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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: Last week, Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I attended a protest with the community outside the community centre on Donore Avenue, which was burnt down in a fire three years ago and has been sitting empty since. Now, that is a problem for Dublin City Council and not one for here, but it is a major one and is emblematic of much of what is happening in the south-west inner city. Even when services...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: The Minister of State said community safety is everybody's responsibility, and it is, but when something is everybody's responsibility, it can quickly become nobody's responsibility, particularly with Departments passing the buck from one to the other. That is why we need a multiagency task force to pull everyone together, as has worked effectively in other areas facing similar problems....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of court cases in which the Defence Forces were a party in each of the past ten years; the length of time the cases have taken to be resolved; and if his Department has a policy of delaying cases as a legal strategy. [28535/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of court cases in which his Department was a party in each of the past ten years; the length of time the cases have taken to be resolved; and if his Department has a policy of delaying cases as a legal strategy. [28536/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to avoid the disruption that will impact on persons, including the victims of crime, those accused of criminal offences, juries and others involved in the administration of criminal justice.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of death-in-custody reports that have been submitted by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to her in each on the past three years, broken down by prison; and the number from each year that still await publication. [28537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will list all reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons that await publication, providing details of date received by her Office and by the type of the report. [28538/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in publication for any report her office has received from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons for more than four weeks. [28539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (4 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department to ensure play areas in co-educational settings are catered to allow for girls to play, and not dominated by male counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (4 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons enrolled on community return schemes, by area, to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28681/24]

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: This legislation has received a broad welcome from Deputies and the farming organisations. However, there is a broader issue here in the context of how we approach rights and obligations and the enforcement of same. To be blunt, we have created a Byzantine mess of quasi-judicial bodies. There is ultimately a risk of constitutional weakness, vulnerability and challenge to many of these and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current levels of staffing in the Commission for Communications Regulation; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current levels of staffing in the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29869/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on tickets-door admission to dance events (currently operated under the special exemption order system) from 23% to 0%;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of staffing in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29870/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of staffing in the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29871/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of staffing in Tax Appeals Commission; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29872/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Information Commissioner; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29864/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Court (9 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current levels of staffing in Labour Court; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29873/24]