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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (17 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a moratorium on the issuing of new taxi licences for 2022 recognising the need for existing taxi drivers to resume full-time work after the pandemic. [32438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the matter of pay for public defender barristers who currently due to cuts from 2008 to 2011, are paid in line with rates set in 2002 whilst State solicitors who work on the same cases are paid at rate fixed as a result of pay restoration in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32878/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: I have written to the Taoiseach and the Departments of Justice and Foreign Affairs about the independent commission on information retrieval, which is an integral part of the various agreements on Northern Ireland, including the Stormont House and New Decade, New Approach agreements. The agreement setting up the commission was signed in 2015 and was laid before the House in January 2016. It...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: Regarding voluntary care agreements, a recent study by UCC highlighted some of the contentious issues and outlined options for reform. If it has not already done so, it would be useful if the Department engaged with the team in UCC that conducted this research and suggested these reforms. I sent the Minister's office some information. These independent advocacy services are important, and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: Apologies, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Unfortunately, as a Dublin Deputy, I had to go home to deal with family issues. I was attempting to stick to the schedule. It is not fair. We talk about this job not being family friendly, but it is not fair to-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Children in Care (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: What I wish to raise as a Topical Issue matter is the issue of support for parents who are engaged with Tusla in respect of child protection concerns and whose children are in care. The reality is that this is a group of parents are often quite stigmatised and receive very little support. Tusla will do its best to support a family to prevent a child coming into care but once a child comes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Hubs (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the parameters for the criteria that qualify a business as a start up for the purposes of receiving the employment wage subsidy scheme which is currently capped at 37 weeks trading in 2019 for eligibility in 2020 recognising that a business takes at least one year to establish itself such as a business (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 331. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for a benefit under the Israel-Ireland double taxation agreement in each of the past five years; the number that required further investigation; the number that were rejected; the number that were rejected in particular due to the fact that the company, person or income to be taxed was based in illegally occupied territories to which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the opening of the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 from 6:30pm for the summer season. [31130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if secretarial assistants are currently employed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; the number that have applied for incremental credit; the number of total years of past experience that have been disregarded under the policy of disregarding three years per application; the estimated cost to add the disregarded years to credit for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the upcoming fourth anniversary of the authorship of the report A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council by a person (details supplied) will be published. [30824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 658. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make provisions for parents to apply for passports for their children who are unregistered and without a birth certificate deeming them unable to apply for a passport due to the ongoing HSE hacking issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30952/21]

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are discussing a very important issue that can be cut down to essential human rights and human dignity. Travellers in Ireland suffer through the intersection of poverty, social exclusion, poor access to education, poor health outcomes, high levels of homelessness and higher levels of mental health difficulties and suicide. All of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an independent review of the processes of the Data Protection Commission as called for by an organisation (details supplied). [27843/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (2 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that a United Nations database of companies operating in occupied Western Sahara is established similar to that which currently exists for occupied Palestine. [29907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (1 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful prosecutions of drivers who have struck the Luas in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, including the offence which was prosecuted and the sentences that were handed down in tabular form. [29649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Patrick Costello: 358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); and if he will furnish details of any enquires his Department has made to the US Senate or any other relevant body regarding the potential impact this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total annual budget of the SEAI on an annual basis; the number of applicants for various grants; and the average grant award and number of rejected applications for the past five years, in tabular form. [28939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (26 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when children’s swimming lessons will resume in line with public health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28548/21]