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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was applied to both categories A and B vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10490/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if the carbon tax was doubled and the 2030 levy target was doubled to €200 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for the fuel allowance; the number of refusals for the fuel allowance over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special care places nationwide; the number of children currently on the special care waiting list; how many special care orders are active for children who are not currently able to access special care; what is the plan to tackle the growing waiting list for special care; and if he will make a...

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

Patrick Costello: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the eligibility rules will be published for the home energy upgrade loan scheme, and the expected timeline from submitting the application to drawing down the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of individuals in the last five years who have purchased their way out of the Defence Forces, in tabular form; the cost of this by individual, presented in bands of €5,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11202/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 166. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of individuals in the past five years who have purchased their way out of the Defence Forces, by rank, in tabular form. [11205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 167. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of individuals in the past five years who began training with the Defences Forces but left prior to completing it, and the amount paid by them, in bands of €5,000. [11206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the rationale, timeline of meetings and decisions in the lead up to and current withdrawal plan for the Irish Defence Forces contingent of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the withdrawal plan for the Irish Defence Forces contingent of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force given the increasing tension and potential for conflict in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the Reserve Defence Force recruitment competition; the number of recruitment liaison officers currently working on the reserve recruitment competition; the Reserve Defence Force's role in the future plans for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify whether personnel leaving the Permanent Defence Force are able to join the Reserve Defence Force while retaining the rank they previously held in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to comment on the medical resources currently assigned to the Reserve Defence Force and the issues highlighted in the past with a lack of resourcing resulting in slow progression of applications; what measure he will take to ensure efficient progression of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the work undertaken by the Office of Reserve Affairs to strengthen the Reserve Defence Force; the number of staff currently working in the Office of Reserve Affairs; the number of vacancies currently within the Office of Reserve Affairs; to clarify whether the Office of Reserve Affairs will only be staffed by current...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider changing the application for former Defence Forces members to join First Line Reserve and extending the window of opportunity in which former members could apply rather than only being asked during their retirement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he believes the number of former officers who were members of the Defence Forces First Line Reserve dropped sharply since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the plans to assign representatives of the Defence Forces to Irish embassies around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of personnel and their rank assigned to the Defence Forces Medical Corps annually over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of vacancies and, at what rank, there were in the Defence Forces Medical Corps annually over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of applications made to join either the general service or cadet ranks of the Army, Naval Service or Air Corps in 2023 and up to the present date in 2024; how many of these applicants were invited to take part in training; how many of these trainees completed their training; the rank at which...