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Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
348. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of parental preferences (details supplied) by school planning area for Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8. [52950/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Site Acquisitions
Patrick Costello
349. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of sites acquired for second level education institutions aided by her Department since 2000, in tabular form, indicating in each case the total expenditure on the acquisition of the site, year of acquisition, address and relevant school planning area. [52951/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
162. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to tackle and reduce road traffic offenses, particularly given the increasing number of fatalities and serious injuries on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52134/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
271. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if there are plans for primary schools in the Ballyfermot area identified as having potential demand for a transfer or divestment of school patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52211/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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School Accommodation
Patrick Costello
272. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that there are enough primary and secondary school places in the Ballyfermot area to service the population in the area; or if there is a requirement to increasing the capacity of existing schools or the establishment of new ones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52212/23]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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School Admissions
Patrick Costello
217. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51743/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update in relation to the review of the Derelict Sites Act initiated in November 2021; when the report will be finalised; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Patrick Costello
105. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the one-parent family payment; the number of applications rejected; the number of families receiving the payment, broken down per month, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51359/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Vacant Properties
Patrick Costello
292. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authorities that have drawn down funding from the available €180,000; the amount they have requested; the amount they have received to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
365. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of speeding fines issues monthly over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50703/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
366. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the total value of speeding fines paid, by month, over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50704/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Primary Care Centres
Patrick Costello
586. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials will meet with local residents’ groups in Drimnagh to discuss the timeline for construction of the new primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Shannon Airport Facilities
Patrick Costello
49. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at Shannon Airport on goods destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Shannon Airport Facilities
Patrick Costello
56. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is carrying out checks at Shannon Airport on US military vehicles which are stopping off enroute to Israel and other jurisdictions; if so, the number that have taken place in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
57. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider instructing Ireland's Permanent Representative to the UN to call for an Emergency UN General Assembly under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, as the UN Security Council has failed to adequately act as required to maintain international security and peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50316/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann, given the ongoing crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and his party’s previous support for the Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50367/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Water Pollution
Patrick Costello
102. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the plans of his Department to ensure the protection of freshwater supplies given the appearance of algal blooms on Blessington Lake (Poulaphouca Reservoir) and the recent environmental disaster in Lough Neagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50412/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Patrick Costello
115. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 November 2023, to provide the tendering notice publication number for the relevant tender competitions; the steps that were taken to ensure for Israeli companies that at all steps in the supply chain were not outside of the green line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50426/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Functions
Patrick Costello
118. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the parameters in which an inspection of an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders can be carried out; how many inspections have been carried out each year within the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50375/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Functions
Patrick Costello
119. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the parameters officials assess whether an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders has contravened these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50376/23]