Results 141-160 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 18 additional ambulances. [26850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 934. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the provisions in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, in particular the increase in income limits for medical card assessments for persons 70 years of age or over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27035/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 1016. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for marketing and promotional expenditure within An Bord Bia increased by 7%. [26856/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: Deputy Patrick Costello of the Green Party, representing Dublin South-Central.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research capacity of Tusla; the number of staff employed full-time in the area of research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the last time a staff census was completed in Tusla; if he will provide the results broken down by local office; and the number of vacant posts at the time. [27385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care currently by local area office. [27386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under 12 years of age in residential units by LHO area. [27387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care who turned 18 years of age between 2016 and 2019 by LHO area. [27388/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons receiving an aftercare allowance by LHO area. [27389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care without an allocated social worker by LHO area. [27390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care placed outside their area of origin by LHO area. [27391/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: I will start with the issue of private care, which the Minister has rightly identified as a huge cost for Tusla. Figures given to me recently show that 63% of young people in residential settings are in private residential units. This is a huge financial burden. We have seen a growth in private fostering placements and this has a significant marginal cost to Tusla also. The opportunity to...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: I want to raise an issue that happened at the weekend, namely, the demolition of Khirbet a-Rakeez, a small village in the south Hebron hills. B'Tselem, the Israeli anti-occupation human rights NGO, provided video footage of the Israeli military bulldozing a series of houses that had been funded by the international protection consortium, the EU and Irish Aid. This is not the first time we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which and the reason it was decided that embassies would refuse to process the issuing of visas that have been granted for travel here; if this decision was made in relation to all embassies; and if not, the embassies to which it relates. [30003/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of Tusla in residential placements in the United Kingdom; the number on short term or specialist placements; the number on long term placements; the implications of Brexit on these placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29570/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of Tusla in foster placements in the United Kingdom; the number on short term or specialist placements; the number on long term placements; the implications of Brexit on these placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged under 12 and aged under 18 resident here by Tusla LHO area in tabular form. [29853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will issue a visa (details supplied). [30004/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has included measures that will address the abusive practice of strategic lawsuits against public participation which increasingly threaten media freedom in the heads of a Bill in view that a report on the reform of the law on defamation was submitted to her in early 2020 with a view to bringing forward legislative...