Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Climate Change Policy

Thomas Gould

124. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications his plans in place to control the carbon output of large corporations. [35081/20]

National Broadband Plan

Thomas Gould

139. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the National Broadband Plan will be prioritised in County Cork given the commitment to build County Cork as a viable alternative to Dublin. [35080/20]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Thomas Gould

525. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection if bank payments for disability, invalidity and pensions will be returned to weekly payments through the bank. [35236/20]

Gambling Sector

Thomas Gould

605. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the status of the gambling control Bill. [34834/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

699. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential addiction treatment services from November 2019 to date, by month in tabular form. [34796/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

700. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for residential medical detox treatment services from November 2019 to date by month in tabular form. [34797/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

745. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for addiction services announced by Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy on 10 September 2020. [35250/20]

Property Tax

Thomas Gould

90. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the local property tax paid by local authorities on social housing stock in 2019 and to date in 2020, by local authority in tabular form. [34450/20]

Local Authority Funding

Thomas Gould

125. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to local authorities by local authority in 2019 and to date in 2020. [34451/20]

Local Authority Funding

Thomas Gould

126. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for voids to local authorities in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34452/20]

Local Authority Funding

Thomas Gould

127. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the original loan amount and the outstanding loan repayments due by local authorities for loans received between 2008 and 2010, in tabular form. [34453/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

66. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the PPE to be worn by teachers in schools and the location in which the guidance on this can be found. [33949/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

67. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if teachers and special needs assistants providing intimate care are automatically deemed a close contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33950/20]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

142. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to SouthDoc in counties Cork and Kerry in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year. [34077/20]

LEADER Programmes

Thomas Gould

165. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation provided to towns, villages and organisations in Cork under the LEADER programme in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34120/20]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Gould

166. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available to towns, villages and rural community groups; and the way in which community groups apply for funding. [34121/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

518. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has given the final sign-off on guidance for indoor sport at level 3, if not, when she will sign off on these guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33862/20]

Rent Increases

Thomas Gould

577. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections in place to prevent rent increases for those whose income has been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions beyond 30 November 2020. [32371/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Thomas Gould

839. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection if a childcare worker who is unable to work due to living with an extremely high-risk relative is entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment. [32386/20]

Alcohol Sales

Thomas Gould

1090. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the provisions currently in place to regulate for alcohol delivery services; and her plans to implement further regulations. [33934/20]

Alcohol Sales

Thomas Gould

1091. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the alcohol forum's Deliver Change on Drink Deliveries campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33935/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1135. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if persons working in a company (details supplied) are considered essential workers [32348/20]

Disability Services Provision

Thomas Gould

1159. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a child and teen physiotherapist can continue on a one-to-one basis for children with disabilities such as muscle dyspraxia and Asperger's syndrome under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [32455/20]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Thomas Gould

1179. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if recovery support programme meetings are to be allowed continue under current level 5 committees. [32536/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1217. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if dog day care centres can remain open under current level 5 guidelines. [32686/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1229. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which the R number is calculated; and if this is in line with international best practice for the validation of computer systems [32723/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1248. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if two-parent households can avail of casual childminding services, that is, grandparents minding in their own home or the household’s home under new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1264. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if painters and decorators are allowed to enter homes to carry out their work under new level 5 restrictions. [32832/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

1384. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if weight consultation and weight loss support groups are an essential service (details supplied). [33484/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

73. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if gyms can remain open for individual training under level 4 restrictions as per the Living With Covid-19 Roadmap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Thomas Gould

77. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies awaiting standards compliance inspections by local authority in tabular form [32232/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Thomas Gould

78. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislative timeframe for standards compliance inspection under the HAP scheme [32233/20]

Local Authority Management

Thomas Gould

79. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the frequency with which local authorities manager reports should be published and distributed. [32132/20]

Vacant Properties

Thomas Gould

81. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the allocation for vacant house funding will cover the cost of refurbishment of the 180 planned houses or will Cork City Council will be required to meet any deficit. [32240/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Thomas Gould

149. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which pandemic unemployment payments interact with other social welfare payments including disability allowance and the means testing of same. [31838/20]

Disability Services Provision

Thomas Gould

229. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a case on compassionate grounds of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of needs as they are require intervention and supports [31845/20]

Care Services

Thomas Gould

464. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of day care centres that have reopened in County Cork; and the number that will reopen before 1 November 2020. [31713/20]

Childcare Services

Thomas Gould

465. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration his plans to provide financial support for childcare workers in view of the essential work they are providing at risk to themselves and the urgent need to provide these workers with a living wage. [31714/20]

Third Level Institutions

Thomas Gould

497. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to build or expand a higher education institute on the north side of Cork city. [31715/20]

State Examinations

Thomas Gould

498. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if every student who was downgraded unfairly due to the calculated grades error has been offered the CAO choice they should have been entitled to. [31716/20]

National Drugs Strategy

Thomas Gould

698. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation to the national drugs strategy in budget 2020; the actual spend on the national drugs strategy; and the full allocation to the strategy in budget 2021. [31493/20]

Alcohol Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

699. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation from budget 2021 for delivery of community action on alcohol; and when this funding will be made available [31494/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

700. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 18 September 2020, the status of same. [31495/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

701. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the length of stay per residential treatment episode under the allocation of 150 residential treatment episodes in budget 2021 [31496/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Thomas Gould

702. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the allocation given to addressing problem gambling in budget 2021. [31497/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Gould

703. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €15 million allocation for homeless persons and those in active addiction during Covid-19 will be allocated. [31498/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Gould

704. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if inclusion health refers to a pilot programme in St. James’s Hospital; and if the intention is for a national roll-out of this programme. [31499/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Gould

705. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the full allocation to inclusion health; and the proportion of this from the €10 million additional funding announced for the national drugs strategy. [31500/20]

Health Services

Thomas Gould

720. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the reference to the €1 million for task forces in budget 2021 is funding allocated from the three-year strategic health initiatives that are already under way or if this is a new and separate allocation. [31549/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Gould

40. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to support taxi drivers. [30553/20]