Results 541-560 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (1 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the business practice among electricity suppliers to prevent customers from moving back to a flat-rate tariff if they have opted in-to a smart tariff; if this practice has been examined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (1 May 2024)

Patrick Costello: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a copy of the recently published report by Mental Health Reform "Mental health services & supports in prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences"; and if she will make an itemised response to each of the recommendations included. [19611/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Mulcahy report into planning irregularities in Donegal. [19284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a series of Programme for Government commitments (details supplied); the actions taken to date; the stage of formulation and the estimated timeline for completion of each, in tabular form. [18742/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 23 April 2024, if this relocation of prisoners will entail the progression unit remaining together; if not, if the prisoners will the general population; if the new location will entail the same level of services that those prisoners earned considering they are all on the enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details supplied). [18881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in tabular form. [18883/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on EU and International Affairs has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18319/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18320/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Housing has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18321/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Migration, Integration and Ukraine has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18322/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18323/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services has met in each year of this Dáil Éireann term. [18324/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I think the Minister is in the hot seat. When we are talking about the vindication of individual rights, efficiency and speed alone are not necessarily the markers we should be aiming for. "Efficient" is a very loaded term and its appropriateness depends on what we are trying to achieve. To echo some of the previous contributions, there is a fundamental right in law. There is a moral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Again, for a legal system, efficient-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: My point is that for a legal system to be has to be efficient, it has to be fast and fair. If it is only one, it will not be efficient. We need to see legal aid funded and those translators funded, otherwise the system may be fast but it will not be fair. When it comes to the vindication of rights, fast alone is not necessarily efficient.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Chair and thank the witnesses for coming in. I apologise for being late as I was in the Chamber where they are dealing with the Stardust tragedy and could not leave. I did not wish to walk out in the middle of the speeches. I was quite struck by the suggestions on improved teacher training, changes to the curriculum and changes to the wider school environment. I had wanted...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I apologise that I will have to go to another committee but I will be back.