Results 801-820 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how her Department evaluates and determines whether a country of origin is deemed to be safe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4988/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: It is crucial that we remove any barriers that may hinder young people's access to politics and to the electoral process. In the words of my young Green Party colleagues, it would be deeply misjudged and even regressive to hold the upcoming local and European elections on a Thursday or a Friday, particularly a Thursday or Friday that would clash with the leaving certificate. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the gaps in bus service emerging in the Chapelizod area of Dublin. [4429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fines issued for dog-fouling in each local authority area in the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the scourge of dog fouling across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed an assessment of the projected requirement of school places for September 2024 in the Greystones and Kilcoole area of County Wicklow; if those numbers are available; if a plan has been put in place to ensure that every child has a local secondary school place for September; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.246 of 25 January 2024, if her Department will engage with Dublin Bus in talks to pursue a similar scheme to Bus Éireann to provide free travel for children, given the costs incurred by parents living in the city and the increased benefits in terms of school attendance and reducing private transport...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many inspections of the Dóchas Centre have been carried out since 2019 by the Office of Inspector of Prisons; how many reports have been published; how many have not; the nature of any reports not published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of private residential service providers used by Tusla in 2023. [4746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (1 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: 392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time and part-time dog wardens in each local authority area in the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4688/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to ensure the Dublin Bus route 74 will serve Crumlin village or, in lieu of this, to expedite the proposed 82 route. [4420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received and examined the report 'Respiratory Health in Oliver Bond House', launched last week; its analysis of the findings of the report and what specific measures his Department is taking (in both the short and long term) to alleviate the negative health consequences of living in Oliver Bond House;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will ensure there is a community centre within the geographic bounds of the regenerated Oliver Bond House complex. [4671/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will ensure the publication of a report by independent engineers commissioned by DCC in 2021 in relation to conditions in the Oliver Bond House complex. [4672/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise whether it would have been possible for Dublin City Council to apply for Stage 2 Approvals recently rather than full Stage 1 approvals in relation to the Oliver Bond House regeneration; and to provide a timeline for the full project. [4673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide funding for a housing officer function to be delivered by a local community organisation in relation to the regeneration of the Oliver Bond House complex. [4674/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of education welfare officers across the State, broken down by local area office, for 2022 and 2023. [4478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies for education welfare officers across the State, broken down by local area office. [4479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children supported by Tusla’s education welfare service in 2022 and 2023, broken down by local area office. [4480/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Welfare Service (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals to the education welfare service relating to children in care of the state for 2022 and 2023 broken down by local area office. [4481/24]