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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for additional time for those sitting State exams who have dyslexia and dyscalculia. [41242/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1127 of 9 September, the average processing time per de facto application given the January date currently displaying on her Department’s website has been static since May 2024. [41267/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Chair and committee for the warm welcome. Hopefully, as the questions begin that welcome will stay warm. I thank the committee for the invitation to appear before them today in relation to my Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023. My Bill is a simple one; its goal is to open RTÉ’s video and audio archive to the Irish people to whom it really belongs. RTÉ was,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: On the issue of the cost to RTÉ and those things, RTÉ obviously is best positioned to answer. My Bill provides for making it available free of charge for personal use and academics. This is the model you see in other European countries. As for who pays, the citizens pay but they pay for RTÉ through their tax and their licence fee. They have already paid for this. If there...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I go back to the fact that if it is not written down in legislation, there is no tool to make it happen. There is a lot of really good work happening right now but a vision needs to be put down in legislation to ensure it actually happens. There are a couple of things here. I do not accept the idea that this legislation would lead to damage of the archives. It is not necessarily going...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: No, because I do not accept the framing of freedom of information in that way. Freedom of information is an important part of democracy, transparency and accountability. I reject the framing of freedom of information as spurious or a waste of resources.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: The FOI Act ensures that organisations can charge fees. Perhaps Digital Rights Ireland will have some practical experience of this. If someone submits a huge request, the body from whom the request is sought can say, "Sorry, that is a crazy request and we are going to charge you." It is important to put forward in legislation that this is our aim and if issues arise, we will address them...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: There are issues with making an archive available. There are issues with building an archive, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh is finding, and there is an issue with maintaining an archive, as we heard from RTÉ and ARA Ireland. There are practical issues. However, they are being dealt with every day. This Bill is not creating new problems. We need to remember that and to focus on what this...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Starting at the end, the contribution from Digital Rights Ireland may be the better place to explore those questions. On the question of access, the Senator is right that much of the archive is already available. That has to be acknowledged. While very good work is made of it, I would look to other European countries that have much wider public access and argue that this is what we should...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (9 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make necessary upgrades to a school (details supplied) which was approved for the hot meals scheme but deemed unable to participate by her Department due to not having adequate facilities. [40479/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I raise the issue of the lack of gardaí in parts of my constituency. Inchicore has been without a community garda for many months. There seem to be internal delays in the Garda in appointing new people who are expressing interest in this. All of this extra funding for gardaí is being made available but my constituents want to know when we will see these gardaí on the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Deputy Coveney may not be around for the debate but hopefully he will engage in the consultation that it seems we are going to undertake. I have questions on the consultation that I will come back to. One of the debates that frequently pops up here is around a constitutional amendment to allow young people to vote at the age of 16. It is a very sensible idea. However, the point was made...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: Again, it influences but does not necessarily guide or become a target. If there is a particular thing one wants to achieve, for example, in the area of child poverty, it has an influential role. As was said, it is like an NGO lobbying as opposed to an actual target whereby there is a specific outcome that we must hit and we will frame our thinking to actually hit it, if that makes sense....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I wish to ask Ms Davidson about the consultation. She spoke about the large initial consultation and how they tried to do that differently but I am interested in the ongoing consultation and in subsequent rounds of consultation with the people of Wales, to help to continue to guide the work.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the Office of Public Works-commissioned report from September 2018 to investigate solutions to the issues of gull control at the Jamestown Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes, if a small apartment building (details supplied) will be eligible to receive a reimbursement for fire safety remediation works already carried out either under the interim scheme or the upcoming Apartment and Duplex Defects...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to combat petty crime and anti-social behaviour in Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39784/24]

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

Patrick Costello: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation the enhanced powers given to An Garda Síochána to limit the anti-social use of scramblers and quadbikes; the number of scramblers, quadbikes and e-scooters that have been seized in Dublin metropolitan regions south and south central, broken down by station, or district, if station-level...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the spending of the additional spending allocated to education in prison under Budget 2025. [40197/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Budget 2025 funding commitments for care and rehabilitation services will be used to address the existing gaps in addiction supports in the Irish prison system. [40198/24]