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Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Patrick Costello
886. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the scheme for self-employed workers to earn up to €480 a month and retain the PUP to PAYE workers. [32941/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Patrick Costello
887. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a scheme in place for PAYE workers to work part-time while receiving the PUP. [32942/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Departmental Funding
Patrick Costello
967. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021 [33134/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Prisoner Welfare
Patrick Costello
1071. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice her plans to address concerns regarding the rise in the incidence of individuals being held in 19- to 21-plus hour isolation in prisons; her plans to minimise the use of solitary confinement in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33409/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
1244. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of close contacts contacted via the Covid-19 tracker application since it was launched by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
1285. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason applicants with clinical experience and qualifications are considered for Covid-19 work, with specific reference to non-clinical tracers' applications for the HSE Be on Call for Ireland programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32929/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Health Services Funding
Patrick Costello
1322. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021. [33133/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Patrick Costello
1480. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the recent announcement of €2.4 million allocated to the greyhound industry. [33589/20]
Thu, 22 Oct 2020
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
132. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the amount of the funding allocated to Tusla in Budget 2021 which will go towards the delivery of the expansion of the in-house model of therapeutic services to children and carers in Tusla as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32103/20]
Thu, 22 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Patrick Costello
163. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the official policy on partners attending antenatal appointments; and if he will address the differing policies currently in operation in maternity hospitals [32093/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Health Services Funding
Patrick Costello
228. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a resource centre (details supplied) has not received an increase in funding since 2010; and if he will provide pay restoration to 2020 levels for this group [31823/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Alcohol Treatment Services
Patrick Costello
235. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to support the delivery of community action on alcohol from the additional funding announced within Budget 2020 with specific reference to funding for the Alcohol Subgroup of the Canal Communities Regional Drug and the Alcohol Task Force. [31881/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
447. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of children under 12 years of age in Tusla care by area. [31149/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
448. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of children in Tusla care placed outside their area of origin by local office. [31152/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Traveller Community
Patrick Costello
695. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding that will be allocated towards services for members of the Traveller community in view of the increased funding for mental health announced under budget 2021. [31474/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
156. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the increase in demolitions and seizures of Palestinian structures in the West Bank (details supplied); the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30754/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
157. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a school in Ras al-Tin near Ramallah (details supplied) that is at risk of imminent demolition; the steps his Department has taken to prevent the demolition of the school and other schools and structures in the West Bank; and the steps his Department has taken to secure compensation for demolished or seized aid. [30755/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Child Protection
Patrick Costello
224. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the steps being taken to monitor and screen for child trafficking victims in foster care or vulnerable situations who may be more easily recruited into exploitative situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Human Trafficking
Patrick Costello
239. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to review and introduce further regulations to protect workers in the fishing sector in view of an organisation (details supplied) grading the Government an F for the third year running for failing to protect workers in the fishing industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30721/20]
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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Human Trafficking
Patrick Costello
240. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice her plans to review regulations to protect potential trafficking victims in the fishing sector in view of the downgrading of Ireland to a tier 2 watch list country for not doing enough to combat trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30722/20]