633. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of identified victims of human trafficking in the State in 2021; the purpose of their trafficking, that is, for labour exploitation and sex work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9139/22]
632. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the Interdepartmental Review of the Atypical Work Permit Scheme for Non-European Economic Area (Non-EEA) Fishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9138/22]
569. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private family care arrangements from 2015 to date. [9154/22]
568. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reform the foster care review programme whereby Tusla requires foster carers to pay for their own medical examination. [9153/22]
567. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will order a review of the foster care committee to ensure its procedures are in line with HIQA guidelines. [9152/22]
254. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when an updated version of the Irish Prison Service and Education and Training Boards Prison Education Strategy will be published given that the current strategy is set to expire in 2022. [8879/22]
253. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the programmes that exist in the prison system that cater to the specific needs of the Travelling community; and the initiatives that are taken to encourage their uptake of educational opportunities while in prison. [8874/22]
252. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average number of prisoners in prison in the State over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular form. [8864/22]
251. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prison officers employed by the Irish Prison Service over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular form. [8863/22]
143. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the legislation, Act and section, which governs the bidding process for school patronages. [8640/22]
142. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the policies that her Department is pursuing to ensure that Irish-medium education is not discriminated by a first past the post system of school patronage bidding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8632/22]
972. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that were carried out on premises in which animals are kept in 2021. [8138/22]
971. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of officials designated to the inspection of premises in which animals are kept. [8137/22]
970. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the prosecutions and or fines issued arising from inspections by his Department of horse fairs and sales in 2021. [8136/22]
969. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of horse fairs and sales inspected by departmental officials in 2021. [8135/22]
596. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the commencement of the planned review of the civil legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7998/22]
589. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for achieving single-cell occupancy for all prisoners in the Irish prison system. [7777/22]
588. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will review of the impact of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 particularly as this relates to the use of short custodial sentences. [7759/22]
587. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ireland meets the target of reducing the prison population to 50 per 100,000 of the population; and the proposed timeline for achieving same. [7758/22]
586. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice her views on the conclusions found in a report by an organisation (details supplied) that indicates there has been little change or regress and a worsening of many aspects of prison life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7754/22]
534. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the targeted measures that are currently in place to increase the availability of childcare and creche places in the Dublin 8 area. [8163/22]
437. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the number of new Irish-speaking school patronages granted by the State in each decade since the State’s inception. [7714/22]
436. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the number of Irish-speaking schools in the State by county; and if they are a primary or second-level school in tabular form. [7713/22]
558. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will open a public consultation for the extension of Garda youth diversion projects to cover 18-24 year olds; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6007/22]
200. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has run awareness campaigns seeking fostering care for children who are refugees; if so, if there has been a strong response; the number of child refugees that have been successfully placed in a fostering arrangement in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4999/22]
128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the forthcoming core payment for early years providers; the interim measures he will put in place to ensure that fees will not rise for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4998/22]
118. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the details of LGBT+ awareness training curriculum and materials provided to staff of the Irish Prison Service; the regularity with which such training is delivered; and the number of staff that have undergone this training with specific reference to the prison service policy and training in interacting with transgender prisoners. [5233/22]
117. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the implementation of recommendation 12 of the Covid-19 thematic inspection of Limerick Prison which recommended affording greater privacy to women when contacting their children and family members on the phone. [5232/22]
116. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if female prisoners are now provided with period packs following the Inspector of Prisons 2021 Limerick report that this was not the case contrary to the February 2021 Period Poverty in Ireland report; and the number of packs distributed to prisoners in 2022 in both Limerick and Dóchas. [5230/22]
114. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners granted temporary release by gender in each of the years from 2010 to date in tabular form. [5191/22]
846. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements that are in place for inspectors from his Department to be in attendance at horse markets; and the paperwork checks that are required for the sale of horses at such markets. [4563/22]
609. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of the implementation of recommendations 2.12 and 2.13 in respect to female prisons and prisoners from the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020. [4738/22]
607. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the total prison population by year for each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of prisoners incarcerated for petty crime for the same time period; and the percentage of the prison population broken down by male and female inmates. [4733/22]
602. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of women incarcerated in the State by prison in each year since 2010 to date; and the number serving sentences of a year or less. [4577/22]
594. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisons that have had reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons in each year since from 2016 to date by prison in tabular form; and the number that have been published. [4266/22]
591. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide information regarding the current use of in-cell technology by the Irish Prison Service, aside from telephones, with specific reference to information technology; and the details of upcoming plans and pilots due to be rolled out. [4244/22]
564. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish follow-up information on the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020. [4882/22]
474. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the actions that her Department has taken to urgently fill the temporary vacant post of physics and chemistry teacher at a school (details supplied) which has been vacant due to maternity leave since October 2021. [4500/22]
104. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will facilitate a hybrid leaving certificate as operated in 2021. [4360/22]
78. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she plans to develop a new national policy in relation to sexual harassment for the school curriculum. [4359/22]
312. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prison officers by prison in the State; and the number of those which have CPR training, in tabular form. [4093/22]
311. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the proposed timeline on the removal of Covid-19-related restrictions on the prison system. [4091/22]
310. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports that have been submitted to her office by the current Inspector of Prisons; and the number that have been published. [4090/22]
309. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the findings from the public consultation on the review of prison rules which ended in September 2021 will be published; the timeline for the next steps in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4089/22]
595. 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. [3159/22]
503. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence will be completed and published. [3442/22]
461. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for a child or young person turning 18 years of age to be allowed to stay on in residential care for 2021; and the number of those requests granted. [3226/22]