Results 1,061-1,080 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that his Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community report issued in November 2021. [13998/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 1167. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions that her Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community report issued in November 2021. [14011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fuel Prices (23 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Revenue Commissioners will be instructed to increase the standard mileage allowance for HSE staff to account for the rising price of petrol and diesel. [15243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the provision of an open step down prison for women in Ireland recognising the positive rehabilitative and reintegrative outcomes which they bring. [16226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will order the full rolling out of the Traveller in Prison Initiative by a charitable trust (details supplied) across all penal institutions in the State. [16227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the LUAS red line services have been stopped from 2020 to date by month and by reason for suspension of service and duration of suspension of service in tabular form. [15996/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the proposals contained in a recent report (details supplied); his views on whether the proposal that this entire situation should be referred to the International Criminal Court; his further views on whether an international tribunal should be established to try alleged perpetrators of international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have availed of the Ireland investor visa in the past three years; and the nationalities of each. [16002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if frontline homeless workers, such as those working with the charities (details supplied) with be included under the Covid Recognition Payment Scheme. [16441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (29 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that his Department will take to protect the Irish market from an increase in market prices for timber (details supplied), which, if left unprotected, will further exacerbate the housing crisis. [16461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Capital Expenditure Programme (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was provided by his Department specifically for children's playgrounds in the past five years. [16730/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Agreements (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [16753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a legal aid body which specialises in employment law, recognising the critical need for this service given that in 2020 it was the most queried legal area by the general public with the Free Legal Aid Service. [16917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the gap in the provision of legal aid in which currently there is no right to legal aid if a person has proceedings before a tribunal. [16921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will transition justice system terminology to a more modern English equivalent which would replace Latin terminology and phrases such as ad litem, thus aiding greater comprehension by the general public. [16919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish in the area of environmental law a specialist planning and environmental law court; and if, given the time-sensitive nature of such cases, she will make a duty judge available on a 24/7 basis to hear applications for interlocutory injunctions in environmental matters such as exists in other jurisdictions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide specific funding to FLAC to expand its Traveller legal service which currently only has one solicitor, recognising the need to fund Traveller-specific reports given their over-representation in the IPS. [16922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (30 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the current legal process relating to cases concerning international protection, moving to a model of early legal intervention as proposed by an organisation (details supplied). [16923/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (31 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an update will be provided on the implementation of the works introduced on 28 February 2022 as part of the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Report; and the steps that have been taken to ensure motorists adhere to the new 30km/h speed limit in view of the fact that users feedback low compliance with the speed limit....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (31 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the data that the surface mounted counters reveal about traffic volumes and speeds in the first month since the introduction of the new 30km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park in tabular form. [17136/22]