Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
Leathanach 1 de 22
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Abortion Services
Patrick Costello
27. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of abortion legislation taking place by his Department; and to provide a timeline for the completion of same. [23316/24]
Déar, 13 Meith 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Patrick Costello
28. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the families of individuals moved from Cherry Orchard Hospital. [23317/24]
Céad, 12 Meith 2024
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Water Services
Patrick Costello
97. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where an end-of-terrace property is derelict but the water mains pipework on the derelict site is damaged and affecting the water supply for a row of terrace properties, what the appropriate avenue is for maintenance to be carried out, given Uisce Éireann has no jurisdiction over pipework on private property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25625/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Departmental Staff
Patrick Costello
36. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next recruitment intake of Third Secretaries will take place; the number of roles likely to be recruited for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Foreign Policy
Patrick Costello
49. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all agreements, treaties and conventions Ireland has with Morocco, both bilateral and as a member of the European Union. [24973/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
59. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a breakdown of international development assistance funding provided to each country in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
60. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Climate and Environmental Finance Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Annual Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
62. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the commitment to providing at least €225 million per year in climate finance to developing countries by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Tax Data
Patrick Costello
187. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the implementation of each of the recommendations outlined in the 2022 Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Foundations for the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25166/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Banking Sector
Patrick Costello
188. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance for his view on the potential to introduce a windfall tax on Irish banks given their increasing profit margin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25167/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
336. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education whether schools (details supplied) have applied to create special education classes or for any other additional special education supports, given the demand within the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25350/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Animal Welfare
Patrick Costello
542. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update in relation to the commitment to create new laws to make the theft of a family pet a specific, separate offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24946/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Disability Services
Patrick Costello
667. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25526/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Disability Services
Patrick Costello
668. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of vacant whole-time equivalent posts across the 91 CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25527/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Addiction Treatment Services
Patrick Costello
674. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will give a formal commitment to an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the Usher's Island development that there will be a commitment to multiannual funding agreements, that a commitment for operational costs for 100 beds per annum is secured and that an increase in health and addiction care services beyond the existing €1.8 million core funding is secured. [24587/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
716. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 28 February 2024, what proportion of autistic people start on hormone therapy with the National Gender Service. [24847/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Medical Inquiries
Patrick Costello
717. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 28 February 2024, what medical literature underpins the National Gender Service's statement that unsupported autism can lead an increase the risk in a decline in the context of a medical transition. [24848/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
718. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 14 February 2024, if the National Gender Service will commit to collecting statistics on how many referrals are triaged as "New Gender Clinic". [24849/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Patrick Costello
719. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 23 May 2024, if, in the intervening two years, the HSE will be taking any actions to decrease the number of GPs who are refusing to work in partnership with their transgender patients to order relevant blood tests. [24852/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
827. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if all referring organisations are made aware of the reimbursement parameters around accessing cataract procedures in Ireland under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25274/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
828. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if the reimbursement parameters for cataract surgery covered under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme versus the EU Cross Border Directive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/24]
Máirt, 11 Meith 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Patrick Costello
829. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list and how much it currently costs to receive cataract surgery under the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25276/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
38. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide an update in relation to the establishment of a Gaelcholáiste in the south Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23900/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
46. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a new secondary school in Dublin 8, given the identified need in surrounding catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23901/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Overseas Development Aid
Patrick Costello
89. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to reach the 0.7% of gross national income for overseas development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23950/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Official Engagements
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on international engagements carried out by the Minister for International Development and the Diaspora carried out since the start of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23952/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Official Engagements
Patrick Costello
91. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on his Department's engagements and general relations between Ireland and Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23953/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Official Engagements
Patrick Costello
127. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on defence-related engagements carried out by the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence carried out since the start of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23951/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
282. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full and part-time staff, broken down by grade, working in the Residential Tenancies Board for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Departmental Data
Patrick Costello
283. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent Residential Tenancies Board minimum rental standards inspectors, per local authority, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Electoral Process
Patrick Costello
290. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will publish the specific address of political candidates; the actions his Department have taken to clarify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Immigration Policy
Patrick Costello
339. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update in relation to efforts to regularise the migration situation between Ireland and Georgia, particularly through the provision of visa waivers or work-related visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23954/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Crime Prevention
Patrick Costello
340. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps she and her Department are taking to prevent further attacks on politicians, political candidates and campaigners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23955/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Crime Prevention
