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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prison officers working in Mountjoy Female Prison; the number of male prison officers working in the female wing of Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications received in each of the years 2019 to 2022; and the number of decisions made on citizenship applications in the corresponding timeframe. [23014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund transferred from the Department of Sport to the Department of Agriculture in 2010. [22714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund transferred from the Department of Sport to the Department of Agriculture in 2010. [22715/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis under which the hypothecation of the betting tax for the horse and greyhound fund, as is stated in section 12(4) of the Horse and Greyhound Act 2001, was ended in 2009 (details supplied). [22716/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money the State provided to the horse and greyhound fund in 2022; the basis for determining this total; and the key performance indicators or otherwise that the horse and greyhound industries must meet to justify their annual funding totals. [22718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Workplace Relations Services (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the provisions in relation to remote working as part of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023 will be published; if there is a timeline available on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people under 18 years of age in each Tusla local area office. [23015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in care, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in care with an allocated social worker; and the total number with no allocated social worker, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of under 12-year-olds in residential care, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children under 12 years in care, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have aged out of care in each of the past three years, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of young people in aftercare receiving an aftercare allowance, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on their third or subsequent placement in the past 12 months, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23022/23]

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: I thank Deputy McAuliffe for speaking as fast as he could in order to fit it all in and leave me with a bit of time. I too will try to speak as quickly as I can. We have very serious work to do. Many people have spoken about the silence of our forests and emptiness of our rivers now and in the time to come. There is serious work to do if we are not going to leave ourselves on a sterile...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: We are in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputies Funchion, Cairns, Murnane O'Connor and Brady and Senators Seery Kearney and Clonan. The item for consideration is engagement with the chairperson-designate of Oberstown Children's Detention Campus. At this session, we are joined by Ms Koulla Yiasouma, who has been nominated by the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how nature preservation and biodiversity initiates are being developed, advanced and supported in sports clubs nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund (LSSIF) will open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide interim funding for individuals living in defective apartments to carry out remedial works in advance of the general departmental scheme being implemented. [23667/23]