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

Patrick Costello: I am conscious that Mr. Schrems has a European-wide view on matters. We have seen Germany take efforts to bring enforcement against Google without involving Dublin and, recently, Italy side-stepping Dublin in regard to TikTok. What else is happening in Europe that we should be aware of that will likely further isolate Ireland? I ask Mr. Schrems to give an example of where policies and...

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

Patrick Costello: I thank the witnesses in this session. This is a highly complex issue. As our time is limited, I will quickly put my questions. It is important we critically examine and review these issues. Hopefully, as the Chairman and the commissioner, Ms Dixon, said, this will be the first of several conversations we will have. It would be good to invite the commissioner to come before the committee...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools which have been compelled to open ASD classes in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20920/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to further compel schools to open ASD classes in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) that is in tender for ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20921/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols which are currently in place for a student with epilepsy should they have a seizure during a State examination; the process which a student must follow should they not be able to complete the exam owing to their condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (22 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider establishing the free travel scheme as a standalone benefit as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Transport in 2018 (details supplied); the investigations which have been carried out on this matter to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21010/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: The urgency of climate change cannot be understated with any seriousness or reasonableness. As such, the importance and urgency of this legislation equally cannot reasonably or seriously be understated. This important legislation provides a starting point for systemic change and is a key step towards setting an agenda for ensuring our planet's future, our children's future and our shared...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 881. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the matter of illegal settlements in occupied Palestine officially with his EU partners in view of the present situation of continual efforts by Israel to create illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine which the Israeli Prime Minister has clearly indicated his intention that they will be permanent. [20436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 882. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the immediate steps he plans to take at the UN Security Council to oppose the illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 889. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to help ensure a meaningful election observation to ensure free and fair elections take place in the upcoming Palestinian legislative council election in view of the statement by EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (details supplied). [20544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 880. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to oppose any annexation or plans to apply Israeli sovereignty over territory which is part of Occupied Palestine in view of the commitments in the Programme for Government that Ireland’s interests are best served by active and engaged membership of the European Union and to give leadership within the EU....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 890. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he has taken to prevent the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel and subsequently condemn those given UN reports (details supplied) that in the first two months of 2021 the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel tripled compared with the monthly average in 2020; the penalties Ireland and the EU will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made for the provision of ASD secondary school education for children in County Cork given the oversubscription of a school (details supplied) and the lack of alternative options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1085. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the post-primary schools to open in 2021 will be an Irish-medium school; and if not, her contingency plans to provide for the wishes of those parents who have stated a preference for Irish-medium education. [20651/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls that were received by the Garda Traffic Watch Service in 2020; the number of those calls that are allocated a number in the Garda PULSE system; the number of investigations under the road traffic acts that resulted from those calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is official policy that Garda traffic watch do not inform persons calling the service of PULSE numbers for their complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1507. To ask the Minister for Health when computerised medical examinations for membership of medical governing bodies will resume given that frontline workers are vaccinated against the effects of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18100/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that no dossiers are held on families impacted by epilim - sodium valproate historically or otherwise. [18246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (21 Apr 2021)

Patrick Costello: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency attended any of the sodium valproate project group meetings; and, if so, the reason the agency would be in attendance of the meetings. [18247/21]