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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to the Lucan to city centre BusConnects scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to the accuracy of the real time tracking of Dublin Bus services, and how this is being improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53775/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what conditions must be met under section 39 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 for civil proceedings to be instituted by him on behalf of an employee for the recovery of an amount owed to an employee under section 24 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 22 November 2023, which local authorities made submissions and which local authorities are represented on the working group. [53822/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Constitution, how many Irish citizens have applied for permission to receive a title from a foreign state, in tabular form, since the constitution came into being, broken down by year; whether such an application was accepted or not; and the state that proposed to grant the title. [54042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what penalties, if any, exist for those who are in breach of Article 40.2.2 of the Constitution and accept foreign titles without Irish Government permission. [54043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (6 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a requirement to provide type 2 charging connections at all EV charging hubs in the State with a particular reference to service stations on or just off motorways. [53968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (6 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on talks between her Department regarding the disparity in pay between Tús and CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (6 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State considers those living in Northern Ireland who are eligible to Irish citizenship as enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement to be Irish from birth. [54040/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: I welcome the Minister. She mentioned earlier the graduated response the Garda uses. The Commissioner used that term as well, but surely the beginning of any graduated response should be prevention. Particularly when dealing with groups that are deliberately organising, the prevention should be looking at and dealing with them. The Minister says that there have been 800 protests this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: The Act allows the Minister to give directions and revise priorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: I will keep my question very short. It is not just about the Minister asking the Commissioner what he needs. It is about her saying that, as a Government, we feel the State needs a certain thing or that a certain area should be a priority. There is a clear escalation here. Arson attacks are increasing. There are communities where there are vigilante patrols, where people feel law and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: It is not just about powers. It is about priorities as well.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: Dublin 8 in the south west inner city has a population of about 50,000 people but not a single playing pitch. Sites have been identified at St. Teresa's Gardens and Marrowbone Lane but so far, Dublin City Council has not delivered. An interim solution was agreed in 2017 but that has not progressed at all. Dublin City Council, the LDA and various developers are involved in the area but the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role and function of a company (details supplied), a consortium of producers operating within the Republic of Ireland; what relationship it has with his Department; what duties it has been sanctioned by his Department; and what are its responsibilities in relation to the Single Use Plastics Directive; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how Dublin Bus is planning to make transport more accessible for people with mobility issues and particularly for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the BusConnects scheme considered the access needs of people with mobility issues such as wheelchair users in the redesign of the Dublin Bus network, particularly in the context of interchanging between different bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans are in place to review the effectiveness of the newly established bus routes rolled out as part of BusConnects phase 5b, particularly the local routes such as the L55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that pension parity continues between existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána after the expiration of the ‘building momentum’ pay deal [54892/23]