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Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 to provide for swifter access to divorce proceedings. This legislation will further modernise our laws around divorce. Divorce was prohibited in the State until the 1995 referendum, which allowed divorce where people had been separated for four of the previous five years. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 658. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 659. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 660. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a timeline for the recognition of Palestine. [20748/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the proposed air dropping of aid in Gaza. [20749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Correspondence (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]