Thomas Gould
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Sinn Féin · Cork North-Central · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 315 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 600 debate contributions
- 1,050 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Cork North-Central 2024-11-29 to present
- party Sinn Féin 2024-11-29 to present
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2026-06-17 · to Health
215. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health intellectual disability (MHID) teams resourced to the model set out in the Model of Service; the shortfalls; and the number of each profession for example, nursing, doctors, OTs, social workers, speech and language therapists, psychologists. [46156/26]
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2026-06-17 · to Health
216. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of regional health authorities that have a specific plan to develop fully resourced MHID teams per Model Of Service. [46157/26]
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2026-06-17 · to Health
217. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the contingencies in place for people with ID left in emergency departments, seeking a mental health admission, due to placement breakdown; and the number of these that occurred in the past five years. [46158/26]
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2026-06-16 · to Finance
344. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas the Living Cities Initiative applies to; and whether this will be extended. [45788/26]
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2026-06-16 · to Health
978. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the plans to approve the weight loss medications ozempic and mounjaro for inclusion in the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45657/26]
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2026-06-11 · to Culture
117. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he is aware of changes to a summer sports programmes coach revenue assessments (details supplied); and the impact this is having on camps in Cork. [43415/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1076. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that the majority of local authority housing maintenance expenditure nationally is reactive rather than planned; the steps he is taking to support local authorities to transition to a planned, cyclical maintenance model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42549/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1077. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority dwellings that have been the subject of a stock condition survey to date; the projected date by which such surveys will be completed across the entire social housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42550/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1078. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the rollout of the national housing asset management system being delivered through the Local Government Management Agency; the number of local authorities currently using the system; and when it will be fully operational across all local authorities. [42551/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1079. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority owned social housing is subject to the same minimum standards and independent inspection regime as private rented dwellings under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1080. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the average per-unit funding allowance provided under the Voids Programme has been reviewed in the context of construction cost inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42553/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1081. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he reconciles the stated policy of transitioning from a reactive voids approach to a planned maintenance approach with the continued operation of the Voids Programme as the principal maintenance funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42554/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1082. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage which recommendations of the Report of the Housing Commission relating to the funding, management and maintenance of social housing have been accepted by Government; and the timeline for their implementation. [42555/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1083. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the recommendation of the Housing Commission and of published academic research that local authority rental income be ring-fenced for the management and maintenance of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42556/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1084. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of the differential rents scheme is underway or planned; the terms of reference and timeline of any such review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42557/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Housing
1085. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department collects data on the length of time that social housing units remain vacant; the number of local authority dwellings nationally that have been vacant for more than 24 months; and the specific measures available nationally to address dwellings that are long-term vacant due to the scale of refurbishment required. [42558/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Justice
1322. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to go through the planning process as outlined in the Planning and Development Act 2000 for the new Cork prison on the old Cork prison site; or if he intends to bring this forward as legislation as was done previously with the Cork prison that opened in 2016. [41986/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Children
1561. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Cork where elderly parents, particularly those over retirement age, are the primary carers for adult children with learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42020/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Children
1562. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units in Cork. [42021/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Children
1563. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units planned in Cork. [42022/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Children
1564. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the service providers in Cork submitted disability support management advisory team, DSMAT, forms to the HSE. [42023/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Health
1984. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health her plans for Sarsfield court dementia unit; and if it is currently accepting new patients. [42044/26]
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2026-05-28 · to Public Expenditure
75. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation where he has identified money wastage in his own Department; and the actions he has taken to address these. [40324/26]
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2026-05-28 · to Public Expenditure
79. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current infrastructure he sees as deliverable in Cork before the end of the decade [40325/26]
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2026-05-28 · to Education
155. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Cork that have availed of the phone pouch scheme; and the overall cost of the scheme in Cork. [40072/26]