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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: As I have said, it would be great if Ms Yiasouma could come back and tell us about those roadblocks.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: That would be great. Are there any other questions? Would Ms Yiasouma like to make any closing comments?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: I thank Ms Yiasouma for engaging with the members this afternoon. We wish her every success as she takes up her new position. The clerk will inform the Minister that the committee has completed its engagement with the chairperson designate. I propose to publish the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. With all of that done, the meeting now stands adjourned until Tuesday, 30 May.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: In terms of record keeping, tracking outcomes and research, is Oberstown in a position to track someone who has made that transition over to the adult system and to see how much of the multi-agency work and positive intervention is kept up and how much falls away?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: We are in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputies Funchion, Cairns, Murnane O'Connor and Brady and Senators Seery Kearney and Clonan. The item for consideration is engagement with the chairperson-designate of Oberstown Children's Detention Campus. At this session, we are joined by Ms Koulla Yiasouma, who has been nominated by the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 143. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the plans sent to his Department by the Minister of State with responsibility for integration to recruit a team for community engagement and outreach in relation to the placement of asylum seekers. [24846/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Ireland’s pledged contribution to the European Peace Facility that has actually been transferred out of Exchequer accounts; and the amount that has been spent to date on non-lethal military aid/assistance [24722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the design, planning and construction of new DART stations at Heuston West and Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot. [24309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; how schools can apply or avail of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24859/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Licences (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of hunting licences issued over the past ten years, broken down by type of licence and district issued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms offences [seizures, discharging, possession or theft from a legal holder] over the past ten years, broken down by district and offence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms-related deaths over the past ten years, broken down by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of any incidents relating to the 3D printing of illegal firearms within the State; and his plans to counter these [24477/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the firearms expert committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the numbers of live firearms licences are tracked by individual holders; the number of people who hold multiple firearms licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the number of currently active firearms licences, broken down by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the firearms range inspector; the number of inspections that they have carried out in the last ten years and where those took place, broken down by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (23 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 697. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the shortage of IPAT accommodation and instances of refugees sleeping rough, if his Department has considered the use of the disused SIPTU office building on the South Circular Road. [24562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how nature preservation and biodiversity initiates are being developed, advanced and supported in sports clubs nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund (LSSIF) will open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23564/23]