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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: Could Ms Mulroe come back to me after the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I am out of time. I have more questions about that ecosystem. I will come back to the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I have a quick follow-up question. If cancer is a disease of older people and our population is ageing, this is one of the reasons we are expecting to see the incidence increase. However, are the witnesses predicting a rise beyond what would be expected arising from the ageing population? That would indicate we are going backwards in terms of prevention and on the public health side of it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: The National Transport Authority, NTA's roll-out of BusConnects has been, to be blunt, a bit of a mess. In my constituency, residents are losing the services they like without any clarity as to when the improved infrastructure to make the bus service run effectively will be in place. The 58 is due to come once an hour, which is not sufficient. The number 60 comes once an hour, leaving...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister for his response. Several Ministers have come to Cherry Orchard to see for themselves what is going on. The Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy James Browne, and the Minister without Portfolio, Deputy Helen McEntee, have done so. They announced the implementation board which the Minister mentioned in his response but very little has happened. While...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: Yes, there has been yet another attack on gardaí doing what they could to protect the good people of Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard. There is disgust and revulsion in the community because of the attack. The words of the Garda Representative Association come to mind. It has stated gardaí feel vulnerable on the streets. We have seen a 25% decline in the number of gardaí in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the smooth operation of a service by a company (details supplied) and bus services in Dublin South-Central, specifically Dublin Bus routes 60, G1 and G2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the roll-out and operation of the G-spine Bus Connects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Work Permits (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to work permits for bus drivers from non-EU and non-EEA countries and the possible inclusion of bus drivers on the critical skills list due to the current driver shortages being experienced across the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a monthly breakdown of the number of bus drivers working for Dublin Bus in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to improve the provision of bus services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9037/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his recent interactions with the National Transport Authority to tackle the poor provision of bus services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Communications Surveillance (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any members of the Defence Forces conducted a risk analysis on devices (details supplied) and communication systems used in State-run buildings. [8926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation of the new national fund for the protection of enrolled learners as per the Qualification and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019; the way and the moneys and resources that have been allocated for the establishment of the fund; the steps that have been taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the children's disability network teams for the Dublin area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9023/23]

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to provide for greater public access to the RTÉ archives. RTÉ is Ireland’s national broadcaster. It is an important part of our cultural landscape and of our national memory. It is a keeper of a vast and wealthy cultural and historical archive. RTÉ already has a...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I will pick up on where Ms Hanlon finished about far-right groups setting themselves up as the legitimate anti-establishment. That is quite scary because while integration and refugee issues are on the agenda, I always try to highlight that, for many of the organisers and ringleaders at the top of these kinds of movements, there is ultimately an anti-democratic issue. Behind immigration...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: As a comparison between the far left and far right, I have been frequently criticised by the far left but that criticism tends to focus on policies or decisions of the Government or votes I have made personally. No one on the far left has ever called my daughter a mongrel, which has been done frequently by people on the far right. To try to conflate the two and say it is like some sort of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: I am making a-----