Results 521-540 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list, in tabular form, all of the progression units in the Irish prison system; and the number of prisoners in each as a percentage of the overall population of each institution. [21035/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Correspondence (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence dated 29 April 2024 in respect of the Gearagh; and if he can respond to the points raised. [20388/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal status for advanced stop lines at traffic lights; the offence that is committed when these lines are breached by motor vehicles. [20246/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm he will implement the ruling of the High Court in respect to the CIÉ 1951 scheme and take steps to ensure that the benefits of the scheme’s active members will be protected and maintained; and that 1951 scheme pensioners will be awarded their long-awaited pension increase without delay. [20379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage with CIÉ to ensure it complies with its legal obligations to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme. [20380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Traffic Offences (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he is aware that An Garda Síochána are using the ambiguity in law of the speed limits in the Phoenix Park as a reason not to prosecute reports of other traffic offences such as dangerous driving and overtaking on a continuous white line in the park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will liaise with her British counterparts to establish a body akin to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to perform a similar function in relation to the 'disappeared' of the 1916-1923 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a body akin to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to perform a similar function in relation to the 'disappeared' of the 1916-1923 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been trained on bicycles in each Garda region; the number of bicycles currently in use by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20244/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of electrically assisted bicycles An Garda Síochána has; the number of Gardaí trained for patrolling duties on e-bikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20245/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether this is an “intercept detection” offence only by An Garda Síochána or whether such offences can be reported by the public to their Garda stations or Traffic Watch; the number of drivers prosecuted from 2020 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20247/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents reported to the Garda Traffic Watch in 2022 and 2023 that could not result in a fixed penalty notice prosecution as they were not processed within 107 days of the offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20248/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a person making a report to An Garda Síochána Traffic Watch is entitled to an acknowledgement of that report, and, where in the case that An Garda Síochána chooses not to proceed with an investigation of the incident reported, notice of that decision and an explanation of the decision; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Road Traffic Accidents (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 516. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides data to the RSA on all road traffic injuries treated in emergency departments and minor injury clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20241/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that essential medications, such as nozinan, required for palliative care patients being used in place of medications which are currently in short supply are reimbursed by the primary care reimbursement service to community pharmacies, in order that such patients and their families do not incur costs; and if he will make...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: It was confirmed to me in recent weeks that the progression unit within Mountjoy Prison has been closed and that it is being used to deal with excessive numbers of sex offenders. My concern is for the inmates who were in the progression unit, which is an important part of the incentivised regime policy within prisons. There are basic, standard and enhanced regimes for prisoners and it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: The challenge is that the tangible incentives the Minister for Justice referred to in her prepared response are gone. Moving out of the progression unit means moving from an environment with no drug use to one with significant issues with drug use, and moving from an environment where education is available to one where educational options are frequently closed, with fewer teachers and fewer...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: A minor frustration in relation to this Bill is that it is yet another amendment of an Act that has been amended and amended. It would have been in everybody's interests to produce a consolidated version of the various amended Defence Acts and produce a clear piece of legislation instead of one needing six or seven Acts to try to understand what is going on. We certainly have a habit in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: Recently the Policing Authority produced its report, Oversight of Policing Response to Child Sexual Abuse 2023. To quote the report, "The area of interagency working is a key area where continuing challenges present." The report highlights the need for enhancing multi-agency collaboration at a strategic level and at an operational level. The most straightforward way of doing this is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [20231/24]