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Energy Usage
Patrick Costello
83. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how persons can get access to their personal data usage having installed a smart meter without signing up to a smart meter plan. [56961/23]
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Energy Usage
Patrick Costello
102. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will amend the legislation for the energy credit under Budget 2023 to include the removal of the exclusion of ‘low usage’ homes in cases whereby new tenants/owners move into a previously vacant unit. [57332/23]
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Road Tolls
Patrick Costello
182. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recent toll road increases and the specific effect it has on areas such as Inchicore, Chapelizod and the Phoenix Park with cars using those areas to avoid toll roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56565/23]
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Driver Test
Patrick Costello
270. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the actions being taken by his Department to reduce waiting times for driving tests in the Dublin area; the current waiting times, by test centre in Dublin; his Department’s target wait time for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/24]
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National Transport Authority
Patrick Costello
272. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport when the NTA will receive its 2024 funding allocation; and the reason for the delay to date.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1346/24]
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Departmental Schemes
Patrick Costello
274. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if the eSPSV grant is due to reopen for applications in 2024; and if so, if the eligibility requirements will remain the same as in the 2023 round of the scheme. [1361/24]
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Air Safety
Patrick Costello
291. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and the DAA have liaised in relation to the safety and quality control procedures of Boeing aircraft following recent incidents with their 737 Max plane; if either have liaised with the US regulatory body (FAA) in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1678/24]
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Bus Services
Patrick Costello
293. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will liaise with the NTA in relation to recent route changes that have left elderly residents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1722/24]
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Electric Vehicles
Patrick Costello
301. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport what action his Department is taking to ensure that all motorway stop off petrol stations are fitted out with both fast charge and type 2 EV charging points, recognising the fact that many EV users only have type 2 connections; and if he will introduce minimum standards to ensure that all stations are required to facilitate type 2 charging points. [1866/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Tax Credits
Patrick Costello
336. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if, given the ongoing housing crisis and the precarious nature of many renting arrangements, renters in non-registered tenancies can access the renter’s credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57329/23]
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Heritage Sites
Patrick Costello
403. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform given the recent announcement that exhumations are to take place in Mountjoy Prison to recover the remains of executed prisoners buried on site, if his Department will commence a similar scheme of exhumations to take place at Kilmainham Gaol. [1687/24]
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School Curriculum
Patrick Costello
659. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of second level education institutions aided by her Department, that did not provide applied mathematics for the Leaving Certificate in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [1588/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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School Funding
Patrick Costello
680. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the reason STEM grants were allocated on a lottery basis; the reason no preference was given towards DEIS schools over fee paying schools; the reason the grant application process was not advertised in advance nor noted that schools would be competing or operating under a lottery system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1877/24]
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Community Development Projects
Patrick Costello
820. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that a community centre is included in the plans for the redevelopment of the Oliver Bond complex in Dublin 8, given his Department’s funding for the project. [1418/24]
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
1019. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of hate crime and hate incident reports to gardaí broken down, by month for the past 24 months. [56617/23]
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
1020. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of charges and convictions under section 5 of the Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998 in the past ten years. [56618/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
1067. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases notified by An Garda Síochána to Tusla under the joint working protocol, broken down by Garda district, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57392/23]
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
1068. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of specialist interviewers under the joint working protocol with Tusla currently in An Garda Síochána. [57393/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Programme for Government
Patrick Costello
1126. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a Penal Policy Consultative Council to advise on penal policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1684/24]
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
1127. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Mountjoy Prison Museum; when it is open to members of the general public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1685/24]