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Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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School Admissions
Patrick Costello
217. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51743/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update in relation to the review of the Derelict Sites Act initiated in November 2021; when the report will be finalised; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Patrick Costello
105. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the one-parent family payment; the number of applications rejected; the number of families receiving the payment, broken down per month, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51359/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Vacant Properties
Patrick Costello
292. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authorities that have drawn down funding from the available €180,000; the amount they have requested; the amount they have received to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50692/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
365. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of speeding fines issues monthly over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50703/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
366. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the total value of speeding fines paid, by month, over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50704/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Primary Care Centres
Patrick Costello
586. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials will meet with local residents’ groups in Drimnagh to discuss the timeline for construction of the new primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Shannon Airport Facilities
Patrick Costello
49. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at Shannon Airport on goods destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Shannon Airport Facilities
Patrick Costello
56. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is carrying out checks at Shannon Airport on US military vehicles which are stopping off enroute to Israel and other jurisdictions; if so, the number that have taken place in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
57. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider instructing Ireland's Permanent Representative to the UN to call for an Emergency UN General Assembly under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, as the UN Security Council has failed to adequately act as required to maintain international security and peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50316/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann, given the ongoing crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and his party’s previous support for the Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50367/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Water Pollution
Patrick Costello
102. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the plans of his Department to ensure the protection of freshwater supplies given the appearance of algal blooms on Blessington Lake (Poulaphouca Reservoir) and the recent environmental disaster in Lough Neagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50412/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Patrick Costello
115. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 November 2023, to provide the tendering notice publication number for the relevant tender competitions; the steps that were taken to ensure for Israeli companies that at all steps in the supply chain were not outside of the green line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50426/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Functions
Patrick Costello
118. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the parameters in which an inspection of an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders can be carried out; how many inspections have been carried out each year within the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50375/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Functions
Patrick Costello
119. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the parameters officials assess whether an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders has contravened these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50376/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
125. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will guarantee that the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will not invest in the fossil fuels or the arms industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50362/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Water Pollution
Patrick Costello
164. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans of his Department to protect rivers and fresh water lakes from agricultural runoff and to prevent algae blooms and other environmental damage from arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50415/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
184. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of Garda staff in each divisional protective services unit, broken down by rank. [50391/23]
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
109. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 1 March 2022, if her Department can provide the figures for 2023. [50101/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Heritage Sites
Patrick Costello
145. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the proposed bridge across the River Liffey at the War Memorial Gardens; the timeline for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49372/23]