Results 981-1,000 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: In relation the Courts Service, I note there is a carryover for capital expenditure. We have spent a lot of time in this committee talking about courthouses and the need to invest in them. I have been asking that since I got in here in 2020. It is a giant hole in the ground that should be a family court. I have spent a lot of time talking about family courts and their importance. To put...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: Yes. There were cost overspends in demand-led areas such as the criminal legal aid scheme. I will put on record that the criminal legal aid scheme is an essential part of a functioning legal system. I could not disagree more strongly with Deputies who have spoken in the Chamber about how we should be cutting off criminal legal aid for people we might term "repeat customers". That would do...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: I have another thing to say on that issue. I know there have already been some reforms with regard to the fees for barristers. We need to highlight that issue again because, if we are talking about equality of arms, we need to ensure there is a sufficient number of barristers practising in the legal aid system. The Council of the Bar in Ireland has been very clear on barristers' requests...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: My questions and thoughts on the civil justice pillar have been made clear in my contribution on the reform of civil legal aid. I do not need to say any more in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in relation to the review of the Derelict Sites Act initiated in November 2021; when the report will be finalised; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the one-parent family payment; the number of applications rejected; the number of families receiving the payment, broken down per month, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51359/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be marked on 25 November. Our domestic violence legislation is an important part of the State's response to that. However, there is a significant gap in the context of being able to secure a safety order for a young person under the age of 18 who may be in an abusive relationship. In light of this important day coming up,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authorities that have drawn down funding from the available €180,000; the amount they have requested; the amount they have received to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of speeding fines issues monthly over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50703/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the total value of speeding fines paid, by month, over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials will meet with local residents’ groups in Drimnagh to discuss the timeline for construction of the new primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at Shannon Airport on goods destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is carrying out checks at Shannon Airport on US military vehicles which are stopping off enroute to Israel and other jurisdictions; if so, the number that have taken place in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider instructing Ireland's Permanent Representative to the UN to call for an Emergency UN General Assembly under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, as the UN Security Council has failed to adequately act as required to maintain international security and peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann, given the ongoing crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and his party’s previous support for the Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the plans of his Department to ensure the protection of freshwater supplies given the appearance of algal blooms on Blessington Lake (Poulaphouca Reservoir) and the recent environmental disaster in Lough Neagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 November 2023, to provide the tendering notice publication number for the relevant tender competitions; the steps that were taken to ensure for Israeli companies that at all steps in the supply chain were not outside of the green line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Functions (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the parameters in which an inspection of an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders can be carried out; how many inspections have been carried out each year within the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Functions (16 Nov 2023)

Patrick Costello: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the parameters officials assess whether an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders has contravened these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50376/23]