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11764/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

811. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals for conviction for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11765/24]

Animal Welfare

Thomas Gould

1026. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who holds responsibility for the welfare of sick or dead animals on public roads. [12573/24]

Hospital Staff

Thomas Gould

1392. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed and the number considered a full cohort WTE, by department, in Cork University Hospital, in tabular form. [12431/24]

Hospital Staff

Thomas Gould

1393. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in the high dependency unit in Cork University Hospital. [12432/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Gould

356. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction nurse per year. [11291/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Gould

357. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an outreach worker per year. [11292/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Gould

358. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction case worker per year. [11293/24]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Gould

359. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to a service (details supplied) in 2023 broken down by funding purpose, in tabular form. [11294/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Gould

360. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction counsellor per year. [11295/24]

Road Projects

Thomas Gould

53. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if any application has been made of the L2779 between Mackey's Cross and junction with Old Blarney road. [11032/24]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Gould

96. 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. [11036/24]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Gould

218. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of legal fees incurred by the HSE on behalf of Southdoc in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [11034/24]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Gould

219. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have financially supported Southdoc in legal fees; and to outline this support in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [11035/24]

Rural Schemes

Thomas Gould

237. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the L2779 would be eligible for the local improvement scheme; and when applications will open under this scheme. [11033/24]

Community Development Projects

Thomas Gould

68. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support available through her Department for the establishment of community associations in areas identified on the Pobal Deprivation Index. [10454/24]

Library Services

Thomas Gould

80. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Library Capital Grant made by (details supplied). [10453/24]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Gould

133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how Inland Fisheries Ireland can sanction a draft net fishery in Cork Harbour when two rivers flowing into the harbour are not reaching their conservation limits, with the Owenacurra river in Middleton listed as catch and release only and the upper Lee closed with the knowledge that netting should not proceed in what is a mixed stock fishery in Cork Harbour until a survey is carried out to indicate which river the salmon caught are from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/24]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Gould

134. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how Inland Fisheries Ireland can sanction a draft net fishery in Castlemaine harbour when two of the rivers flowing into the common embayment area are closed to angling, namely the Behy river and Emlough river, which has been closed for a few years, now given Castlemaine harbour is a mix stock fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10528/24]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Gould

135. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how Inland Fisheries Ireland can sanction a commercial net fishery in the Munster Blackwater when three rivers are closed, namely the rivers Lickey,Tourig and Womanagh, and the river Bride (north) is catch and release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10529/24]

Bus Services

Thomas Gould

149. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Cope Foundation buses do not have wheelchair passes. [10516/24]

Rail Network

Thomas Gould

203. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport under the Cork Area Commuter Rail Programme when work will begin in relation to each of the new rail stations of Blarney/Stoneview, Monard, Blackpool/Kilbarry, Tivoli, Dunkettle, Carrigtwohill West, Water-Rock, Ballynoe, when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education what is being done to ensure that a child (details supplied) receives a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024/2025. [10598/24]

Irish Language

Thomas Gould

352. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason funding has been refused for Gael-Taca; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10464/24]

Television Licence Fee

Thomas Gould

354. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of TV licence inspections carried out in each of the years 2019, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 respectively in tabular form. [10539/24]

Television Licence Fee

Thomas Gould

355. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of TV licence inspections carried out in each of the months from February 2023 to February 2024 respectively in tabular form [10541/24]

Television Licence Fee

Thomas Gould

356. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of prosecutions initiated for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months from February 2023 to February 2024 respectively in tabular form [10544/24]

Disability Services

Thomas Gould

533. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why subsistence payments have not been paid to registered intellectual disability nurses in Cork through the Cope Foundation. [10515/24]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Gould

29. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of a reduction in service in SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9637/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Thomas Gould

72. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the current stage of the elective hospital in Cork. [9636/24]

Disability Services

Thomas Gould

108. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact of the recruitment embargo on children's disability services in Cork. [9638/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

120. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has taken in supporting young people who have been impacted by the consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns. [9639/24]