476. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that his Department is taking to give effect to the United Nations human rights experts calls for redress for systemic racism and racial discrimination in childcare institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/22]
328. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will put in place sanctions given the unprovoked invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan; if he will seek sanctions at an European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47960/22]
327. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek a human rights observation mandate for MINURSO when its mandate comes for renewal at the United Nations Security Council in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47939/22]
189. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will transfer the powers of the marine survey office to the Workplace Relations Commission recognising the powers of investigation held by the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48119/22]
120. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on measures the Office of Public Works has made in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to enforce the 30 km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [48290/22]
175. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the aid that will be provided for internally displaced civilians in Armenia, given the invasion by Azerbaijan of Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47792/22]
161. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support that he plans to offer county and city councils to meet increasing costs as a result of general inflation, higher energy costs and public-sector pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47704/22]
441. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if his Department will author a national diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46628/22]
399. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for legislation on the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval Bill which has been on the legislative programme for several sessions but no heads have been published to date. [46886/22]
398. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the estimated timeline for spent convictions legislation as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46874/22]
397. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the public consultation on the disregarding of historical offences for the LGBT community will take place. [46873/22]
357. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recently announced new minimum annual stipend rate for PhD students of €28,000 will be expanded to include current PhD students given that currently they will be paid less for their work that students who newly enter the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/22]
344. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if schools (details supplied) will be included in the proposed mother and baby home redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/22]
232. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will author a policy document advising schools on a way to establish after-school services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46629/22]
146. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the pursuit training which park rangers receive and if he will confirm that the pursuit observed on North Road on 26 March 2022 of a car by a park ranger in an OPW pick-up truck was conducted by a suitably qualified individual and was in compliance with all necessary protocols and relevant legislation. [46854/22]
77. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will introduce a specific targeted scheme to encourage car rental services to switch to electric vehicles in line with Government targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/22]
76. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the implementation of the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since its introduction in November 2019 (details supplied); if he will outline the training received by gardaí on the 2019 legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/22]
75. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists annually since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015 to date in 2022, by the alleged offences for which these were issued in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/22]
74. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of fixed charge notices which have been issued by An Garda Síochána using the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since the law was introduced in November 2019, in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/22]
267. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct officials in her Department to open a second ASD unit at a school (details supplied) to serve the needs of ASD students whilst the process of building takes place in the intervening period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/22]
171. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will introduce a grant system for solar photovoltaic energy in which the cost of a small 3.2 KW system is issued directly to the installation companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/22]
74. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that the cycling and walking officer roles that are funded by his Department, are being filled within Dublin City Council. [46203/22]
70. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the roll-out of the G1 and G2 Bus Connect services; and when these services are likely to commence. [46202/22]
526. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when the members of Dublin Fire Brigade will receive their frontline pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45659/22]
407. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a need for regulation to recognise epilepsy alert dogs and seizure alert dogs as service animals. [45611/22]
286. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any plans to increase the resources available to local authorities to allow for greater enforcement and capacity to collect the derelict sites levy, noting that only €1.1 million of derelict site levies for 2021 were collected by city and county councils resulting in a collection rate of just 23%. [45946/22]
285. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to update and expand the 1990 definition of dereliction to allow for more accurate reflection of derelict properties. [45945/22]
247. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 5 April 2022, the status of a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/22]
289. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1509 of 8 September 2022, when his Department will resume the development of mandatory calorie posting on menus; and the timeline for the introduction of the arising legislation. [45219/22]
288. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1508 of 8 September 2022, if his Department will legislate on a national level for the display of calorie information on individual bottles and cans of alcohol products not just on the larger containers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/22]
274. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 8 September 2022, if community training centres will be given the opportunity to input into the Operational Guidelines Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45396/22]
175. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will sign-off on the agreed pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/22]
325. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when her Department will approve the tender process for works scheduled to be carried out in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44831/22]
243. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional steps that he now proposes to take in order to help create the circumstances where Ireland’s recognition of the state of Palestine would progress efforts to reach a solution in the Middle East peace process and protect the integrity of Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/22]
218. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposed timeline going forward for the proposed referendum on housing to take place given the closure of the public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44560/22]
142. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to ensure that the privatised Dublin Bus routes, formerly known as the 747 and 748, continue to accept the travel pass for use on their services [44707/22]
1796. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the action that his Department is taking in relation to students who are currently enrolled in applied social care at Dublin Business School who were recently informed that their course had been denied CORU accreditation meaning they will be unable to register as social care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/22]
1795. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will increase funding by €20 in line with the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that section 29 agencies can offer rates of pay in line with section 28 and HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43067/22]
1614. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason that successful applicants to the panel for the recent recruitment by the HSE of counsellors and therapists for the provision of mental health counselling in primary care services were informed that due to a financial review the posts were no longer available; the reason that the same positions are now being advertised by a recruitment agency (details supplied) as temporary seasonal positions on a self-employed basis; his views on this case and on the outsourcing of employment contracts by the HSE in the context of the phasing in of the Sláintecare programme; and his views on whether this policy is compatible with that programme. [42407/22]
1576. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will license cariban doxylamine pyridoxine under GMS and community drug schemes, recognising the great need of pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum and the cost of which can be €50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42282/22]
1555. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds as announced under budget 2022. [42172/22]
1509. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation requiring all restaurants to display calorie information on their menus. [42051/22]
1508. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce new legislation requiring the displaying of calorie information on the container of alcoholic drinks. [42050/22]
1422. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend regulations to extend visa-free travel to persons who would be entitled to the residence card of a family member of a European Union citizen were it not for the fact that they already hold residence on another more settled basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43206/22]
1375. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of joint interviews that have been undertaken by gardaí with social workers in the past 12 months, broken down by Garda district. [42216/22]
1374. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the Joint Interviewing Protocol between An Garda Síochána and social workers was last reviewed; when a review is next scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42215/22]
1373. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will commit to the publication of the unpublished Dóchas reports as recommended by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in its recently published Concluding Observations on the Fifth Periodic Report on Ireland; if a timeline can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42190/22]
1372. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in its recently published Concluding Observations on the Fifth Periodic Report on Ireland on the lack of transparency and reiterated refusal to publish the Dóchas reports on the treatment and conditions of detention of women detainees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42189/22]
1371. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the appointment process for the recently announced additional Data Protection Commissioners; if the Public Appointments Service will be used; if not, if there will be an open competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42175/22]