Results 1,901-1,920 of 3,337 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to including the cuts in childcare costs announced in Budget 2023 in aspects of the ECCE given that all providers are not registered with the national childcare scheme and not all parents will benefit from the Budget 2023 announcements as it stands. [51248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the childminding steering group; and when the group is expected to publish its report. [51274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will release the minutes from the childminding steering group meetings. [51275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of community gardaí posts nationally broken down by division; and the total number of such posts currently filled broken down by division. [51502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the details of a citizenship application (details supplied) which has been ongoing since 2006 without a resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason counselling psychologists are included in the budget 2023 announcement of €750,000 to support counselling and psychology training places, but not educational psychologists, given they both train and are qualified to work in mental health services post qualification. [51242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 757. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Citizens’ Assembly on drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of long-Covid care for young persons and children. [51482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of members of multidisciplinary teams by speciality who are supporting young persons affected by long-Covid in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 12 years diagnosed with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51484/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the Government provides sufficient research support in relation to understanding antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51004/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: There has been a lot of talk about the essential need for independence. I would agree with that and underline that point. Senator McDowell spoke of the possibility of the inspector being neutered. I think we have seen that already, as Deputy Daly said, in relation to the reports that have been mentioned. Just to be clear, there are three reports on the Dóchas Centre, a three-day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: It is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Translation, as was said earlier, will be an issue throughout the justice system. Prisoners find themselves in this position struggling against issues of translation, but their experience of the justice system began in the Garda station and moved through the courts. What was their experience through that? We have had sessions here with people talking about the difficulty of translation in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (12 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will gift vacant unused Garda stations to the relevant local authorities for the purpose of public housing given the unprecedented housing crisis that exists. [50399/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: Commitments have been made to examining defects in housing. This is a major issue in my constituency, especially for people living in apartment complexes. Residents in Park West are facing bills of in the region of €30,000 per apartment for problems and defects that are not of their own making. A remedial scheme should have been provided in budget 2023 but was not. The Minister has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department last assessed the need for an additional secondary school in Dublin 8; and if her Department will do so again on foot of the publication of the latest Census results. [49956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections which will be extended to pay-as-you-go energy customers to prevent disconnections this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Fines (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the fine for parking bus lanes in line with doubling of the fixed-charge penalty for parking on footpaths, cycle lanes or bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the frequency of route 60, the new G-Spine BusConnects service which will replace route 79/79a (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50086/22]