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Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Patrick Costello
716. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will seek an explanation from the Garda Commissioner for the reason all relevant Garda files into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the Glenanne gang have not been handed over to Operation Kenova; and if the necessary arrangements will be made for all relevant unredacted files to be handed to same without further delay. [1166/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
1007. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the projected timeline of the Covid-19 vaccination plan. [1347/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Hospital Staff
Patrick Costello
1021. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health his plans for a supplementary payment to student radiographers in view of plans to issue a payment and-or grant to student nurses. [1450/21]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Leave to Remain
Patrick Costello
468. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at present. [44172/20]
Wed, 16 Dec 2020
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Consular Services
Patrick Costello
138. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress by his Department in securing the return of a person (details supplied) detained in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43750/20]
Wed, 16 Dec 2020
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Remembrance Commission
Patrick Costello
261. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 9 December 2020, the formal funding mechanisms available from the State, not at EU level, for victims of the Troubles here since the ending of the Remembrance Commission in 2008. [43622/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Election Monitoring Missions
Patrick Costello
292. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures his Department takes to capture information on disability provided by election observers; and the way in which the data collected in the EU and Organization for Security and Co-operation in European, OSCE, profiles, the only criteria for selection of election observers, is incorporated in his Department's selection of observers. [43062/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Election Monitoring Missions
Patrick Costello
293. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the legal rights in regard to disability possessed by persons serving as election observers who have been nominated by his Department; the number of disabled observers on the roster; his Department’s obligations to persons with disabilities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Patrick Costello
311. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of fatalities suffered by the Defence Forces on duty with UNIFIL; and the identity of the cause of death by military grouping including Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in tabular form. [43432/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
426. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the plans that exist for an independent policing historical investigation unit to investigate Troubles-related incidents in the State. [42863/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
427. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if the An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has plans to implement an historical investigations directorate to deal with crimes committed in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. [42864/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
428. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the actions she has taken regarding the specific recommendations in the 2019 report, entitled Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past by the former Northern Ireland Commissioner for Victims, and regarding the needs of victims in the State in terms of the Troubles conflict, with specific reference to recommendation Nos. 12 and 47 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42865/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
20. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to ensure family contact for prisoners is maintained at normal levels during Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41668/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Prison Mental Health Services
Patrick Costello
40. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the way in which she will address the concerns raised by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment's recent report regarding the treatment of prisoners in terms of mental illness, restrictive regimes and the use of special observation cells. [41669/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Fishing Industry
Patrick Costello
45. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of inspections carried out by the marine service office into Irish-registered fishing vessels in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of these inspections that were unannounced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
89. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) had been placed under statutory investigation and were so when awarded funding of €280,000 in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42320/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Irish Aid
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to general concerns regarding State funding of charities for which individual child sponsorship is their major operational activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
91. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for the establishment of a fund for victims and survivors of events of the troubles in Ireland similar to that established in Northern Ireland as the victim's payment scheme. [42378/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
92. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the independent commission on information retrieval and the establishment of the body for which legislation was introduced four years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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School Admissions
Patrick Costello
359. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will start to compile information on the compliance rates by year and county of whether schools are including in their admission policies detailed arrangements for those not attending religious instruction as required by section 62(7)(n) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 and put in place and announce statutory guidelines and sanctions for schools that are not complying with this legal requirement consistently with her duties under section 6(a) and section 30(2)(e) of the Act. [41928/20]