144. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations in relation to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he plans to ensure, as part of the Directive, that companies and financial institutions, including asset managers and institutional investors, will be held responsible for violations of human rights and environmental standards along their entire value chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58696/22]
64. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the delivery of the Chapelizod bus stop on the N4 Bridge over Chapelizod Hill. [58308/22]
262. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will advocate for the expansion of the visa eligibility criteria to non-EU nationals to fill hospitality and tourism vacancies, given the shortage in staff for the sector. [57532/22]
250. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the Public Appointments Service continues to advertise posts that include a requirement that the applicant must be a non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or Swiss citizen and have a stamp 4 visa, given that there is a requirement under law not to discriminate on the civil status ground, and that many non-EEA citizens can be resident in Ireland for many years in relationships with EEA citizens and on a stamp 4 and do not intend to marry and that Section 36(1) and (2) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 only permits restrictions from employment in the civil and public service on the grounds of residence, citizenship or proficiency in the Irish language and makes no mention of civil status being an allowable discriminatory ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57267/22]
192. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding programme for the SEAI community grants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57899/22]
154. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expand the visa eligibility criteria to non-EU nationals to fill hospitality and tourism vacancies, given the shortage in staff for the sector. [57533/22]
458. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of female prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor each night in the Dóchas centre during the months of September, October and to date in November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56847/22]
457. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of female prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor each night in Limerick Prison during the months of September, October and to date in November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56848/22]
69. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the way his Department can help communities affected by the poor roll-out and implementation of the G-spine BusConnects route [55585/22]
55. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by local authorities on HAP, broken down by local authority, the total number of recipients, the average payment and total expenditure in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [55694/22]
931. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity whereby the Irish healthcare system does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer, but does have a chief medical officer, a chief nursing officer, a chief dentistry officer and a chief veterinary officer, who are responsible for overseeing their respective professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54294/22]
773. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will develop a new national child poverty plan, with a dedicated unit that encompasses an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent. [55040/22]
685. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will publish the child maintenance review group report without further delay. [55039/22]
684. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide ongoing monitoring of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on lone parents, with a commitment to provide targeted support in future cost-of-living measures. [55038/22]
683. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the living-alone allowance to one-parent families in receipt of the fuel allowance. [55035/22]
682. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Social Welfare Bill 2022 to increase core rates to a minimum of €8, the QCI for children over 12 years by €10, and for children under 12 years by €5. [55034/22]
619. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide for the immediate provision of additional post-primary schools in the Dublin 8 planning zone given that figures supplied by her own Department show that in 2021 the total primary enrolment was 3,421 students, while the secondary enrolment was 1,022 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55534/22]
597. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the members of the high-level working group chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Education which is examining the way in which the National Educational Psychological Service can continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff and continue to respond to the educational psychological needs of children in recognised primary and post-primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55202/22]
459. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the most recent report by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55182/22]
446. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a list of options available to the EU and member states, in relation to the destruction of Irish-Aid funded projects by Israel, to secure compensation and protect aid for vulnerable communities in area C, including deduction of the taxpayer’s money lost in demolitions from funding for EU-Israel bilateral cooperation be provided and if the Irish Government will demand implementation of concrete measures to secure compensations in the European Council, going beyond the exhausted diplomatic and political options. [54778/22]
423. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the course of action that owners of apartments with fire defects should take now that they have been presented with bills to fix the issue while they await the announcement of a remedial scheme from his Department. [55533/22]
287. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will undertake an impact analysis indexed to prices, to illustrate the impact of measures on households in real terms, rather than nominal terms, thereby addressing the inaccurate analysis that lone parents will be better-off following Budget 2023. [55041/22]
197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will install a bus gate at Mount Brown as a trial measure under section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to improve the new G-spine service; and if he will detail any other measures being taken to improve the reliability of the service more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54789/22]
311. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
310. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
278. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
277. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
185. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
136. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the place-based leadership development programme to include Cherry Orchard. [53713/22]
57. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]
46. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and 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]
712. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the site make-up of the proposed primary health centre in Drimnagh; and the timeline for its construction and operation. [53564/22]
686. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the current number of qualified educational psychologists working within primary care services and within CAMHS services. [53429/22]
597. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will honour Dr. Kathleen Lynn by naming the new national children’s hospital after her, recognising both her role in paediatric health and her role in the revolutionary period with both Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, and in view of the efforts to recognise the historic contribution of women to Irish society. [52819/22]
550. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice 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]
512. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
314. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that was distributed to each local authority from the local property tax since its introduction each year. [53039/22]
312. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
252. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
251. Deputy Patrick Costello asked 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]
224. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport 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]
223. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport 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]
219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport 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 matter. [53029/22]
198. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]
164. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and 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]
163. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and 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]