Results 3,041-3,060 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Remembrance Commission (16 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 9 December 2020, the formal funding mechanisms available from the State, not at EU level, for victims of the Troubles here since the ending of the Remembrance Commission in 2008. [43622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department takes to capture information on disability provided by election observers; and the way in which the data collected in the EU and Organization for Security and Co-operation in European, OSCE, profiles, the only criteria for selection of election observers, is incorporated in his Department's selection of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal rights in regard to disability possessed by persons serving as election observers who have been nominated by his Department; the number of disabled observers on the roster; his Department’s obligations to persons with disabilities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 311. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fatalities suffered by the Defence Forces on duty with UNIFIL; and the identity of the cause of death by military grouping including Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in tabular form. [43432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that exist for an independent policing historical investigation unit to investigate Troubles-related incidents in the State. [42863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has plans to implement an historical investigations directorate to deal with crimes committed in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. [42864/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken regarding the specific recommendations in the 2019 report, entitled Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past by the former Northern Ireland Commissioner for Victims, and regarding the needs of victims in the State in terms of the Troubles conflict, with specific reference to recommendation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for her statement. As Deputy Whitmore said, the Minister of State has inherited a broken system and has only recently come into her role. It is good to hear her say that she wants to end the constant breaches of the Disability Act. The backlog of assessment of need is coming down quite dramatically. On the face of it, that is a very good thing....

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: I am right down here in front of the Ceann Comhairle.

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: We will have to get the Ceann Comhairle a bigger chair so he can see me sitting here.

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: We will get the Ceann Comhairle a few phone books to sit on. Like everyone else, the Green Party welcomes this Bill. It is a much-needed modernisation, expansion and improvement of necessary services that work with very vulnerable people. There are a few interesting things to note in the Bill. The improvement of the child and adolescent mental health side of things is more than...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure family contact for prisoners is maintained at normal levels during Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she will address the concerns raised by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment's recent report regarding the treatment of prisoners in terms of mental illness, restrictive regimes and the use of special observation cells. [41669/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections carried out by the marine service office into Irish-registered fishing vessels in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of these inspections that were unannounced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) had been placed under statutory investigation and were so when awarded funding of €280,000 in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to general concerns regarding State funding of charities for which individual child sponsorship is their major operational activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for the establishment of a fund for victims and survivors of events of the troubles in Ireland similar to that established in Northern Ireland as the victim's payment scheme. [42378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (9 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the independent commission on information retrieval and the establishment of the body for which legislation was introduced four years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will start to compile information on the compliance rates by year and county of whether schools are including in their admission policies detailed arrangements for those not attending religious instruction as required by section 62(7)(n) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 and put in place and announce statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (8 Dec 2020)

Patrick Costello: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent number available of persons with an open application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds at present. [41760/20]