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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 454. To ask the Minister for Health when an investigative report will be published (details supplied) on the use of unauthorised springs in spinal surgeries at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38648/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for completion of the internal audit review into the allocation of €19 million to Children’s Health Ireland to tackle waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida; the date at which he expects to receive the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the average waiting time on waiting lists for operations at Children’s Health Ireland for those with spina bifida without scoliosis and those with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the average waiting time on waiting lists for operations for adults with spina bifida without scoliosis and those with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 458. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the Paediatric Spinal Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 459. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the paediatric spinal surgery management unit in Children’s Health Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on development of the next LGBTQI+ inclusion strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38559/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams available under his Department to assist with migrant integration; the amount allocated under these funding streams for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38558/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of service-related fines Go Ahead has received in the past three years, broken down by the relative route/reasoning. [39254/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Courts Service (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the issue of enduring cuts to criminal fees, which is impacting on the criminal justice system. [39255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions have taken place under the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 since they were introduced, per year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39295/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 232. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 24 September 2024, the Irish legislation which states that pharmacists in Ireland are not authorised to supply unlicensed medicines from a prescription that is written by a registered practitioner practising in another EEA Member State. [39280/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Progress is finally being made by the Office of Public Works, OPW, on a bridge over the River Liffey connecting to the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in the Dublin South-Central constituency. This bridge was originally planned in the 1930s. It has, however, been reported that the bridge will be closed in the early evenings. This seems to be ridiculous. The war memorial gardens are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 40. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on public health nurse staffing levels serving the Drimnagh area. [39329/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Deputy Coveney may not be around for the debate but hopefully he will engage in the consultation that it seems we are going to undertake. I have questions on the consultation that I will come back to. One of the debates that frequently pops up here is around a constitutional amendment to allow young people to vote at the age of 16. It is a very sensible idea. However, the point was made...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Again, it influences but does not necessarily guide or become a target. If there is a particular thing one wants to achieve, for example, in the area of child poverty, it has an influential role. As was said, it is like an NGO lobbying as opposed to an actual target whereby there is a specific outcome that we must hit and we will frame our thinking to actually hit it, if that makes sense....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I wish to ask Ms Davidson about the consultation. She spoke about the large initial consultation and how they tried to do that differently but I am interested in the ongoing consultation and in subsequent rounds of consultation with the people of Wales, to help to continue to guide the work.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I raise the issue of the lack of gardaí in parts of my constituency. Inchicore has been without a community garda for many months. There seem to be internal delays in the Garda in appointing new people who are expressing interest in this. All of this extra funding for gardaí is being made available but my constituents want to know when we will see these gardaí on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the Office of Public Works-commissioned report from September 2018 to investigate solutions to the issues of gull control at the Jamestown Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes, if a small apartment building (details supplied) will be eligible to receive a reimbursement for fire safety remediation works already carried out either under the interim scheme or the upcoming Apartment and Duplex Defects...