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Ethics in Public Office
Patrick Costello
519. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on whether the Standards in Public Office Commission should be given powers to initiate investigations without the need for an official complaint to be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/23]
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Public Sector Staff
Patrick Costello
520. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a breakdown of the number of secretariat staff provided, on either a full-time or part-time basis, to each of the different programme areas under the Office of the Ombudsman in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37461/23]
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Public Appointments Service
Patrick Costello
521. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the average time it takes for a recruitment process by the Commission for Public Service Appointments to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/23]
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Traffic Management
Patrick Costello
544. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 20 October 2022, if he will provide an update as An Garda Síochána remains unable to enforce the 30 kph speed limit introduced in February 2022 and is also unable to prosecute drivers for 'crossing the continuous white line' on Chesterfield Avenue to overtake cars, because the line was installed by OPW and not a council; and if he will ensure the correct legislation in place so An Garda Síochána is able to prosecute such traffic offences. [39083/23]
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Consumer Protection
Patrick Costello
564. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has consulted with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission around the issue of the de facto monopoly Ticketmaster/Live Nation have on the online ticket sales market and measures he is introducing to ensure fair competition in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37809/23]
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Business Regulation
Patrick Costello
575. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the Companies Registration Office in implementing the Commission Implementing Regulation 2023/138 including which documents will be freely available, and what the current timeline for full implementation is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/23]
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
601. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials will meet the ‘D8 New School’ group of parents in relation to the provision of secondary education in Dublin 8. [37397/23]
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
602. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the intake ratio at secondary level for all school planning areas, broken down by individual school planning area, in each of the years 2015-2019, or by two-year period, in tabular form; and to clarify if such figures include fee paying schools. [37417/23]
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to commencement of the autism class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37531/23]
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
608. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an itemised list of all capital works projects for schools, both primary and secondary, in the D6W/D8/D10/D12 areas, with a breakdown of current status, projected timeline until completion and the capital expenditure committed to each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37532/23]
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
609. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an itemised list of all autistic spectrum disorder units for schools, both primary and secondary, in the D6W/D8/D10/D12 areas, with a breakdown of the number of children attending each unit, the number of teachers allocated to each unit (part-time and full-time) and facilities custom-designed for them, such as sensory rooms and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37533/23]
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Schools Building Projects
Patrick Costello
610. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the current status and timeline for completion of the 'lot 6' school works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37534/23]
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Disadvantaged Status
Patrick Costello
623. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when the OECD review of Ireland's Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) resource allocation policy will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37853/23]
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
710. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give approval to a submitted report for the building of an ASD suite in a school (details supplied), given it has been with her Department for ten months and the appointed contractor cannot proceed without this approval in place. [38770/23]
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Schools Refurbishment
Patrick Costello
711. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department will give approval for the works to be carried out to a school (details supplied), given the appointed contractor cannot proceed without this approval in place. [38771/23]
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School Funding
Patrick Costello
712. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received written correspondence dated 18 August 2023 from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for additional funding; and if she will make this funding available. [38772/23]
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Education Policy
Patrick Costello
724. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 13 July 2023 (details supplied), if she will provide the relevant maps for Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. [38816/23]
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
725. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if any of the 314 school planning area boundaries have changed since 2010; and if so, if she will provide maps of those SPAs before and after any such changes. [38817/23]
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Departmental Functions
Patrick Costello
833. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there should be penalties introduced for political parties that do not submit annual accounts; if so, how these should be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37458/23]
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Fire Safety
Patrick Costello
834. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of emergency funding for interim fire safety works in buildings with fire safety and other defects, including the amount of funding that will be made available this year, how it will be accessed and when the funding scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/23]