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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (10 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the park and ride at the Dunkettle train station; and the timeline for delivery of same. [38432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: 407. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the works at Mayfield Library and St. Joseph’s community centre. [38431/25]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: Reporting mechanisms, collection of data, transparency and knowing what is happening are at the heart of this motion. We have to ensure that genuine actors who want to develop and deliver units - houses and apartments - can do that with support, but we also have to prevent people coming in to speculate. By collecting this data, we will all know what is happening, as will the public. That...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I support my colleague. We are talking about increasing timelines and giving extensions. I will provide an example. The Good Shepherd Convent in Cork was originally bought by UCC to be developed for, I think, about €4.5 million. It changed hands a couple of times. At the height of the Celtic tiger it was sold for €20 million. Afterwards, it was bought by a Drogheda-based...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: The price of butter has risen, according to the CSO, by 58% in 12 months. A staple in every house in the country has risen by nearly 60%. The CSO consumer price index shows that the prices of the most basic items have increased and the Government is doing nothing about it. For pensioners, those with disabilities, people with low incomes and families, this makes a difference between whether...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I sat in the housing committee with the Minister of State last year when the planning Bill was pushed through. We warned at the time of the consequences when the Government rushes through complex and serious legislation. Here we are now, 12 months on, trying to fix the errors. Why is there always a rush when dealing with complex legislation? Instead of learning from the mistakes of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: Answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: Yes. Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: When the Minister talks about delivery, I have a list of properties from the last construction-in-progress status report. More than 11,000 of these properties have not moved in a year, nearly 8,000 have not moved in two years and 5,000 have not moved an inch in the past three years. We have 20 homes in Limerick that have been waiting on capital appraisal since 2015. We have 17 homes in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: There are 11,000 under construction, according to the latest construction status report. I have seen pages listing them all in various locations. Should the Minister and the Department not be getting these 11,000 houses delivered first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: It would be a good start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: That is not the question I asked. Will the Minister get those 11,000 delivered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: All of these have funding. There are 11,000 that have not progressed for over a year. There are 5,000 houses and units that have been three years in stoppage. There is a blockage. I raised this previously with the Minister's predecessor, Deputy O'Brien. I was told that a special group would be set up to look at these cases to find out where the blockages were and get them delivered. To...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: That is not what I asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I was here with the Minister's predecessor, Deputy O'Brien-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I am asking the Minister questions and he is not answering them. I asked the Minister's predecessor, Deputy O'Brien-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Thomas Gould: I want answers to the questions I asked. I am not looking for the Minister to run down the clock.