Results 1,861-1,880 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units that have been purchased by local authorities under part V in the past five years, in tabular form by local authority, year, number of units available to purchase, number of units purchased, percentage of available units purchased and expenditure each year. [53913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions that his Department will take in relation to the iNAP2 plan, to ensure that cross-discipline research is enabled. [53904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is utilising the research data generated from Irish research in relation to the iNAP2 plan to date; and if his Department has analysed it or requested any communication with the scientists in order to ensure that the research is translated into policy. [53907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions that his Department will take in relation to the iNAP2 plan, to ensure that cross-discipline research is enabled. [53905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is utilising the research data generated from Irish research in relation to the iNAP2 plan to date; and if his Department has analysed it or requested any communication with the scientists in order to ensure that the research is translated into policy. [53908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a court hearing date for the Security Industry Employment Regulation Order High Court injunction. [53628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will examine the feasibility of harvesting the excess heat from the proposed jet engines being bought to add additional capacity; if this could be deployed in a district heating scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53726/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Promises were made in the budget of 1,000 extra gardaí. We need a clear timeline of when these will be delivered, partly so that communities know when they will get the resources they need but also to ensure that they are actually delivered. At one end of my constituency, in Dublin 8, four community Garda sergeants and 25 Garda officers has become one sergeant and four Garda officers....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that his Department is taking to ensure that the security industry employment regulation order in relation to the minimum rate of pay for security workers will proceed despite a High Court injunction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53445/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the decision-making process in the lead up to the signature of the security industry employment regulation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider withdrawing Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty, noting that Italy has already withdrawn and Poland, Spain and the Netherlands recently announced that they will be withdrawing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend section 81 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to allow for the use of CCTV evidence in cases of parking in bus lanes, parking in cycle lanes and driving in bus lanes, which are currently prohibited under various statutory instruments issued by previous Ministers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for his Department and the Local Government Management Agency to publish plans to deliver EV charging solutions to persons living in housing without a driveway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant positions currently in Dublin Bus, noting the ongoing recruitment campaign to recruit 450 drivers and 50 mechanics and engineering operatives in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by each local authority since the introduction of the local property tax, by year, amount eligible to raise before local-adjustment factor and amount raised in tabular form. [53038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money raised by the local property tax each year since its introduction by local authority in tabular form. [53039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local adjustment factor for each local authority since the introduction of the local property tax by local authority, year and local adjustment factor in tabular form. [53033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that was distributed to each local authority from the local property tax since its introduction each year. [53039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 20 September 2022, if the proposed review of the Equality Acts will examine if there is a need for regulation to recognise epilepsy alert dogs and seizure alert dogs as service animals and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (25 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will overturn convictions for brothel-keeping on individuals who have subsequently been identified as victims of trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52930/22]