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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Dec 2022)

Patrick Costello: 286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will introduce a temporary inflation payment scheme for the childcare sector, similar to the nursing home TIPS scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers employed by Intreo offices in Dublin South-Central over the past three years. [59628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community service orders issued over the past three years, by court district. [59629/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: The residents of the Metropolitan complex in Inchicore, the Crescent buildings in Parkwest and the Tramyard complex need certainty about when a scheme for remedial works will open and be available to them. Talk of before Christmas and promises of meetings or a scheme coming are not good enough. They need clarity and certainty. Can we give an exact date for when they will get the help they need?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations in relation to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he plans to ensure, as part of the Directive, that companies and financial institutions, including asset managers and institutional investors, will be held responsible for violations of human rights and environmental standards along...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the SEAI better energy communities grant scheme funded by his Department will open for applications given that hospitality businesses need to carry out such work in the low season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend gender quotas to local authority elections in line with the recommendations of the recent Women’s Voices in the Council Chamber report. [59241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made in relation to the provision of part-time and wrap-around childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58793/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: Is that not the role of the access worker?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: If we need to expand the role and give the time and reduce the case load of access workers, are we going to have the same recruitment issues there?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I have lots of comments but I will save them for afterwards.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I apologise to the witnesses. Every Tuesday, I need to perform an act of bilocation between this committee and the Joint Committee on Justice. I find myself either missing one meeting or running between the two. Social workers are suffering needless burnout. This is partly because there are not enough of them and the pressures on the system make the job harder. This contributes to quicker...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I will start by returning to where Deputy Carroll MacNeill started on the youth justice service. Some of the agencies I have spoken to locally are feeling very optimistic and are very grateful not only for extra workers but new workers for outreach, family support and being able to broaden and deepen their connection with the communities they are trying to support. That positive development...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: A small point is that there is a complete lack of judges. We do very poorly on international comparisons. We should be here talking about Supplementary Estimates to massively increase the number of judges. That is what we need. Ms Justice Mary Irvine was looking for 15 extra judges. Mr. Justice David Barniville, who is now President of the High Court, has echoed that. It is not just the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: To be fair, the Bar has embraced remote hearings and hybrid hearings, as have the vast majority of judges. These efficiencies are definitely there and welcome.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I am eager to speak on the next heading as I am due to speak at another committee meeting.