Patrick Costello
341. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps her Department is taking to monitor and combat the increasingly violent far right in Ireland and to prevent further violent actions by these individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23957/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Road Safety
Patrick Costello
143. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the roll-out of additional average speed cameras and the nine new static speed cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23412/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Patrick Costello
162. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; the proposed timeline for works to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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National Parks
Patrick Costello
163. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 20 September 2023. [23379/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Local Authorities
Patrick Costello
205. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if extra resourcing will be provided to local authorities to allow for the hiring of additional dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23387/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Local Authorities
Patrick Costello
206. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider creating a centralised funding mechanism for the dog warden service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Building Regulations
Patrick Costello
207. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what additional steps he has taken in relation to the recommendations of the ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23397/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
231. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to join An Garda Síochána to date this year; the number of recruits currently in training; the number of recruitment offers made to date this year; the projected number of new gardaí to be recruited this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23395/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
232. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed charge speeding notices issued and paid, by Garda division, by month, for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23410/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Reports
Patrick Costello
250. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the CDNT National Report 2023 will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Medicinal Products
Patrick Costello
254. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 30 April 2024, if, given that a recent report (details supplied) found that 69% of transgender people access care abroad, his Department will commit to consulting with the transgender community before making any changes around EEA prescriptions to ensure continuity of their healthcare. [23319/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Gender Equality
Patrick Costello
255. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 30 April 2024, if he is aware that the "relatively new" area of transgender healthcare is over a century old. [23320/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Gender Equality
Patrick Costello
256. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 30 April 2024, if the widespread problem of GPs denying blood tests to their transgender patients is considered out of scope for the new model of care being developed by the HSE. [23321/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Reports
Patrick Costello
305. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Local Authority Control of Dogs Statistics Report 2023 will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23388/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Reports
Patrick Costello
306. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what her Department is doing to tackle the non-payment of dog control fixed charge notices; how many fixed charge notices from 2022 have been paid since the 2022 report was issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23389/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Reports
Patrick Costello
307. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how several local authorities such as Galway city, Longford and Tipperary did not issue any dog control on-the-spot fines during 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23390/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Reports
Patrick Costello
308. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider creating a centralised funding mechanism for the dog warden service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23391/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Community Development Projects
Patrick Costello
309. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will intervene to ensure that the Robert Emmet Community Development Project can continue to deliver essential services in the south west inner city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23398/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Patrick Costello
78. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the OECD review of the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Programme; the engagements she or her Department have had with the OECD in relation to this; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23078/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Crime Prevention
Patrick Costello
121. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update in relation to the operation of the neighbourhood watch schemes, particularly in DMR south, south central and west; the current status of each neighbourhood watch scheme in the aforementioned divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23137/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Youth Services
Patrick Costello
122. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update in relation to the operation of Dublin city south and DÁN Garda youth diversion projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23140/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Legislative Process
Patrick Costello
123. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the proposed timeline for the passing of the sale of alcohol and intoxicating liquor Bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23141/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
124. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 14 May 2024, the number of prisoners eligible for these programmes for each year previously provided. [23145/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Disability Services
Patrick Costello
507. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of clients engaged with CDNTs, broken down by area; and the number of such clients who have an individual family support plan. [22535/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Disability Services
Patrick Costello
508. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy basis for individual family support plans; the purpose of them within the services provided to families; the role they play in ensuring supports for individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22536/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
509. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the total number of under 18-year-olds in each in Tusla local area; and the number of children in care in each local area. [22537/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
510. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with an allocated social worker in each Tusla local area. [22538/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
511. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children under 12 in each Tusla local area. [22539/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
512. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have aged out of care in each of the past three years, broken down by local area office. [22540/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
513. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of young people receiving an aftercare allowance, broken down by Tusla local area. [22541/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Children in Care
Patrick Costello
514. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in care on their third placement or more, broken down by local area. [22542/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Road Safety
Patrick Costello
124. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the national safety camera enforcement strategy; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22199/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Housing Policy
Patrick Costello
191. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide further clarification on the scope, timeline and who is responsible for the development of a national policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/24]
Déar, 16 Beal 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
215. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed-charge speeding notices issued and paid in each county or local authority area, by month, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22200/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Rail Network
Patrick Costello
172. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the estimated timeline for the DART+ southwest project to progress beyond the planning application; and a timeline for the project as a whole. [21331/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Rail Network
