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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to protect heritage sites from damage, particularly damage with malicious intent such as theft or arson; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the unpaid vacant site levies due to each local authority over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26617/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I want to raise the issue of public health nurse, PHN, shortages. There is a general problem with a lack of public health nurses in many areas, but in my constituency, the public health centre on Old County Road has issued a letter that it is suspending developmental checks. Developmental checks conducted by PHNs are an incredibly important part of early intervention and of identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 11 June 2024, for an update on the implementation of recommendation 6A of the 2018 Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 11 June 2024, the particular paragraph of the mentioned 388-page report that outlines the risk as indicated by the National Gender Service. [26401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 138. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 11 June 2024, the level of decline in mental, social, and/or occupational function that has been found in the patient audits of the National Gender Service. [26402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of category-one adverse events that have been recorded by the National Gender Service, broken down by year, in tabular form. [26403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the practices of the National Gender Service that a conversion therapy ban "could have negative implications on", as stated in its October 2023 clinical governance committee minutes. [26404/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: Apologies have been received from Deputies Funchion, Murnane O'Connor and Sherlock, and from Senators Ruane, Ned O'Sullivan and Clonan. Deputy Pauline Tully will substitute for Deputy Funchion. We congratulate Deputy Funchion on her recent election to the European Parliament. The Deputy will do an excellent job. I have no doubt the other members of the committee share this sentiment. The...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister of State. She has finished where I wanted to start. As Deputy Tully said, I often hear from families who have tried to source an assessment or intervention in the private market and are unable to do so or are still facing long waiting lists. There is a wider issue of recruitment and, as the Minister of State has said, therapists are a finite resource. There is a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: The apprenticeship model is excellent and will certainly help with recruitment. Again, however, many of social work courses, for example, have vacancies in them. The colleges are not able to fill the courses themselves. It is not like the social work profession or colleges are trying to keep it as a finite resource. Students are not even going into college. One of the big challenges is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister of State. I will open it up to another round of questions and call Deputy Tully.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: Yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: Are there any more contributions?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister of State very much. I will draw the meeting to a close. I propose to publish the opening statement on the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the Minister of State and her officials for coming in, and the Minister of State for updating committee members.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Report on Assessments of Need for Children: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister of State very much. Normally Deputy Funchion, as Chair, reserves her speaking time for the end of the rotation, which is what I am going to do also. I will swap my third place with her 14th place and I will put her in third. She is represented today by Deputy Tully, who is substituting for her. I call Deputy Tully. Senator McGreehan will be next.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 66. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [26186/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the implementation group on policing reform. [26187/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: 68. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being unit of his Department. [26200/24]