670. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if there is any process whereby a person can reclaim the cost of medication which has now been reimbursed by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/22]
537. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the results of her Department's research into parental alienation will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/22]
347. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will urgently provide an update on the passport applications of persons (details supplied) which are currently one month overdue based on the online tracking form and that are needed for flights on 1 June 2022. [26556/22]
155. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove all tax levied on automated external defibrillators, AED, under European Union Council Directive EU 2022/542 of 5 April 2022 recognising the fundamental need for wider provision of such systems throughout the State. [25677/22]
359. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the way that the HSE funding for a service (details supplied) was reallocated after its closure in 2021 to other services locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25505/22]
246. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the difference between breaches of international law by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and those by Israel as part of its illegal occupation of Palestine; the response to Israel's occupation and oppression of Palestinians he would regard as appropriate; if he regards restrictive economic measures as an appropriate response in instances of illegal occupation and annexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25422/22]
47. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of referrals that were made to the Workplace Relations Commission’s mediation process in the past four years; and the outcome in each case. [25302/22]
43. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 25 January 2022, when legislation will be forthcoming to give the Workplace Relations Commission jurisdiction to hear complaints of breaches of the Working Time at Sea Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/22]
619. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the current average wait time for consideration of appeals to refusal of short-stay holiday visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24822/22]
613. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of Irish information retrieval legislation which was included in the 2021 autumn legislative programme and subsequently the spring legislative programme for 2022, given the UK Government’s commitment in the Queen’s speech to legislate for the independent commission on information retrieval. [24747/22]
608. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners under sentence in the Dóchas Centre and in Limerick Female Prison who received medically assisted symptomatic detoxification over the past two years by prison and by month in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24450/22]
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners under sentence in the Dóchas Centre and in Limerick Female Prison who received methadone maintenance treatment over the past two years by prison and by month in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24449/22]
606. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to the Castlerea Prison Covid-19 Thematic Inspection, published by her Department on 28 April 2022, if any other prisons had incidences in which the miscalculation of sentences occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24448/22]
605. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the way that the incidence of sentence miscalculation arose in Castlerea Prison which was highlighted in the Castlerea Prison Covid-19 Thematic Inspection, published by her Department on 28 April 2022, which reported that 30 prisoners had their sentences extended while in custody; the steps that were taken to ensure that all prisoners in Castlerea now have accurate release dates; the protocols that were put in place to ensure that this miscalculation of sentences will not recur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24447/22]
297. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals made under the National Referral of Mediators in the past four years; and the outcomes arising from same. [23937/22]
662. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progress report of the Working Group to examine the disregard of historical homosexual convictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23299/22]
623. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the progression of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. [22748/22]
475. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the annual funding allocated to and staffing levels in the National Educational Psychological Service in each of the years from 2005 to date in 2022. [22559/22]
223. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the roll-out of the electric vehicle apartment charger grant support scheme following the public consultation carried out by the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22762/22]
218. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide specific funding for an initiative (details supplied) to be rolled out in all counties across the State. [22386/22]
180. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 888 and 889 of 26 April 2022, when the first of the intradepartmental working group took place the parties present; what was discussed; the outcome of the meeting; when the next meeting is due to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22388/22]
168. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that state backed low cost, long-term finance is being considered as the solution for owners of defective apartments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22510/22]
166. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish a deadline for the delivery of the report of the Working Group to examine the issue of defective housing given the urgency of the matter for affected home-owners and the directors of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) who have fiduciary duties and under law cannot wait for a report and the subsequent decision of the Minister to progress remediation works, as without showing progress on this issue OMCs would not be able to get block insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22457/22]
97. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek the extension of the derogation originally introduced during the pandemic allowing AGMs/EGMs of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) to be held online given the increased requirements for ongoing meetings of Owner Management Companies (OMCs) to facilitate higher levels of engagements between directors and owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22458/22]
538. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by his Department and the HSE to implement the 2014 EMA ruling in relation to Valproate specifically around educating general practitioners to the dangers of proscription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22269/22]
536. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the position titles and names of the persons currently working in the National Foetal Valproate Syndrome Assessment Team; the location they are geographically based; and the resources allocated to them. [22267/22]
410. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps, legislative or otherwise, her Department will take to give effect to the recent recommendation issued by the European Commission on protecting journalists and human rights defenders who engage in public participation from SLAPP suits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22354/22]
129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide a list of the stakeholders who have engaged with his Department on developing an appropriate regulatory framework for Dublin City Council to regulate and set standards for horse-drawn carriages; and the dates that meetings between his Department and those stakeholders took place. [22036/22]
116. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the signing of a statutory instrument to give effect to the changes agreed in the CIÉ regular wages scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/22]
1831. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historic use of sodium valproate, announced in October 2020, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/22]
1363. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out electricity subsidies nationally to all COPD patients that are available in certain CHO areas for patients that are using oxygen machines at home for more than 16 hours per day. [19353/22]
1306. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline of her Department’s plan to publish a general scheme of a Bill on cybercrime to meet Ireland’s commitment to ratifying the Council of Europe Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. [20876/22]
1289. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 609, 610 and 631 of 5 March 2022, the estimated timeframe for publishing the reports in question. [20355/22]
1284. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the report of the review of the atypical working scheme for sea fishers will be completed. [20208/22]
1256. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of automated external defibrillators, AEDs, in use in the Irish Prison Service, broken down by institution. [19669/22]
1248. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of positive decisions issued in applications for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 from February 2019 to January 2022, by month. [19496/22]
1234. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when in quarter 1 the national referral mechanism framework will have the interdepartmental sub-group in place; and when the general scheme will be published in line with the commitments made in the Justice Plan 2022. [19254/22]
1178. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if clarity will be provided regarding the role of guidance counselling in colleges of further education in the context of the establishment of a national policy group for lifelong guidance (details supplied). [19733/22]
1129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that is allocated by his Department, either directly or through the distribution of European Union funding, to groups based in Northern Ireland, by the amount received by each group in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [19991/22]
897. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an updated list of schools, primary and post-primary, operating in her Department’s school planning area of Dublin 8, Dublin 10, Ballyfermot and Dublin 12, Dolphin's Barn, in tabular form, along with the education language medium, that is, English or Irish. [20225/22]
891. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the policy initiatives of her Department to aid schools which wish to transition from operating Aonad units to become fully Irish-medium schools. [20103/22]
890. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide extra supports and funding for schools which operate and those seeking to open Aonad units. [20102/22]
889. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reform the school patronage process at post-primary level to reflect the current process at primary level for the pre-designation of new schools as Irish-medium in which no school currently exists. [20101/22]
888. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the actions her Department is taking to provide Irish-medium education in the counties in which no such provision currently exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20100/22]
887. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education when guidelines will be issued to teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools regarding how best to include Ukrainian children in the Irish-medium schools and supports to facilitate best practice. [20099/22]
881. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the funding that is allocated by her Department, either directly or through the distribution of European Union funding, to groups based in Northern Ireland, by the amount received by each group in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [19992/22]
859. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide specific funding for an initiative to be rolled out in all counties across the State. [19806/22]
858. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the annual funding allocated to, and staffing levels in, the City of Dublin Education and Training Board psychological service per year from 2005 to date in 2022. [19804/22]
852. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided regarding the role of guidance counselling in colleges of further education in the context of the establishment of a National Policy Group for Lifelong Guidance (details supplied). [19732/22]