Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Leave to Remain

Patrick Costello

519. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the most recent number available of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at present. [41760/20]

Leave to Remain

Patrick Costello

520. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at the end of each of the years 2009 to 2019, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41761/20]

Poverty Data

Patrick Costello

26. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which it is envisaged the poverty targets in the social inclusion roadmap will be achieved. [39664/20]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Patrick Costello

60. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the social inclusion roadmap; and the status of its implementation. [39663/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Patrick Costello

157. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he received the correspondence mail from a person (details supplied) on 20 November 2020; and if he can or has replied to the correspondence. [41022/20]

Special Educational Needs

Patrick Costello

38. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education her plans for autism-specific schools and autism-specific services within mainstream schools; and the preference of her Department going forward. [39666/20]

Special Educational Needs

Patrick Costello

80. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the plan for an autism-specific school (details supplied); and the roadmap and timeline for the establishment of such a school. [39665/20]

Human Rights

Patrick Costello

317. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts being made on behalf of the Irish Government to further highlight and end the EndSARS campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/20]

Northern Ireland

Patrick Costello

38. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to ensure the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) takes place in view of a debate in the UK Parliament on same. [38307/20]

Child and Family Agency

Patrick Costello

160. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will work with Tusla to ensure duty social workers are seconded to divisional protective service units as would be best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39079/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

143. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37911/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

159. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37912/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

183. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37913/20]

Energy Infrastructure

Patrick Costello

190. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans that exist to support LNG import terminals in the State; the departmental policy towards fracking and LNG terminals more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

226. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37914/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

267. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37915/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

295. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37916/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

306. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37917/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

338. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37918/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

412. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37919/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

452. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37920/20]

Defence Forces Equipment

Patrick Costello

463. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the value of equipment purchased and procured for the Defence Forces for each of the past five years by country of origin of goods and services and their value in tabular form. [38574/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

479. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37921/20]

School Admissions

Patrick Costello

497. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the sanctions in place for schools that fail to honour the legal requirement to include in their admission policies detailed arrangements for those not attending religious instruction; the compliance rates nationwide by year and county in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38221/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

543. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37922/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Patrick Costello

599. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for domestic refuge that went unmet in 2020 due to the fact that refuges were full; the locations of these requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Patrick Costello

600. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic violence refuges available for victims of domestic violence, by county; the capacity per refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37847/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Patrick Costello

614. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for domestic refuge in Tusla-funded services that went unmet in 2019 and to date in 2020 due to the fact that refuges were full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37848/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

616. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37924/20]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

647. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37925/20]