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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
120. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with the International Court of Justice to provide Ireland's opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories in February 2024; what this opinion will entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Patrick Costello
143. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the development of a National Adaptation Framework; the timeline for completion and publication of the Framework; whether it will incorporate just transition and environmental justice principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47435/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Patrick Costello
195. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the value of all contracts for goods or services purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48042/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Trade Data
Patrick Costello
409. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the overall trade in goods or services exchanged between Ireland and Israel and Israeli-based firms over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Trade Relations
Patrick Costello
410. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department applies the whole-of-government approach regarding Ireland's policy on differentiation between Israel and the illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land; the practical steps his Department takes in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
427. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a timeline for when secondary schools that have been through the process of divestment will actually be divested to new patrons. [47293/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
428. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to detail the funding available to support patronage changes, including but not limited to legal and rebranding costs for both the outgoing and incoming patron. [47295/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
429. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she intends to publish a review of the pilot divestment programme and to provide a timeline for this publication. [47296/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
450. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 20 September 2023, if she can supply the roll number and name of all new post-primary schools established between 2000 and 2007, indicating the year the new roll number was issued and the school planning area in each case, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47442/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Patrick Costello
505. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department's professional and technical team will complete the review of a report (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be communicated to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48056/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Sports Facilities
Patrick Costello
578. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update in relation to the investigation by an organisation (details supplied) into the use of the National Stadium by a group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47958/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Fire Safety
Patrick Costello
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the introduction of emergency funding for interim fire safety works in buildings with fire safety and other defects; the amount of funding that will be made available this year; how it will be accessed; when the funding scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47524/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Fire Safety
Patrick Costello
608. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the portal within the Housing Agency for people with defective homes to access information and funding for remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47525/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Fire Safety
Patrick Costello
609. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update in relation to the provision of interim funding to allow for the commencement of emergency fire safety works in buildings with identified fire safety defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
829. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the plans, if any, that exist for new legislation designed to lower the price and facilitate ease of access to licences for public bars and off licences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48034/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
846. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for prisoners to see an addiction counsellor, by institution, within the Irish Prison Service system; the average prison time served, by institution; and the number of prisoners, by institution, who will see an addiction counsellor prior to their release. [48361/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
847. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug seizures in the past five years, by institution, within the Irish Prison Service system; the total value, by institution, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48362/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
848. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff, by institution, who have been suspended pending investigation for bringing illegal substances into the prison system in the past five years. [48363/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Addiction Treatment Services
Patrick Costello
855. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, following the recommendation of the Citizens Assembly on drugs, her Department and the Irish Prison Service will develop and fund enhanced prison-based addiction treatment services. [48481/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Patrick Costello
1260. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when the vacant positions of chair and co-ordinator at the Canal Communities Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force will be filled. [48232/23]