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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of prisoners who had their sentence decreased following the 2021 audit of sentence calculations by prison, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the total number of cases in which prisoners continued to remain in detention following the expiration of their correct sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of legal challenges that were taken by prisoners due to errors in sentence calculation; the number of completed legal challenges; the number of ongoing legal challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the timeline for the proposed external review of the policies, processes and procedures for sentence calculation; if a shortlist of external candidates has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Irish Prison Service to carry out a review and updating of its current drugs strategy which dates from 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug overdoses which have taken place over the past five years in each institution in the Irish Prison Service in tabular form; and if she can provide details in the case of each if the outcome was fatal. [28000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture will be implemented considering that a commitment in the Programme for Government was set for within 18 months of the formation of the Government a target which has since passed. [28001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers dismissed by the Irish Prison Service in the past five years for breaches of discipline. [28002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015, tabulated by the alleged offences for which these were issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 March 2022, the number and type of enforcements issued to motorists for exceeding the posted 30km per hour speed limit travelling the wrong way on the North Road one-way system and for travelling on the Upper Glen Road cul-de-sac (details supplied) [28187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a meaningful proposal or issue an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) that represent healthcare professionals for talks to address long-standing pay and career development issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of the antiviral drug called paxlovid and-or other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies to patients diagnosed with long Covid beyond those with an immunodeficiency to cover patients who are affected with long Covid and are having symptoms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 653. To ask the Minister for Health when access to diagnostic testing fluorescence microscopy to identify fibrin micro clots in long Covid patients will be introduced in Ireland so patients can be prescribed anticoagulants safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the support that his Department has made available for research into treatments for long Covid, including research into the application of treatments currently available for patients with acute Covid such as paxlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27336/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (2 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) comparing the education systems North and South; and if his Department will take any actions on foot of same. [28635/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I appreciate this is not the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration so I might take Ms Holohan up on that offer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: One of the examples from a previous session was that of a child born to UK-intending parents by a surrogate mother in Ukraine. It has a very different system where she is not considered the birth mother but, in the UK system, the intending parents are not automatically considered the parents. That is where we get the lacuna. Is it about saying we will only accept surrogacy from a certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I had to attend something else and missed some of the earlier presentations. I apologise if I repeat questions. One of the things we have been talking about is the birth certificates and how we record these. I apologise again if I am repeating questions. What are some of the witnesses' experiences on that and being on the receiving end of these arrangements? Ms Rowley-Smith has spoken on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I thank Ms Rowley-Smith for that. It overlaps with some of the things we talked about this morning, such as interim orders and the idea that a presumption to be rebutted might be safer protection. What Ms Rowley-Smith has said has give us a lot of food for thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: I will try to be quick. One of the issues that stands out from what Professor Madden said is that double standards are not always necessarily pejorative. If we have different circumstances, it is understandable that different legal conditions may apply. Ultimately, however, and I do not think anyone would disagree here, the committee needs to ensure there are no double standards for...