274. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the public consultation on spent convictions launched by her Department in October 2020; if there will be a report issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30235/23]
178. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider adding an additional train journey on the Waterford to Dublin line weekdays leaving Waterford around 4 p.m., to allow for commuters returning to Dublin from areas outside the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30244/23]
716. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will review the over-eights eye-care scheme across the nine HSE CHOs; whether he believes a dedicated national programme is required in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/23]
628. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he is in favour of a ban on all e-cigarette product flavours, barring tobacco flavour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/23]
553. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of wholetime equivalent vacancies in special care units broken down by grade and special care unit. [29738/23]
552. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new of total whole-time equivalent staffing posts in special care units broken down by grade and special care unit. [29737/23]
551. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new children that have stopped working in special care units in each month in the past 24 months. [29736/23]
550. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new children that have started working in special care units in each month in the past 24 months. [29735/23]
200. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport his views and advice in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29140/23]
244. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on her work in relation to spent convictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28966/23]
196. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many applicants and how many permits were granted of the 1,500 critical skills employment permits introduced on 16 December 2022 for the role of bus and coach drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28969/23]
64. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will commit to using the upcoming budget to ensure that UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) will receive adequate funding so their essential work can continue unabated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/23]
157. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) before 30 June to discuss the payments freeze on community pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28720/23]
79. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 22 November 2022, the current status of the review his predecessor directed in relation to the issue of the discriminatory position (details supplied); the legal statutory basis for such discriminatory treatment; the times and dates that the review team have met since November 2022 to review this issue; the list of attendees at each meeting; where the agenda and minutes of such meetings can be located in compliance with the Transparency Code; and when he expects to receive a report from the review team and act on the issue. [28763/23]
1349. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if universities will be able to avail of Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/23]
1086. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of foster carers in Tusla broken down in tabular form by local area office; the number who have an allocated fostering link worker; the number not allocated a fostering link worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/23]
1085. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent posts broken down, in tabular form by the numbers vacant and occupied in each Tusla social work area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/23]
1064. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to house homeless refugees camping at Mount Street’s International Protection Office; if the gathering of non-IPAT homeless individuals has been noted by his Department; and the efforts that are being to end drug use in the camp by such individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/23]
1035. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential units managed directly by Tusla or its predecessor agency for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27495/23]
975. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the importation of products containing pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28149/23]
974. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the use of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/23]
766. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will meet with the organisers of a campaign (details supplied) before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28144/23]
430. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the age-related rates of the minimum wage; his views on whether this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27322/23]
385. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct local authorities to delist light industrial manufacturing sites (details supplied) from the residential zoned land tax in a similar way to farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28058/23]
367. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will raise the tax exemption on income up to €200 per year received by domestic micro-generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/23]
277. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered adapting street lamp-posts to also have charge points for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27461/23]
276. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide electric vehicles charging for people who do not have their own driveway and must avail of on-street parking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27460/23]
199. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider increasing the Clean Export Premium (CEP) feed-in tariff rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/23]
198. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider increasing the maximum grant available for the installation of residential solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27610/23]
197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a grant available for the installation of batteries as part of a residential solar panel system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27609/23]
374. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity of the product for many woman and babies where breastfeeding may be an unviable option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/23]
323. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity of the product for many woman and babies where breastfeeding may be an unviable option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27029/23]
172. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will introduce legislation in relation to the Office of the Information Commissioner to ensure its procedures comply with the administration of justice requirements of the requirements of the Zalewski decision. [26900/23]
82. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an expansion of the Tyrrelstown Amendment of the Residential Tenancies Act 2016 to allow local authorities step in and purchase multiple-occupied units when they are put up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26495/23]
63. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if universities will be able to avail of Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26480/23]
771. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the consideration given to those with eating disorders in the decision-making process to add calorie information to alcoholic products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26247/23]
768. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if, in light of his decision to introduce calorie information for alcohol products, he will implement a similar requirement for the hospitality sector on its menus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26221/23]
736. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in implementing the recommendations raised in the review of the Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/23]
735. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the HSE implementation group to progress the operational recommendations raised in the review of the Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26079/23]
537. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the penal policy review from 2022; the status of the action plan; the achievements in relation to same to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26136/23]
536. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the unpublished Dóchas prison reports by the Inspector of Prisons; when such reports will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26135/23]
535. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a Penal Policy Consultative Council to advise on penal policy. [26134/23]
508. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 30 March 2023, if he will provide an update on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/23]
483. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on each specific recommendation outlined in the Oireachtas Committee on Justice report on GDPR from 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25627/23]
305. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will implement a State-wide uniform admission process in terms of preference of allocation of school places by individual schools, that is, siblings of existing students, distance to school, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26219/23]
188. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if the stakeholder consultation process has been completed in relation to the horse-drawn carriages Bill; and when this Bill will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [25931/23]
139. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will move to ban hard styrofoam p6 plastic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25733/23]
697. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the shortage of IPAT accommodation and instances of refugees sleeping rough, if his Department has considered the use of the disused SIPTU office building on the South Circular Road. [24562/23]
555. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the number of currently active firearms licences, broken down by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/23]
554. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the work of the firearms range inspector; the number of inspections that they have carried out in the last ten years and where those took place, broken down by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/23]