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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Apr 2022)

Patrick Costello: 1831. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historic use of sodium valproate, announced in October 2020, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statutory Instruments (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to the signing of a statutory instrument to give effect to the changes agreed in the CIÉ regular wages scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide a list of the stakeholders who have engaged with his Department on developing an appropriate regulatory framework for Dublin City Council to regulate and set standards for horse-drawn carriages; and the dates that meetings between his Department and those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Freedom of Speech (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps, legislative or otherwise, her Department will take to give effect to the recent recommendation issued by the European Commission on protecting journalists and human rights defenders who engage in public participation from SLAPP suits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the position titles and names of the persons currently working in the National Foetal Valproate Syndrome Assessment Team; the location they are geographically based; and the resources allocated to them. [22267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 537. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the foetal valproate syndrome liaison officers in each CHO. [22268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by his Department and the HSE to implement the 2014 EMA ruling in relation to Valproate specifically around educating general practitioners to the dangers of proscription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (5 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek the extension of the derogation originally introduced during the pandemic allowing AGMs/EGMs of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) to be held online given the increased requirements for ongoing meetings of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) to facilitate higher levels of engagements between directors and owners; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish a deadline for the delivery of the report of the Working Group to examine the issue of defective housing given the urgency of the matter for affected home-owners and the directors of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) who have fiduciary duties and under law cannot wait for a report and the subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that state backed low cost, long-term finance is being considered as the solution for owners of defective apartments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (5 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 888 and 889 of 26 April 2022, when the first of the intradepartmental working group took place the parties present; what was discussed; the outcome of the meeting; when the next meeting is due to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific funding for an initiative (details supplied) to be rolled out in all counties across the State. [22386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (10 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the roll-out of the electric vehicle apartment charger grant support scheme following the public consultation carried out by the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22762/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (10 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding allocated to and staffing levels in the National Educational Psychological Service in each of the years from 2005 to date in 2022. [22559/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the progression of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. [22748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (10 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress report of the Working Group to examine the disregard of historical homosexual convictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23299/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I raise the issue of staffing in HSE psychological services. I have been contacted by a young man in my constituency who, to put it simply, has been strung along by the HSE and given no real therapeutic supports. This, of course, is a wider issue and not just in my constituency. Initially, the young man was seen by a psychologist in training, but when the training period ended, the...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: Given that this is my first time to speak in the Chamber today, I will take a moment to mark the passing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist who was shot while trying to cover a raid by Israeli occupation forces in a refugee camp in Jenin. The shooting of a journalist trying to document truth is a tragic and deliberate crime that violates all international laws and norms....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Workplace Relations Commission (12 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals made under the National Referral of Mediators in the past four years; and the outcomes arising from same. [23937/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla (10 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I have a lot to say, so if I am to leave time for answers, I had better take a deep breath and speak quickly. Fostering is the backbone of our child protection system. We are lucky to have such high numbers of foster carers for children in care, as Mr. Gloster has pointed out. I have met excellent foster carers in my time, both in Tusla placements and in private placements. However, the...