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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Patrick Costello: I thank everyone for the work they have put in. I am sitting here furiously agreeing with them.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Patrick Costello: The unfortunate nature of social change is that one can campaign for years and see very little, then lots can happen quickly. I apologise since I did not mean to talk down or say to campaign more. I was trying to encourage everyone to keep going because I think they have done good work so far. Please keep going. By linking them with other campaigners and activists, they can see what...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: Few things we do in this House will be as fundamental as addressing and facing up to the challenge of climate change. It is, quite literally, an existential issue for life on this planet, not just for the human race. Biodiversity loss has been highlighted by several speakers already. We have to grasp this issue and challenge. We cannot simply sit on the fence or we cop out on this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: The Iveagh Markets in my constituency is an important historic monument that many of my constituents are concerned about. The rot and ruin of the markets at the hands of developer Martin Keane are a cultural and historic crime. While Dublin City Council is doing its best to get the markets back, the ruin and neglect are beyond what it will be able to address. I would like the Government to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cycling and walking officers employed by Dublin City Council who are funded by his Department; the number of outstanding vacancies for such roles; and the actions that have been taken to ensure such positions are filled. [1996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received by the State Examinations Commission seeking access to the deferred sitting of the leaving certificate examinations in 2022; the number of applications refused; the associated reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications approved by the State Examinations Commission for access to the deferred sittings of the leaving certificate examinations in cases in which students were deemed to have experienced a medical incident or emergency during their original examination paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with the National Transport Authority, Dublin Bus and other relevant parties to develop a plan for free public transport for school children, as exists in Germany and Switzerland, to encourage the shift from private to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commemorative Plaques (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will arrange for the unveiling of a memorial in Kilmainham Gaol to persons (details supplied). [1902/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 627. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that the Israeli Army has informed Palestinian officials of their imminent plans to forcibly displace more than 1,000 Palestinian residents, including more than 500 children in the Masafer Yatta area of the Southern Occupied West Bank; if he agrees that such forcible transfer of protected residents is a war crime...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 628. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories Bill 2018); if he will seek to pass it; if he will seek updated legal advice from the new Attorney General; the way that he intends to fulfil Ireland’s obligations under international law around the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Plaques (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 653. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 25 May 2021, if he will provide an update on the matter. [1904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider proposals from unions to establish a new system of redeployment in order to benefit teachers and to help solve teacher retention issues, teacher well-being issues and the environmental problems caused by the commutes of these teachers; and if she will meet with the relevant stakeholders in 2023 for an open discussion on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); if her Department has plans to utilise this building within the lifetime of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 1008. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a timeline for the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 to pass all legislative stages in Seanad Éireann; and the projected date for it to be signed into law. [2151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the plans to standardise the access and eligibility criteria across ETB YouthReach and Community Training centre YouthReach programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Community Training Centres (18 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the operational guidelines working group reported on the review of the operational guidelines applying to CTCs, specialist training provision and local training initiatives to the ETB FET directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1765/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: In December last year, Noteworthy produced a series of reports investigating the exploitation and abuse of migrant fisherman in the Irish fishing industry. This morning in the audiovisual room, I hosted Maria Delaney, the journalist who undertook that investigation, along with Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the International Transport Workers’ Federation to provide a wider context...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (24 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken by his Department to ensure the reduction in the wholesale price of gas is reflected in the sale price for citizens, given the recent fall in the wholesale price of gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (24 Jan 2023)

Patrick Costello: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of ethics legislation consultation; when the review of the ethics legislation report from 2022 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2789/23]