Results 901-920 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can help assign a creche place to a person (details supplied) living in Dublin 12. [56958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases notified by Tusla to An Garda Síochána under the joint working protocol, broken down by local area office, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of specialist interviewers under the joint working protocol with An Garda Síochána currently available in Tusla, broken down by local area office. [57394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases referred to the Tusla senior management liaison forums under the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Síochána, broken down by local area office, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of senior management liaison forums meetings held as per the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Síochána, broken down by local area office, for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of national children first liaison management committee meetings held as per the joint working protocol between Tusla and An Garda Siochana for 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who have done training in relation to specialist interviewing relating to Section 16(1)(b) of the Criminal Evidence Act, 1992, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [57398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider banning smoking/vaping in cars in line with many EU states considering the negative health impacts it has on additional passengers and the impact holding a vape/cigarette has on the driver’s ability to control the steering wheel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (17 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1797. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct HIQA to carry out research relating to gender affirming care in Ireland comparing it to international best practice as the body previously did for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1872/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)

Patrick Costello: I welcome our witnesses and thank them. I want to talk to them about the issue of barriers in society and the ableist structure of society. I had it in my head to say the barriers and challenges of our ableist society. but barriers alone is perhaps a more appropriate way of saying it. A lot of these are very external to the individual. The coercive and destructive nature of that ableist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 494. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to support genetic services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital. [55903/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: Dublin 8 in the south west inner city has a population of about 50,000 people but not a single playing pitch. Sites have been identified at St. Teresa's Gardens and Marrowbone Lane but so far, Dublin City Council has not delivered. An interim solution was agreed in 2017 but that has not progressed at all. Dublin City Council, the LDA and various developers are involved in the area but the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (13 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Government's policy on the use of foreign-bestowed, non-elected titles, such as 'Sir' and 'Dame'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the statues of the Earl of Carlisle and Field Marshall Gough which formally resided in the Phoenix Park until being damaged in the 1950s; if the OPW retain ownership of them; and if plans are in place for their future use in a cultural institution. [55502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Staff (13 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancies that exist in Our Lady of Hope for therapist positions, nurses and other special school support staff, in tabular form; the estimated recruitment time for the vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55587/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role and function of a company (details supplied), a consortium of producers operating within the Republic of Ireland; what relationship it has with his Department; what duties it has been sanctioned by his Department; and what are its responsibilities in relation to the Single Use Plastics Directive; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how Dublin Bus is planning to make transport more accessible for people with mobility issues and particularly for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the BusConnects scheme considered the access needs of people with mobility issues such as wheelchair users in the redesign of the Dublin Bus network, particularly in the context of interchanging between different bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans are in place to review the effectiveness of the newly established bus routes rolled out as part of BusConnects phase 5b, particularly the local routes such as the L55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (12 Dec 2023)

Patrick Costello: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that pension parity continues between existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána after the expiration of the ‘building momentum’ pay deal [54892/23]