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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: 727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions issued by the International Protection Office in the past 12 months under headings (details supplied) in tabular form. [37253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: 728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of affirmed decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal; and the number of recommendations that have been set aside in the past 12 months. [37254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Paramilitary Groups (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: 752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken by her Department and the Criminal Assets Bureau to tackle illegal paramilitary groupings in relation to their assets and illegal money-lending activities. [37974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: 762. To ask the Minister for Health when a school (details supplied) will have the following services; behaviour therapist, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist, on-site nurse and access to a play therapist. [37993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of community gardaí posts nationally broken down by division; and the total number of such posts currently filled broken down by division. [38241/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: Yesterday, in her remarks on her retirement, Ms Justice Irvine commented on how the lack of judges was hampering access to justice. We see this at every level of our justice system. A solicitor, Mr. Gareth Noble, reported on a family list in the District Court in Meath which could not be cleared despite the single judge working a significant number of extra hours. One case involved a man...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: I have lots of general questions but I will follow up on them with the witnesses afterwards. One of the concerns I have, in addition to those relating to some of the questions already asked, relates to legal frailty. If this legislation is ignoring the Corcoran decision, as well as CJEU and European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, jurisprudence, if the current form is not compliant and if we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: I want to start by making some general remarks. If we are going to quote the Sinn Féin funds case and Supreme Court judgments, we should all have concern - in the words of Chief Justice Ó Dálaigh - for the contingencies of "an improbable but not-to-be-overlooked future". I came across those words in Mr. Justice Hardiman's decision in DPP v. JC. His introduction to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: It is about the issue that was just raised. Given that there is a history of breaches of data protection and so on, and we are handing over such extensive new powers, is the assistant commissioner satisfied there is sufficient internal oversight to prevent misuse of these powers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: Picking up on the themes from Deputy Martin Kenny and Senator Ruane, there are many different things here that are being mushed together, but there are separate conversations and separate streams here. On Deputy Martin Kenny's point about demand reduction, yes we had partial successes perhaps in the mid to late 1990s, as Senator Ruane mentioned, but much of that was driven by the Rabbitte...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: That is more to do with our response to youth offending in general. I would not read significance into that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: Again, focusing on demand reduction and why we use drugs can help. Better interventions can help. On Subutex – I will stick with the brand name because it is easier to pronounce – when I was working in Merchants Quay 20 years ago, it was widely used in the UK. Yet it was said it is only coming in here now. We seem to be quite far behind. Better interventions are very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Patrick Costello: As someone who has spoken about both those things quite a lot-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to ensure that the privatised Dublin Bus routes, formerly known as the 747 and 748, continue to accept the travel pass for use on their services [44707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (14 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed timeline going forward for the proposed referendum on housing to take place given the closure of the public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44560/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional steps that he now proposes to take in order to help create the circumstances where Ireland’s recognition of the state of Palestine would progress efforts to reach a solution in the Middle East peace process and protect the integrity of Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will approve the tender process for works scheduled to be carried out in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (15 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will sign-off on the agreed pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 8 September 2022, if community training centres will be given the opportunity to input into the Operational Guidelines Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45396/22]