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Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
193. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport which local authorities have active travel teams in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
194. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the 248 new posts for active travel teams in local authorities by county, in tabular form; the number that have been filled to date; the number of vacancies at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10498/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
195. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the amount each county council has drawn down from its allocated active travel funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10499/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
196. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the amount of the €290 million allocated to walking and cycling infrastructure in 2023 that has been spent; if he will provide a breakdown of where the funding has been spent to date in each county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10500/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of the €290 million assigned to walking and cycling that has been allocated to each county council; if he will provide information on the amount of funding that has been spent to date in 2023 by each county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Public Transport
Patrick Costello
198. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the total cost arising from the reduced 20% public transport fares to the public and the reduced 50% public transport to students and young people under 24 years of age nationwide; if he is considering making the reduction permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10502/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
225. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle-to-work scheme in 2023 and to date in 2024; if he will provide a breakdown between the number of bicycles, pedelecs, e-bikes and e-cargo bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Active Travel
Patrick Costello
226. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme beyond PAYE workers to everyone, including employers, sole traders, students, jobseekers, disabled, unpaid home-work and the retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10487/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
227. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the amount of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions levy in 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; the revenue raised each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10488/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
228. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was doubled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10489/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
229. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was applied to both categories A and B vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10490/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
230. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if the carbon tax was doubled and the 2030 levy target was doubled to €200 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10491/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patrick Costello
451. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for the fuel allowance; the number of refusals for the fuel allowance over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
557. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special care places nationwide; the number of children currently on the special care waiting list; how many special care orders are active for children who are not currently able to access special care; what is the plan to tackle the growing waiting list for special care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10189/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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National Cultural Institutions
Patrick Costello
127. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9191/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Patrick Costello
128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that older applicants for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme are prioritised when the scheme opens as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9190/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Office of Public Works
Patrick Costello
170. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the work being carried out by the OPW in relation to research of burials in Kilmainham Gaol with a view to enabling the future exhumation of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9795/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Mental Health Policy
Patrick Costello
127. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason the understanding and managing adult ADHD programme was not chosen for funding by the HSE for 2024, and what supports he intends to provide to it in its place. [9427/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 30 January 2024, the specific medications and dosages that are commonly prescribed by the National Gender Service for trans women seeking progesterone. [9429/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 14 February 2024, which in particular of the over fifty references in the mentioned interim report are the relevant clinical studies. [9430/24]