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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Equally, the information could be used to make responses by the gardaí or a transport police service more efficient by highlighting areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Reference was made to further surveys being done on drug use and racial abuse on public transport. I am glad that the members of the committee will be kept informed on this. I ask that all Members of the Oireachtas be emailed on this or even just myself. I would love to hear the answers to those questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I am interested in following up on those as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Thanks, I will. I have a quick follow-up question

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I know but the committee still has a few hours to run. It is fine; do not worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: If there is another member here, I will be happy to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Regarding drug dealing, there are many cameras on a bus. The drivers witness the dealing and it is recorded. Perhaps this is more of a question for Dublin Bus, but is there a procedure for reporting that to the Garda? It is a crime and there is evidence of the crime. Is it being reported and followed up, is it being reported and nothing happens, or is there a breakdown in communication?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I was referring more to stopping at the end of a run, downloading the recording and so on. I will follow this matter up separately. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his indulgence and patience.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Mulcahy report into planning irregularities in Donegal. [19284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a series of Programme for Government commitments (details supplied); the actions taken to date; the stage of formulation and the estimated timeline for completion of each, in tabular form. [18742/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 23 April 2024, if this relocation of prisoners will entail the progression unit remaining together; if not, if the prisoners will the general population; if the new location will entail the same level of services that those prisoners earned considering they are all on the enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details supplied). [18881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in tabular form. [18883/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: Recently the Policing Authority produced its report, Oversight of Policing Response to Child Sexual Abuse 2023. To quote the report, "The area of interagency working is a key area where continuing challenges present." The report highlights the need for enhancing multi-agency collaboration at a strategic level and at an operational level. The most straightforward way of doing this is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (1 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the business practice among electricity suppliers to prevent customers from moving back to a flat-rate tariff if they have opted in-to a smart tariff; if this practice has been examined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (1 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a copy of the recently published report by Mental Health Reform "Mental health services & supports in prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences"; and if she will make an itemised response to each of the recommendations included. [19611/24]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: A minor frustration in relation to this Bill is that it is yet another amendment of an Act that has been amended and amended. It would have been in everybody's interests to produce a consolidated version of the various amended Defence Acts and produce a clear piece of legislation instead of one needing six or seven Acts to try to understand what is going on. We certainly have a habit in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: It was confirmed to me in recent weeks that the progression unit within Mountjoy Prison has been closed and that it is being used to deal with excessive numbers of sex offenders. My concern is for the inmates who were in the progression unit, which is an important part of the incentivised regime policy within prisons. There are basic, standard and enhanced regimes for prisoners and it...