Results 261-280 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 793. To ask the Minister for Health the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37927/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37928/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed in the greyhound industry, as funded by RCÉ, for the period from 2010 to 2020, by year, county and full-time and part-time status, in tabular form. [38248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 991. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37923/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: I have a lot of things to ask about but I will try to focus on five minutes' worth of issues. The agency conversion was good work and it has helped with that stability of staffing and workforce, which is so important for all sorts of reasons. The investment in mobile working through laptops, remote access, Wi-Fi dongles and so on not only reflects the way social workers work and enables...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care and Complaints Process: Tusla (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: I want to make one or two follow-up points on workforce planning and pick up on some of the other things that were said. If it is easier to provide a written answer to my questions, that will suffice. The point was made that Tusla's target was based on the affordable workforce, not necessarily a needs assessment. Has a needs assessment been done? What sort of modelling is Tusla looking...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (25 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will work with Tusla to ensure duty social workers are seconded to divisional protective service units as would be best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (26 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to ensure the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) takes place in view of a debate in the UK Parliament on same. [38307/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for autism-specific schools and autism-specific services within mainstream schools; and the preference of her Department going forward. [39666/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: I am curious to know the plans of the Department for autism-specific schools and the unique services they can provide for the children who need them. My concerns are of course with the dedicated campaigners for an autism-specific school and inclusion in the Dublin 12 area. Deputy Bríd Smith has been very supportive of them and would love to hear the reply to this question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: I thank both the Minister and Minister of State as they have met representatives of the campaign group and made time to do that. It would be beneficial to meet the group again and see the site it proposes for use. There is an empty school building and the group has engaged with the owners. These people have found a patron. They are putting all the pieces together and it would be a really...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the plan for an autism-specific school (details supplied); and the roadmap and timeline for the establishment of such a school. [39665/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made on behalf of the Irish Government to further highlight and end the EndSARS campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which it is envisaged the poverty targets in the social inclusion roadmap will be achieved. [39664/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the social inclusion roadmap; and the status of its implementation. [39663/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will start to compile information on the compliance rates by year and county of whether schools are including in their admission policies detailed arrangements for those not attending religious instruction as required by section 62(7)(n) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 and put in place and announce statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent number available of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at present. [41760/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at the end of each of the years 2009 to 2019, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41761/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: I thank the witnesses. I am conscious that we have a small number of people in here but behind them is a large number of families and children who have struggled yet were denied services and rely on each other for support. I thank the witnesses for the hard work they have done to support other families and people who are going through the nightmare journey that they have experienced. I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections carried out by the marine service office into Irish-registered fishing vessels in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of these inspections that were unannounced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/20]