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Tue, 11 May 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
442. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the reason children on the ASD spectrum are not provided with a special needs assistant in the early start programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23690/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
830. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will issue instructions to have a uniform policy nationally in regard to a partner's ability to attend maternity services such as appointments and births under Covid-19 regulations as opposed to the ad hoc situation which currently varies on a hospital by hospital basis. [24283/21]
Thu, 6 May 2021
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Passport Applications
Patrick Costello
84. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a commitment will be given to stop the policy of automatically cancelling first-time passport applications from children after six months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23314/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Departmental Properties
Patrick Costello
351. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the use his Department has for a plot of land (details supplied) between the Chapelizod Road and the River Liffey; and if his Department has considered granting the land to Dublin City Council for public use. [22816/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
428. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for a child or young person turning 18 years of age to be allowed to stay on in residential care for 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the number of those requests granted. [22658/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Protected Disclosures
Patrick Costello
480. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when an independent external report into the penalisation of a person (details supplied) for making a protected disclosure in the Irish Prison Service will be published. [23117/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Prison Visiting Committees
Patrick Costello
481. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to review the existing functions, powers, appointment procedures and reporting processes for prison visiting committees. [23158/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Programme for Government
Patrick Costello
482. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to establish a penal policy consultative council to advise on penal policy. [23159/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
611. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to allow for 0.3% THC specifically for the cultivation of industrial hemp in Ireland in line with other states such as the United States of America and Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23076/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Programme for Government
Patrick Costello
693. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been completed by his Department to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to fully explore the potential for growing fibre crops such as hemp considering whether these crops have a viable market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23075/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Arts Funding
Patrick Costello
61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status and progress of the ten recommendations in the Life Worth Living report by the arts and culture task force, including recommendation No. 1 to establish a basic income pilot scheme for arts and culture. [21486/21]
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]