Results 1,841-1,860 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and the UK Government's Plans around the Human Rights Act: Amnesty International UK (10 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I will leave it there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and the UK Government's Plans around the Human Rights Act: Amnesty International UK (10 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: One of the other points that concerns me is that some of the reportage quoted the Secretary of State as saying he was listening to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and that its report had voiced concerns about the Bill. To be honest, I find that a little frustrating, to be polite, given that victims' groups have been campaigning for a long time against the Bill and against the proposals,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on HAP, broken down by local authority, the total number of recipients, the average payment and total expenditure in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [55694/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: The childcare law reporting project provides valuable insight and transparency through anonymous reporting on what happens in public family law cases, such as those relating to children in care. The legislation that set it up allows for similar anonymous reporting in respect of private family law cases. We need the same reporting in respect of private family law cases, involving issues such...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will install a bus gate at Mount Brown as a trial measure under section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to improve the new G-spine service; and if he will detail any other measures being taken to improve the reliability of the service more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2023 (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will undertake an impact analysis indexed to prices, to illustrate the impact of measures on households in real terms, rather than nominal terms, thereby addressing the inaccurate analysis that lone parents will be better-off following Budget 2023. [55041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the course of action that owners of apartments with fire defects should take now that they have been presented with bills to fix the issue while they await the announcement of a remedial scheme from his Department. [55533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a list of options available to the EU and member states, in relation to the destruction of Irish-Aid funded projects by Israel, to secure compensation and protect aid for vulnerable communities in area C, including deduction of the taxpayer’s money lost in demolitions from funding for EU-Israel bilateral cooperation be provided...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the most recent report by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the members of the high-level working group chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Education which is examining the way in which the National Educational Psychological Service can continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff and continue to respond to the educational psychological needs of children in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide for the immediate provision of additional post-primary schools in the Dublin 8 planning zone given that figures supplied by her own Department show that in 2021 the total primary enrolment was 3,421 students, while the secondary enrolment was 1,022 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide ongoing monitoring of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on lone parents, with a commitment to provide targeted support in future cost-of-living measures. [55038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will publish the child maintenance review group report without further delay. [55039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the Social Welfare Bill 2022 to increase core rates to a minimum of €8, the QCI for children over 12 years by €10, and for children under 12 years by €5. [55034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the living-alone allowance to one-parent families in receipt of the fuel allowance. [55035/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 773. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will develop a new national child poverty plan, with a dedicated unit that encompasses an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent. [55040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: 931. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity whereby the Irish healthcare system does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer, but does have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dentistry officer and a chief veterinary officer, who are responsible for overseeing their respective professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54294/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: I will cut out a lot of my questions given the shortness of the time. The G spine is something that I want to focus on. I have been working on this with Ms Lauren Tuite who is a Green Party representative in the area. It promised an improvement of about 20% for Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard. We have seen the same problems that everyone has highlighted: a decline in service, ghost buses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: Mr. Gaston mentioned earlier that there were problems with the running times on the C spine, but it was the opposite, in that they were too long. It seems to me that there is a problem with how these running times are calculated. Is the NTA looking at reforming or improving that process? I agree with some of the comments made by Deputy Bríd Smith, in particular when we see the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the place-based leadership development programme to include Cherry Orchard. [53713/22]