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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide interim funding for individuals living in defective apartments to carry out remedial works in advance of the general departmental scheme being implemented. [23667/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: The numbers outlined in this survey have been spoken about a lot so I will not necessarily start quoting the figures again. We are better served by focusing on the grim reality of the picture they paint. As a previous speaker said, these figures are shocking but not surprising. It is important to remember that behind each one of these numbers and statistics are survivors, victims and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of recent bank frailty evident internationally and the failure of deposit insurance schemes developed pre-digital banking, he will provide the value of uninsured deposits above the €100,000 threshold of the deposit guarantee scheme nationally, broken down by institution and the number of individual depositors whose deposits above the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Homeless Persons Supports (17 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will legally mandate local authorities to ensure that the needs of every homeless child should be assessed, including but not limited to factors such as access to their school, medical and therapeutical needs, and also supporting family relationships and wider social support. [23369/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: I apologise, I was trying to do two committees at once as well so I missed some information in my travels. I do not know if it was mentioned but one of the parts of independent advocacy that the committee would do well to underline in the context of the general scheme is the need for independent advocacy to support parents. We tried to get some witnesses from that area. Unfortunately,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: Before we move on from aftercare I want to ask a technical question. Is the 12 month rule grounded in legislation, regulations or policy? Where is that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: My other question was on the special care and foster care committees.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: There was a question on the need to reform special care. That was for EPIC.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: They are almost resource and practice issues as opposed to structural ones.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the under-provision of secondary schools in Dublin 8. [22895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of works in Our Lady of Lourdes national school, Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22896/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is taking to encourage landlords to avail of the national home energy retrofit programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis under which the hypothecation of the betting tax for the Horse and Greyhound Fund, as is stated in Section 12 (4) of the Horse and Greyhound Act 2001, was ended in 2009 (details supplied). [22717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a timeframe on the opening of the new women's prison in Limerick; the reason for the current delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of capital funding being made available for his commitment to build over 400 new prison spaces at Castlerea, Cloverhill, the Midlands and Mountjoy prisons in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prison officers working in Mountjoy Female Prison; the number of male prison officers working in the female wing of Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications received in each of the years 2019 to 2022; and the number of decisions made on citizenship applications in the corresponding timeframe. [23014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund transferred from the Department of Sport to the Department of Agriculture in 2010. [22714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund transferred from the Department of Sport to the Department of Agriculture in 2010. [22715/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (16 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis under which the hypothecation of the betting tax for the horse and greyhound fund, as is stated in section 12(4) of the Horse and Greyhound Act 2001, was ended in 2009 (details supplied). [22716/23]