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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme can assist sports clubs and national governing bodies to champion localised measures and adaption to the ongoing climate crisis and drive the adoption of positive climate action across the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45549/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the situation where a tenant receives a notice to quit a tenancy and the reason given by the landlord is that they intend to sell the property; can the local authority step in at this stage whilst the tenant is in place and attempt to negotiate a tenant in situ property purchase; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (19 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when electronic filing with the central office of the courts service will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45872/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: I thank our witnesses and welcome them to the committee. I will start with a couple of questions for Mr. Copson and Mr. Riley. Some of the points that have been made by Professor Binchy and by others who have appeared before the committee focus on the interaction with others, the limits of personal autonomy and the idea that, in exercising a personal choice, you cause harm to wider society....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: I did not say it did not have any impact. That is not what I said.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify the 12 post-primary schools mentioned by her Departmental staff at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science (details supplied); the ethos and gender intake of each school, using Tyrconnell Park as a starting point; the actual distance on foot and estimated journey time for each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a penal policy consultative council to advise on penal policy. [46621/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: I welcome all the witnesses. It is unfortunate that we have tried to cram so much into this session as we could probably devote several hours to each individual topic in and of its own right. The aspects relating to the policing of Dublin city perhaps overlap to a certain degree with morale and the visibility of the organisation. We are all agreed that the visible presence of Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: Across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: Are there adequate critical incident stress management procedures in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: I have some observations. I can share time with Deputy Farrell. I have tabled many parliamentary questions about blue light training for drivers and it is just not happening. One of the issues in my head is that there are many parallels with the Garda representative associations and the Defence Forces, which also do not have a right to strike. In the past the Defence Forces have asked...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 1 o’clock Our Lady of Hope school in Crumlin caters for children with autism and general learning disabilities. It was opened after a long and gruelling campaign by local parents. However, when capital funding was made available for the establishment of the school, it did not provide for any indoor physical education, PE, space and the school still has no indoor space for PE....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: The school was newly established a number of years ago in an older school building. Capital funding was made available for the refurbishment of some of the classrooms-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: No, it is not a new school building.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: We need direct intervention from the Minister in this case. Deputy Matt Shanahan: While there is much to admire in the Shared Island initiative as it gingerly tries to figure out how we can all live on this island togetherbut givent ,he demographic destiny that is beating like a Lambeg drum now, it might prove to have been a little too slow and too careful to get the well-meaning enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain anti-seizure medications are not covered under the long-term illness scheme, despite being used in the treatment of epilepsy, which is a specified condition under the LTI (details supplied); if he will provide details on the processes required to have these formulations of medications covered under the LTI; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: I thank the witnesses for coming in and sharing their expertise. Dr. Dalton talked about how capacity is assessed. I run the risk perhaps of ignoring her warning about how it is not just linked to assessing capacity, but I want to dig a bit into how capacity is assessed. We now have the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, which has changed things quite a bit. I want to explore...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the abolition of wardship and the operationalisation of the assisted decision-making Acts and the Decision Support Service; how many applications have been received by the Decision Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the progress of applications for birth information and tracing, one year on from the coming into operation of the relevant legislation; how many information releases have taken places; to provide details on the matches that have been made via the contact preference register and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 85. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the timeline for the citizens' assembly on education. [47294/23]