Results 3,161-3,180 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 465.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the slow processing times of the Public Appointments Service (PAS); if there are any plans to improve the processing times of the PAS; how many staff are currently assigned, broken down by grade, to the PAS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31217/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 471.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 549.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31361/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 620.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline in relation to the citizen’s assembly on the future of education; when it will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31219/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 630.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken by her Department or by State agencies or bodies under her Department's aegis against another Department, Government agencies or State bodies in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 660.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies, broken down by grade, specifying whether they are full-time or part-time, to work with the National Council for Special Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 661.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the National Council for Special Education is examining the demand for specific special schools and special education places in mainstream schools in Dublin 6, 6W, 8, 10 and 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 846.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 9 April 2024, to identify all second level education institutions aided by her Department that are located on public land; and to identify all second level institutions not included in her response to that question for which there is public land allocated for the location of those schools. [33260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 910.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of legal cases taken by her Department, or by agencies or bodies under her Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31373/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1069.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the vacant homes action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31550/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1045.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by State agencies or bodies under his Department's aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1066.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case will be examined for extending the croí cónaithe scheme work completion deadline, beyond the current 13 months, given the demand and lack of capacity within the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31547/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1067.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the croí cónaithe scheme review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31548/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1068.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the average processing times for croí cónaithe scheme applications, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31549/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1099.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at local levels, for example, expanding the use of compulsory purchase orders, strengthening the ability to pursue non-payment of fines or levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1100.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, launched in November 2021; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32272/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1101.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to work with local authorities in collecting the derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1102.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities requesting that they initiate a much-stronger use of compulsory purchase orders on vacant and derelict sites, noting the large disparity between various local authorities in using compulsory purchase orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1253.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of legal cases taken by her Department or by State agencies or bodies under her Department's aegis against another Department, Government agencies or State bodies in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31371/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1437.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based in Cobh; the number of vehicles available to them; the number of community guards over five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31098/24]