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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that was distributed to each local authority from the local property tax since its introduction each year. [53039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 20 September 2022, if the proposed review of the Equality Acts will examine if there is a need for regulation to recognise epilepsy alert dogs and seizure alert dogs as service animals and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will overturn convictions for brothel-keeping on individuals who have subsequently been identified as victims of trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will honour Dr. Kathleen Lynn by naming the new national children’s hospital after her, recognising both her role in paediatric health and her role in the revolutionary period with both Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, and in view of the efforts to recognise the historic contribution of women to Irish society. [52819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of qualified educational psychologists working within primary care services and within CAMHS services. [53429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the site make-up of the proposed primary health centre in Drimnagh; and the timeline for its construction and operation. [53564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a court hearing date for the Security Industry Employment Regulation Order High Court injunction. [53628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will examine the feasibility of harvesting the excess heat from the proposed jet engines being bought to add additional capacity; if this could be deployed in a district heating scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53726/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: There has been a lot of talk about the essential need for independence. I would agree with that and underline that point. Senator McDowell spoke of the possibility of the inspector being neutered. I think we have seen that already, as Deputy Daly said, in relation to the reports that have been mentioned. Just to be clear, there are three reports on the Dóchas Centre, a three-day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: It is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Translation, as was said earlier, will be an issue throughout the justice system. Prisoners find themselves in this position struggling against issues of translation, but their experience of the justice system began in the Garda station and moved through the courts. What was their experience through that? We have had sessions here with people talking about the difficulty of translation in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the place-based leadership development programme to include Cherry Orchard. [53713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units that have been purchased by local authorities under part V in the past five years, in tabular form by local authority, year, number of units available to purchase, number of units purchased, percentage of available units purchased and expenditure each year. [53913/22]

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

Patrick Costello: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions that his Department will take in relation to the iNAP2 plan, to ensure that cross-discipline research is enabled. [53904/22]

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

Patrick Costello: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is utilising the research data generated from Irish research in relation to the iNAP2 plan to date; and if his Department has analysed it or requested any communication with the scientists in order to ensure that the research is translated into policy. [53907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions that his Department will take in relation to the iNAP2 plan, to ensure that cross-discipline research is enabled. [53905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is utilising the research data generated from Irish research in relation to the iNAP2 plan to date; and if his Department has analysed it or requested any communication with the scientists in order to ensure that the research is translated into policy. [53908/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Court Orders relating to Child Maintenance, Access and Custody: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Like Deputy Pringle, much of what I wanted to say has already been said. Just to explore something that Dr. Shannon said, the Child Maintenance Agency in the UK had many problems with enforcement. Has it overcome them? If it did, how did it do it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: The childcare law reporting project provides valuable insight and transparency through anonymous reporting on what happens in public family law cases, such as those relating to children in care. The legislation that set it up allows for similar anonymous reporting in respect of private family law cases. We need the same reporting in respect of private family law cases, involving issues such...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will install a bus gate at Mount Brown as a trial measure under section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to improve the new G-spine service; and if he will detail any other measures being taken to improve the reliability of the service more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54789/22]