Results 3,181-3,200 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will issue a visa (details supplied). [30004/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has included measures that will address the abusive practice of strategic lawsuits against public participation which increasingly threaten media freedom in the heads of a Bill in view that a report on the reform of the law on defamation was submitted to her in early 2020 with a view to bringing forward legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (13 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29566/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: I want to raise an issue that happened at the weekend, namely, the demolition of Khirbet a-Rakeez, a small village in the south Hebron hills. B'Tselem, the Israeli anti-occupation human rights NGO, provided video footage of the Israeli military bulldozing a series of houses that had been funded by the international protection consortium, the EU and Irish Aid. This is not the first time we...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Patrick Costello: I will start with the issue of private care, which the Minister has rightly identified as a huge cost for Tusla. Figures given to me recently show that 63% of young people in residential settings are in private residential units. This is a huge financial burden. We have seen a growth in private fostering placements and this has a significant marginal cost to Tusla also. The opportunity to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research capacity of Tusla; the number of staff employed full-time in the area of research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the last time a staff census was completed in Tusla; if he will provide the results broken down by local office; and the number of vacant posts at the time. [27385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care currently by local area office. [27386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under 12 years of age in residential units by LHO area. [27387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care who turned 18 years of age between 2016 and 2019 by LHO area. [27388/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons receiving an aftercare allowance by LHO area. [27389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care without an allocated social worker by LHO area. [27390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care placed outside their area of origin by LHO area. [27391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful prosecutions there have been of drivers that have struck railway bridges and level crossings in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by year of the incident including the offence which was prosecuted and the sentences handed down. [27119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful prosecutions there have been of drivers that have struck LUAS trams in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by year of the incident including the offence which was prosecuted and the sentences that were handed down. [27120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken formally with the CEO of Bus Éireann since his appointment; and if so, the issues discussed. [26846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the betting duty levy increased from 2% to 2.5%. [26854/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ambulance Service (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support provided annually by her Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 2010. [26512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 429. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost of increasing the Reserve Defence Force from 2,330 to 4,500. [26855/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick Costello: 613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 2010, on an annual basis. [26511/20]