Results 1,361-1,380 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists annually since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015 to date in 2022, by the alleged offences for which these were issued in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation of the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since its introduction in November 2019 (details supplied); if he will outline the training received by gardaí on the 2019 legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will introduce a specific targeted scheme to encourage car rental services to switch to electric vehicles in line with Government targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks and Wildlife Service (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the pursuit training which park rangers receive and if he will confirm that the pursuit observed on North Road on 26 March 2022 of a car by a park ranger in an OPW pick-up truck was conducted by a suitably qualified individual and was in compliance with all necessary protocols and relevant legislation....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will author a policy document advising schools on a way to establish after-school services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 344. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if schools (details supplied) will be included in the proposed mother and baby home redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced new minimum annual stipend rate for PhD students of €28,000 will be expanded to include current PhD students given that currently they will be paid less for their work that students who newly enter the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the public consultation on the disregarding of historical offences for the LGBT community will take place. [46873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated timeline for spent convictions legislation as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for legislation on the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval Bill which has been on the legislative programme for several sessions but no heads have been published to date. [46886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 441. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will author a national diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support that he plans to offer county and city councils to meet increasing costs as a result of general inflation, higher energy costs and public-sector pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid that will be provided for internally displaced civilians in Armenia, given the invasion by Azerbaijan of Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47792/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on measures the Office of Public Works has made in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to enforce the 30 km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [48290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Workplace Relations Commission (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will transfer the powers of the marine survey office to the Workplace Relations Commission recognising the powers of investigation held by the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek a human rights observation mandate for MINURSO when its mandate comes for renewal at the United Nations Security Council in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will put in place sanctions given the unprovoked invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan; if he will seek sanctions at an European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that his Department is taking to give effect to the United Nations human rights experts calls for redress for systemic racism and racial discrimination in childcare institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be put in place for those families who employ in-house childminders in the context of the reduction in the costs of children announced in budget 2023. [48400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the cut in childcare fees will apply to non-national childcare scheme registered creches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48410/22]