741. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [19990/22]
668. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the method of calculation of the rental charge on 50 two-bedroom cost rental apartments delivered under the Housing for Aall scheme at the recently tenanted development (details supplied) in County Dublin. [20598/22]
650. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children’s playgrounds managed by each local authority in tabular form. [20206/22]
396. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to introduce legislation which would allow local authorities to regulate the use of horse drawn carriages on public roads. [20490/22]
363. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will legislate for direct vision standards in HGVs to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists using public roads and pathways. [19813/22]
258. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of arts studio spaces that have been made available in Dublin per year since the launch of the last Art Development Plan 2015-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18971/22]
160. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available for small business owners to offset the costs arising from the new February bank holiday, be they loss of income from closure of business or the payment of double time wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/22]
161. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the funding from Next National Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2027 will directly impact postgraduate researchers. [18588/22]
160. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the allocation of the Next National Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-202 budget that is available to support gender equality for postgraduate researchers. [18587/22]
159. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budget that is available to the Next National Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2027 to support postgraduate researchers; and the way it is being allocated. [18586/22]
158. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a status update will be provided on the Next National Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/22]
605. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1319 of 19 January 2022, if she will provide an update specifically on the establishment of the task force which she had expected in early 2022. [17794/22]
596. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the Irish Prison Service to carry out a review of all mental health supports available to persons in prison with a view to identifying the areas in which increased resourcing is needed. [17577/22]
595. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will carry out a review of single cell accommodation across the prison estate before the end of 2022. [17576/22]
594. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the planned review of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 will take place. [17575/22]
593. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progression of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill 2014. [17571/22]
588. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will include care leavers as a priority cohort in the next National Access Plan for Higher Education 2022-2026. [18254/22]
587. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new national access plan for higher education 2022-26 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/22]
272. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed renovation of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; if funding has been assigned to the project; if so, the amount; the proposed timeline for works to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17975/22]
271. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; if funding has been assigned to the project; if so, the amount; the proposed timeline for works to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17974/22]
186. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the status of the implementation of the recommendation of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight Interim Pre-Budget Report 2022 for the examination of congestion charges to be undertaken. [17564/22]
154. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a national plan on business and human rights which considers whether there is a need for greater emphasis on mandatory due diligence. [18101/22]
153. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next national plan on business and human rights will be published given the last one expired in 2020. [18100/22]
151. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the transposition of EU Directive 2020/1828; the presumptive timetable his Department is working towards for the transposition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17587/22]
130. 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. [17874/22]
88. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has engaged with Dublin City Council on the reconstruction of a community centre (details supplied); and if her Department will provide funding for this project. [17890/22]
235. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the works relating to the implementation of the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Report will be completed (details supplied). [17139/22]
234. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the commitment that An Garda Síochána has provided to the OPW regarding enforcement of the new 30km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park. [17138/22]
233. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 30km/h speed limit introduced in the Phoenix Park is enforceable and mandatory or if it is advisory given there are no regulatory signs on entering the Park. [17137/22]
232. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the data that the surface mounted counters reveal about traffic volumes and speeds in the first month since the introduction of the new 30km/h speed limit in the Phoenix Park in tabular form. [17136/22]
231. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an update will be provided on the implementation of the works introduced on 28 February 2022 as part of the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Report; and the steps that have been taken to ensure motorists adhere to the new 30km/h speed limit in view of the fact that users feedback low compliance with the speed limit. [17135/22]
118. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will reform the current legal process relating to cases concerning international protection, moving to a model of early legal intervention as proposed by an organisation (details supplied). [16923/22]
117. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide specific funding to FLAC to expand its Traveller legal service which currently only has one solicitor, recognising the need to fund Traveller-specific reports given their over-representation in the IPS. [16922/22]
116. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the gap in the provision of legal aid in which currently there is no right to legal aid if a person has proceedings before a tribunal. [16921/22]
115. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish in the area of environmental law a specialist planning and environmental law court; and if, given the time-sensitive nature of such cases, she will make a duty judge available on a 24/7 basis to hear applications for interlocutory injunctions in environmental matters such as exists in other jurisdictions such as New South Wales. [16920/22]
114. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will transition justice system terminology to a more modern English equivalent which would replace Latin terminology and phrases such as ad litem, thus aiding greater comprehension by the general public. [16919/22]
113. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a legal aid body which specialises in employment law, recognising the critical need for this service given that in 2020 it was the most queried legal area by the general public with the Free Legal Aid Service. [16917/22]
95. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [16753/22]
94. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was provided by his Department specifically for children's playgrounds in the past five years. [16730/22]
892. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that his Department will take to protect the Irish market from an increase in market prices for timber (details supplied), which, if left unprotected, will further exacerbate the housing crisis. [16461/22]
734. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if frontline homeless workers, such as those working with the charities (details supplied) with be included under the Covid Recognition Payment Scheme. [16441/22]
552. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have availed of the Ireland investor visa in the past three years; and the nationalities of each. [16002/22]
347. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the proposals contained in a recent report (details supplied); his views on whether the proposal that this entire situation should be referred to the International Criminal Court; his further views on whether an international tribunal should be established to try alleged perpetrators of international crimes; the concrete action he intends to take at European Union and United Nations level in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15762/22]
236. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of times the LUAS red line services have been stopped from 2020 to date by month and by reason for suspension of service and duration of suspension of service in tabular form. [15996/22]
133. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will order the full rolling out of the Traveller in Prison Initiative by a charitable trust (details supplied) across all penal institutions in the State. [16227/22]
110. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will examine the provision of an open step down prison for women in Ireland recognising the positive rehabilitative and reintegrative outcomes which they bring. [16226/22]
51. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Revenue Commissioners will be instructed to increase the standard mileage allowance for HSE staff to account for the rising price of petrol and diesel. [15243/22]
1167. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions that her Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community report issued in November 2021.
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1124. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that his Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community report issued in November 2021. [13998/22]