Results 81-100 of 2,796 for speaker:Patrick Costello

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline, in light of the news that former members of the Defence Forces, operating as a company (details supplied) are training private militias, what actions are being taken by his Department to prevent such a situation reoccurring in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15715/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts his Department are making to ensure the ICJ meet to assess the accountability of Israel in relation to the preliminary ruling issued in the South African case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council on funding options for the expansion of the highly successful now Dublin bikes scheme. [14049/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 378. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of active employment permits in the State (details supplied), broken down by type of permit, i.e. Critical, General, Other and SOC Code (4 digit). [14223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all second-level education institutions aided by her Department that are located on public land, and a separate list of all second-level institutions aided by her Department that are located on land not in public ownership. [13982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 23 January 2024, to list in tabular form the 103 new post-primary schools and 90 newly-established multi-denominational schools referenced, providing school roll numbers for all schools identified. [13983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a referendum on a directly elected mayor for Dublin will take place on the same day as the 2024 local elections. [14575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many bird of prey licences were issued for taking birds from the wild from 2014 to date; and the breakdown of taking birds from the wild licences for each of those years, by species, gender and by location, in tabular form. [14717/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 893. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the Prison Overcrowding Response Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14628/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 919. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken by her Department to alleviate overcrowding in the prison system; and the estimated timeline for returning the population to uniform single capacity cells and the use of community based sentencing to address this problem. [15030/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the increasing number of prisoners on remand in prisons here; the steps she is taking to tackle this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14629/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1232. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service believes that trans people need to be in their mid- to late twenties before they are mature enough to decide to pursue medical transition, as per a recent radio interview (details supplied). [13698/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that in a recent radio interview (details supplied), National Gender Service staff considered the process to access hormones via Tavistock to be too easy. [13699/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health if, following a recent radio interview (details supplied), the National Gender Service staff believe asexuals are entitled to the same medical care and at the same age as all other sexualities. [13700/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1235. To ask the Minister for Health if, when writing the Chief Clinical Officer's business case "Model of Care and Implementation Plan for Transgender care", it was intended that service users could be excluded from the Advisory Group due to their interest in their own healthcare being considered purely ideological. [13701/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: 1236. To ask the Minister for Health what consultation was done with the trans community before abandoning the Programme for Government's commitment to WPATH as per a recent article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland plans to recommit personnel to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) mission. [13141/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (21 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of engagement that the Department have had with local authorities regarding new rules which provide for zebra crossings without Belisha beacons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13171/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the BusConnects project. [13140/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: Gaza is on the edge of famine. It is man-made starvation caused by the deliberate actions of the Israeli Government. This comes on top of the horror and the brutality we have already seen. As we as we have already said, the EU Council meeting is coming up at the end of this week. What actions will the Taoiseach be asking from our European colleagues on this? We need a strong European...