Results 101-120 of 1,915 for speaker:Patrick Costello in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown within the Dublin City Council area for the number of special schools operating in the area and their capacity; the number of special classes operating in the area and their capacity; the number of mainstream schools with special needs assistants, outlining the number assigned to each school; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to increase the provision of special education places throughout schools in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the review of contracts for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the Special Needs Assistant Workforce Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if her Department is indeed putting an expedited plan for the provision of a new gaelcholáiste or gaelcholáistí in the south Dublin area together currently (details supplied); and when this expedited plan will be completed by her Department. [17437/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise with the relevant authorities to introduce a school pupil's free travel scheme bus pass, similar to the free travel scheme for adults, recognising that children in rural areas can avail of free travel, but not those in urban areas, and recognising that, if delivered upon, this would be directly meeting one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure older people who wish to downsize or right-size are able to do so; the assistance provided in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17317/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would be willing to carry out a review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 and issues relating to the operation of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17322/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in instances where residents feel aggrieved by decisions taken or feel owners’ management companies are acting outside the scope of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, the mechanisms under which residents can submit these actions for review or enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison, which was previously used only for model generic prisoners but which has now had sex offenders placed there; if this allocation of sex offenders to the unit will continue to take place; if so, why is the facility not being used for it's designed purposes; and what...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners being put forward for early or temporary release in the past 12 months, but who were not released due to the fact early probation supervision is not available for them in the community. [17688/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide in tabular form a Statewide list of community probation teams, by area, the number of staff employed in each and the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure other addiction counsellors are sourced as a matter of urgency for the prison service; her views on the situation whereby in Mountjoy Prison there is currently only two addiction/MQI counsellors for the entire prison, given by her own admission (details supplied) 70% of the population have addiction issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 10 October 2023, if seven out of every ten prisoners have addiction issues, the reason millions are being spent on hundreds of new places in prison, when the money could be better spent addressing the root cause of incarceration for many of the existing populations, i.e. addiction,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the establishment of an independent examiner of security legislation following the enactment of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2023. [17877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to reports (details supplied) whereby a child with complex needs was placed in a special emergency arrangement, despite concerns that this setting may exacerbate their self-harming behaviours; the steps being taken by his Department to ensure children with complex needs have a stable, appropriate and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to statements attributed to Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance reported in the media (details supplied) of “immediate safeguarding concerns” within special emergency arrangements; to respond to Tusla audit reports outlining a “lack of recording of child protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to statements attributed to Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance reported in the media (details supplied) that some providers of special emergency arrangements do not have plans in place for when a child goes missing from their accommodation; if his Department will investigate if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to public health concerns raised by Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance and reported in the media (details supplied) of “high occupancy rates” in special emergency arrangements, reports of bed bugs and scabies infestations in some settings and findings of “obvious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 21 November 2023, if an update will be provided. [17310/24]