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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children supported by Tusla’s education welfare service in 2022 and 2023, broken down by local area office. [4480/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals to the education welfare service relating to children in care of the state for 2022 and 2023 broken down by local area office. [4481/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: It is crucial that we remove any barriers that may hinder young people's access to politics and to the electoral process. In the words of my young Green Party colleagues, it would be deeply misjudged and even regressive to hold the upcoming local and European elections on a Thursday or a Friday, particularly a Thursday or Friday that would clash with the leaving certificate. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the gaps in bus service emerging in the Chapelizod area of Dublin. [4429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fines issued for dog-fouling in each local authority area in the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the scourge of dog fouling across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed an assessment of the projected requirement of school places for September 2024 in the Greystones and Kilcoole area of County Wicklow; if those numbers are available; if a plan has been put in place to ensure that every child has a local secondary school place for September; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.246 of 25 January 2024, if her Department will engage with Dublin Bus in talks to pursue a similar scheme to Bus Éireann to provide free travel for children, given the costs incurred by parents living in the city and the increased benefits in terms of school attendance and reducing private transport...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many inspections of the Dóchas Centre have been carried out since 2019 by the Office of Inspector of Prisons; how many reports have been published; how many have not; the nature of any reports not published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of private residential service providers used by Tusla in 2023. [4746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time and part-time dog wardens in each local authority area in the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4688/24]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: There is an issue with probation and prison I want to raise but I will wait until that comes up under Vote 24. One of the issues with prisons is that access to education in prison is often dependent on the availability of a prison officer to bring a prisoner to the education and the training. There have been plenty of times when prisoners have not had access to education and training...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: While I welcome the increase in respect of 24 judges the Minister mentioned, is it intended to recruit yet more judges? There are still huge delays in how long it takes a trial to get on. A criminal trial being delayed causes problems for the victim, for the accused, especially for an accused who may later be found not guilty, and for the administration of justice generally. The additional...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: As I said earlier in respect of the Probation Service, the number of probation officers in prisons over quite a few years either has been declining or has been static while prison populations increase. The number of prisoners per probation officer is increasing, so one probation officer now has a much greater remit. Their challenge is that a lot of the work that would previously have been...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: Part of the issue, however, is that even if we are standing still as prison numbers increase, there will be greater pressure on the probation officer teams who are there. I was looking at numbers going back six or seven years, but while the figure has not decreased in the past few years, that has to be looked at in the context of an increasing prison population.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: Specifically on the position of probation assistant, a lot of probation officers are trained in social work and we are seeing a huge challenge with recruiting social workers in Tusla and those services. Is the increasing use of probation assistants a reflection of the difficulty of hiring qualified social workers in the Probation Service and a reflection of the state of social work in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of a public consultation on the National Adaptation Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the Road Safety Authority to release road safety collision data for the Crumlin Road area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify whether the Road Safety Authority is able to release local area-specific collision data, as it has previously been stated that the RSA cannot provide this data due to GDPR concerns, but an alternative view has also been expressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will include mechanics on the critical skills given the urgent need to help expedite the roll-out of BusConnects. [5425/24]