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Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
105. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the €50 million provided for the arts and culture live entertainment sector in Budget 2021 to survive and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. [21487/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
267. 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. [21370/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Road Traffic Accidents
Patrick Costello
802. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of reported collisions and traffic incidents occurring at or 100 metres before or after Knockmaroon Hill, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21395/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Naturalisation Applications
Patrick Costello
815. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
998. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to allow for a process for persons to apply for an exemption from the mandatory hotel quarantine as provided under the relevant health Act for compassionate reasons before they make their journey abroad and return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21711/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
81. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the schools which have been compelled to open ASD classes in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20920/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Patrick Costello
82. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the status of a school (details supplied) that is in tender for ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20921/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
83. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the status of plans to further compel schools to open ASD classes in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20922/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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State Examinations
Patrick Costello
93. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the protocols which are currently in place for a student with epilepsy should they have a seizure during a State examination; the process which a student must follow should they not be able to complete the exam owing to their condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21011/21]
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
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Free Travel Scheme
Patrick Costello
103. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider establishing the free travel scheme as a standalone benefit as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Transport in 2018 (details supplied); the investigations which have been carried out on this matter to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21010/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Israeli Settlements
Patrick Costello
880. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to oppose any annexation or plans to apply Israeli sovereignty over territory which is part of Occupied Palestine in view of the commitments in the Programme for Government that Ireland’s interests are best served by active and engaged membership of the European Union and to give leadership within the EU. [20435/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Israeli Settlements
Patrick Costello
881. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the matter of illegal settlements in occupied Palestine officially with his EU partners in view of the present situation of continual efforts by Israel to create illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine which the Israeli Prime Minister has clearly indicated his intention that they will be permanent. [20436/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Israeli Settlements
Patrick Costello
882. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the immediate steps he plans to take at the UN Security Council to oppose the illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Israeli Settlements
Patrick Costello
889. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to help ensure a meaningful election observation to ensure free and fair elections take place in the upcoming Palestinian legislative council election in view of the statement by EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (details supplied). [20544/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Israeli Settlements
Patrick Costello
890. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he has taken to prevent the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel and subsequently condemn those given UN reports (details supplied) that in the first two months of 2021 the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel tripled compared with the monthly average in 2020; the penalties Ireland and the EU will implement in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20545/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Autism Support Services
Patrick Costello
1057. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the provisions that have been made for the provision of ASD secondary school education for children in County Cork given the oversubscription of a school (details supplied) and the lack of alternative options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20061/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Gaelscoil Issues
Patrick Costello
1085. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if any of the post-primary schools to open in 2021 will be an Irish-medium school; and if not, her contingency plans to provide for the wishes of those parents who have stated a preference for Irish-medium education. [20651/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Garda Data
Patrick Costello
1419. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls that were received by the Garda Traffic Watch Service in 2020; the number of those calls that are allocated a number in the Garda PULSE system; the number of investigations under the road traffic acts that resulted from those calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19112/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Garda Procedures
Patrick Costello
1420. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if it is official policy that Garda traffic watch do not inform persons calling the service of PULSE numbers for their complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19113/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
1507. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when computerised medical examinations for membership of medical governing bodies will resume given that frontline workers are vaccinated against the effects of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18100/21]