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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide in tabular form a Statewide list of community probation teams, by area, the number of staff employed in each and the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure other addiction counsellors are sourced as a matter of urgency for the prison service; her views on the situation whereby in Mountjoy Prison there is currently only two addiction/MQI counsellors for the entire prison, given by her own admission (details supplied) 70% of the population have addiction issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 10 October 2023, if seven out of every ten prisoners have addiction issues, the reason millions are being spent on hundreds of new places in prison, when the money could be better spent addressing the root cause of incarceration for many of the existing populations, i.e. addiction,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the establishment of an independent examiner of security legislation following the enactment of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2023. [17877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to reports (details supplied) whereby a child with complex needs was placed in a special emergency arrangement, despite concerns that this setting may exacerbate their self-harming behaviours; the steps being taken by his Department to ensure children with complex needs have a stable, appropriate and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to statements attributed to Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance reported in the media (details supplied) of “immediate safeguarding concerns” within special emergency arrangements; to respond to Tusla audit reports outlining a “lack of recording of child protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to statements attributed to Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance reported in the media (details supplied) that some providers of special emergency arrangements do not have plans in place for when a child goes missing from their accommodation; if his Department will investigate if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to public health concerns raised by Tusla’s acting head of practice assurance and reported in the media (details supplied) of “high occupancy rates” in special emergency arrangements, reports of bed bugs and scabies infestations in some settings and findings of “obvious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 21 November 2023, if an update will be provided. [17310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if there are longer-term plans to bring the vacant units in Cherry Orchard Hospital back into use in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials will meet with local residents’ groups in Drimnagh to discuss the timeline for construction of the Drimnagh primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17487/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a new comprehensive newborn screening programme that is adequately resourced and ensures that babies born in Ireland are screened for the European average of 18 conditions at a minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Trinity College’s policy (details supplied) which prevents any external tour guides from using the campus and/or Book of Kells for guiding purposes. [17314/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Trinity College’s policy (details supplied) which prevents any external tour guides from using the campus and/or Book of Kells for guiding purposes. [17315/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or scholarships available to Irish students studying for masters degrees in UK institutions. [17591/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I think the Minister is in the hot seat. When we are talking about the vindication of individual rights, efficiency and speed alone are not necessarily the markers we should be aiming for. "Efficient" is a very loaded term and its appropriateness depends on what we are trying to achieve. To echo some of the previous contributions, there is a fundamental right in law. There is a moral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: Again, for a legal system, efficient-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: My point is that for a legal system to be has to be efficient, it has to be fast and fair. If it is only one, it will not be efficient. We need to see legal aid funded and those translators funded, otherwise the system may be fast but it will not be fair. When it comes to the vindication of rights, fast alone is not necessarily efficient.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail what core funding has been allocated to support sporting organisations, national governing bodies of sport and local sports partnerships through Sport Ireland for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16937/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the recommendations of the recently published review of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; the reason for the new similar access requirement policy in respect of men and women having access to publicly funded sporting facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16938/24]