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Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Patrick Costello
161. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-coursing greyhound births are recorded contemporaneously on RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44605/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Public Sector Staff
Patrick Costello
16. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the measures being taken to protect public and civil servants from far Right demonstrations. [44125/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Costello
24. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, in light of the new polling published by the Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland on the impact of the Troubles on the population of this State, she will examine the introduction of bespoke troubles impact payments as exist in the North of Ireland and the island of Britain. [44117/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will commission a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44280/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Health Services Staff
Patrick Costello
231. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health in relation to a WRC ruling (details supplied) when the back dated payments will be made to all Sector 38 organisations. [44430/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Energy Policy
Patrick Costello
27. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a timeline on the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43750/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Strategic Infrastructure
Patrick Costello
57. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport when a bridge connecting Chapelizod to the C-Spine services will be built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43664/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Taxi Regulations
Patrick Costello
75. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the reason the NTA extension of vehicle age limits for taxis during the Covid pandemic applied only to vehicles up to 151 registrations but not 152 and subsequent years up until the pandemic itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44106/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Patrick Costello
121. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on implementation of the recommendations of the final report of the NDIS transport working group's review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. [43923/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Public Sector Staff
Patrick Costello
147. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason TVE staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas or Government Departments are not eligible for maternity leave. [43665/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
216. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the total number of 6th-class students currently enrolled in primary schools in the Dublin 8 SPA (2022-2023) in tabular form, specifying the number of students in Catholic, Church of Ireland, and multi-denominational primary schools; and the total number of first-year secondary school places that will be available next year (2023-2024) in the SPA, specifying the total number of spaces available in Catholic, Church of Ireland, and multi-denominational secondary schools. [43962/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Patronage
Patrick Costello
219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the number of places made available, by ethos that is, Catholic, Church of Ireland or multi-denominational, in first year in secondary schools in the Dublin 8 SPA in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in tabular form. [43990/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
220. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the total number of 6th-class students enrolled in primary schools in the Dublin 8 SPA in each of the years from 2015-2016 to 2021-2022, specifying the number of students in Catholic, Church of Ireland, and multi-denominational primary schools. [43991/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
368. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners, per year, by institution, from 2010 to date; and the number of probation officers by institution for the corresponding period, in tabular form. [43924/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Probation and Welfare Service
Patrick Costello
375. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners granted probation, by institution, by year, in tabular form from 2010 to date. [44108/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
376. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the prison probation trams stopped running any type of group therapy interventions due to the lack of staff by prison institution and, if available, the number of group therapy interventions that took place from 2010 to date by institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44116/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
377. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of addiction councillors by institution in the IPS, by year in tabular form; the number of vacancies; the number of prisoners by institution classified with addiction issues; and if she feels the current staffing levels are sufficient to adequately deal with the number of prisoners with addition issues. [44118/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Direct Provision System
Patrick Costello
427. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advocate for a child benefit-type payment for IPATs as included in the Government White Paper to end Direct Provision. [43693/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations arising from the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43967/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Rail Network
Patrick Costello
210. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport whether it would not be possible for Irish Rail to facilitate the 800 supporters who need to travel to Cork from Inchicore for a sporting fixture (details supplied) on Sunday, 8 October 2023, and for large sporting fixtures in general. [42622/23]