Patrick Costello
181. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the money available for the Dart+ south west project to start procurement after the project receives planning permission. [21453/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Visa Agreements
Patrick Costello
438. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, given the ongoing situation in Gaza, she will stop the issuing of new travel and work visas for Israeli citizens coming to Ireland. [21307/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
439. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of group intervention sessions currently being run in the IPS to target criminogenic factors, by institution and by year for the period of 2015 to date. [21313/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
440. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for a generic prisoner to meet with both an addiction counsellor and psychology services for ongoing intervention, separate from for an initial assessment in person, for the period of 2015 to date, by institution, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21314/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
441. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for those prisoners in the Mountjoy Prison progression unit who are being put back into general population, what unique perks and rehabilitation services they will have access to reflect their progressed status. [21315/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
442. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of sex offenders who have completed mandatory group work of the total sex offender population by institution in the Irish prison system in the past five years. [21316/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
658. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of approved PrEP clinics available in Dublin; and the number of new patients each is currently accepting, along with an average wait time to be admitted to each service, in tabular form. [21854/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
659. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of available average weekly slots for the gay men's health service; and the estimated weekly demand. [21855/24]
Máirt, 14 Beal 2024
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
660. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he accepts that demand for PrEP clinics in Dublin is currently more than the capacity of the system; and the steps being taken to address the gap in provision. [21856/24]
Déar, 9 Beal 2024
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
111. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the proposed air dropping of aid in Gaza. [20749/24]
Déar, 9 Beal 2024
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Middle East
Patrick Costello
114. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a timeline for the recognition of Palestine. [20748/24]
Déar, 9 Beal 2024
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Climate Change Policy
Patrick Costello
139. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of the revised national adaptation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/24]
Déar, 9 Beal 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Patrick Costello
188. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of the national coastal change management strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/24]
Déar, 9 Beal 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
237. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice to list, in tabular form, all of the progression units in the Irish prison system; and the number of prisoners in each as a percentage of the overall population of each institution. [21035/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
Patrick Costello
81. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received correspondence dated 29 April 2024 in respect of the Gearagh; and if he can respond to the points raised. [20388/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
113. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the legal status for advanced stop lines at traffic lights; the offence that is committed when these lines are breached by motor vehicles. [20246/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Patrick Costello
120. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to confirm he will implement the ruling of the High Court in respect to the CIÉ 1951 scheme and take steps to ensure that the benefits of the scheme’s active members will be protected and maintained; and that 1951 scheme pensioners will be awarded their long-awaited pension increase without delay. [20379/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Patrick Costello
121. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to engage with CIÉ to ensure it complies with its legal obligations to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme. [20380/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Patrick Costello
164. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether he is aware that An Garda Síochána are using the ambiguity in law of the speed limits in the Phoenix Park as a reason not to prosecute reports of other traffic offences such as dangerous driving and overtaking on a continuous white line in the park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
335. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will liaise with her British counterparts to establish a body akin to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to perform a similar function in relation to the 'disappeared' of the 1916-1923 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
345. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been trained on bicycles in each Garda region; the number of bicycles currently in use by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20244/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
346. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of electrically assisted bicycles An Garda Síochána has; the number of Gardaí trained for patrolling duties on e-bikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20245/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
347. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice whether this is an “intercept detection” offence only by An Garda Síochána or whether such offences can be reported by the public to their Garda stations or Traffic Watch; the number of drivers prosecuted from 2020 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20247/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
348. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents reported to the Garda Traffic Watch in 2022 and 2023 that could not result in a fixed penalty notice prosecution as they were not processed within 107 days of the offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20248/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Patrick Costello
349. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice whether a person making a report to An Garda Síochána Traffic Watch is entitled to an acknowledgement of that report, and, where in the case that An Garda Síochána chooses not to proceed with an investigation of the incident reported, notice of that decision and an explanation of the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20249/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
356. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a body akin to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to perform a similar function in relation to the 'disappeared' of the 1916-1923 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20259/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Road Traffic Accidents
Patrick Costello
516. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides data to the RSA on all road traffic injuries treated in emergency departments and minor injury clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20241/24]
Céad, 8 Beal 2024
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Medicinal Products
Patrick Costello
517. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that essential medications, such as nozinan, required for palliative care patients being used in place of medications which are currently in short supply are reimbursed by the primary care reimbursement service to community pharmacies, in order that such patients and their families do not incur costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20242/24]
Déar, 2 Beal 2024
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Residency Permits
Patrick Costello
197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [20231/24]
Céad, 1 Beal 2024
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Electricity Grid
Patrick Costello
90. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the business practice among electricity suppliers to prevent customers from moving back to a flat-rate tariff if they have opted in-to a smart tariff; if this practice has been examined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/24]
Céad, 1 Beal 2024
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Mental Health Services
Patrick Costello
193. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has received a copy of the recently published report by Mental Health Reform "Mental health services & supports in prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences"; and if she will make an itemised response to each of the recommendations included. [19611/24]