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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (6 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a commitment will be given to stop the policy of automatically cancelling first-time passport applications from children after six months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 351. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use his Department has for a plot of land (details supplied) between the Chapelizod Road and the River Liffey; and if his Department has considered granting the land to Dublin City Council for public use. [22816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Care (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for a child or young person turning 18 years of age to be allowed to stay on in residential care for 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the number of those requests granted. [22658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an independent external report into the penalisation of a person (details supplied) for making a protected disclosure in the Irish Prison Service will be published. [23117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to review the existing functions, powers, appointment procedures and reporting processes for prison visiting committees. [23158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to establish a penal policy consultative council to advise on penal policy. [23159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to allow for 0.3% THC specifically for the cultivation of industrial hemp in Ireland in line with other states such as the United States of America and Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (5 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: 693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been completed by his Department to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to fully explore the potential for growing fibre crops such as hemp considering whether these crops have a viable market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23075/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: As the Ceann Comhairle pointed out, one school is being funded for hot meals and the other is being funded for cold meals, and they are located right beside each other. I appreciate there are resource limits and it is a pilot scheme but it seems we are missing a trick here in being able to provide cheaply and easily an extension by simply treating the two schools on one site as one unit. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: Deputy Joan Collins could not make it, unfortunately, so it is just me. I am happy to speak on the Deputy's behalf. She and I both want to highlight concerns that were raised with us by the board of management of Mary Queen of Angels 2 boys' national school. It is a local issue but it has the potential to be a much wider one that would be very beneficial to address. Mary Queen of Angels 2...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status and progress of the ten recommendations in the Life Worth Living report by the arts and culture task force, including recommendation No. 1 to establish a basic income pilot scheme for arts and culture. [21486/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: At the end last year, we had a report from the arts recovery task force with a series of recommendations on supporting and renewing the arts sector in the wake of Covid. Will the Minister give us an update on this? Has any progress actually been made in implementing these recommendations, particularly that of a universal basic income pilot? As we heard today from other Deputies, the arts...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: There has been much talk in the media about the various areas which are suffering. Many areas have suffered in the wake of Covid-19 but, in recent weeks, most of the discussion has focused on restaurants and pubs. The live music venue and the general arts sector which is struggling. This proposed universal basic income is the best way to address the precarious nature of this sector. While...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the €50 million provided for the arts and culture live entertainment sector in Budget 2021 to survive and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. [21487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if the carbon tax was doubled and the 2030 levy target was doubled to €200 per tonne. [21370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported collisions and traffic incidents occurring at or 100 metres before or after Knockmaroon Hill, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 815. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 998. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to allow for a process for persons to apply for an exemption from the mandatory hotel quarantine as provided under the relevant health Act for compassionate reasons before they make their journey abroad and return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21711/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. In the interests of transparency, I should say that Dr. Logue, as a solicitor, is acting for me in a small legal matter. I want to pick up on something he mentioned in his submission. Paragraph 12 references that several cases have emerged where the data controller deleted or destroyed information after the complaint was filed. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: Yes. I will have a question for Mr. Schrems as well.