132. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the provisions in view of recent violence and rioting in Northern Ireland that are being made by the Defence Forces to deal with potential paramilitary activity from loyalist paramilitaries. [56579/21]
57. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the preparations the Government is making for the potential triggering of Article 16 by the British Government. [56580/21]
27. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government in view of the British plans to issue an amnesty for troubles related crimes will legislate for legacy mechanisms with specific reference to the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval. [56581/21]
689. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the expression of interest process for the Community Services Programme is expected to reopen. [55677/21]
688. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department expects to conclude work on restructuring the Community Services Programme in line with the recommendations from the 2020 report carried out for her Department by a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55676/21]
593. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if provisions will be made for the flu jab to be given for free to medical card holders and the population more generally as a means to encourage uptake and reduce the strain on the intensive care unit system which is currently under strain with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55817/21]
286. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total departmental finances allocated to Emmet Road, St. Michael's Estate development; the proposed loan from the EIB and other ways that the Government can subside this project in order to ensure that the rents are realistic and truly affordable while not compromising on the quality of design; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55727/21]
152. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that section 15 subsection 6(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community will be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021 especially in view of an announcement (details supplied) that the digital hub will continue to function beyond June 2022. [55678/21]
630. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the criteria under which the selection and consultations for the Sláintecare healthy communities fund were made. [54521/21]
548. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be targeted to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53971/21]
492. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department taking to ensure that, once health restrictions allow, children living in Dublin 12 will have access to after-school services in their community which are currently unavailable similar to those available to children in Dublin 8. [54504/21]
491. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on the establishment of the proposed service for the parents of children in care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54492/21]
291. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the official policy of his Department regarding the acceptance of requests by civil service workers who wish to remain working from home to prevent exposed health risks entailed by the return to the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/21]
212. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons in each of the past five years who have temporarily or permanently surrendered their driving licence due to a medical condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54258/21]
128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if the use of trains (details supplied) for intercity services will cease given the inadequate luggage space available which makes such journeys unattractive and thus sees a decrease in the use of public transport and a correlating effect in terms of meeting climate change targets. [53241/21]
1047. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will commit funding under the Sláintecare healthy communities fund to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 opening access to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53020/21]
925. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if a person can avail of indoor dining under the EU Digital COVID Certificate requirements in cases in which they received one Covid-19 vaccination which resulted in a severe medical reaction and has been advised not to take a second dose by a medical practitioner. [52486/21]
763. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the 2020 Annual Report of the Legal Aid Board will be published; and the actions that are being taken by her Department in relation to its contents. [53012/21]
721. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the way the additional funding announced in Budget 2022 to allow the Irish Prison Service to recruit more psychologists and specialist mental health nurses will be allocated; and the projected timeline for implementation. [52222/21]
640. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of foster carers that are relative carers in each Tusla local area office. [52701/21]
639. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster carers broken down by Tusla local area office. [52700/21]
635. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster carers who have ceased fostering in the past 36 months by quarter and local office. [52258/21]
633. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of relative foster carers and general foster carers that have been approved in each of the past 36 months by Tusla area. [52198/21]
632. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private foster carers that have been approved in each of the past 36 months by Tusla area. [52197/21]
178. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the publication of the next national access plan; if there are plans to incorporate the introduction of a designated staff member for care leavers in higher education into the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51394/21]
174. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €183 million funding for his Department announced in Budget 2022 that will be used to establish a support service for parents of children that have been taken into care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51393/21]
173. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €183 million funding for his Department announced in Budget 2022 that will be used to establish therapeutic services internal to Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51392/21]
831. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in Tallaght Hospital. [50993/21]
830. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of paediatric diabetes services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50992/21]
829. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50991/21]
828. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/21]
662. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when pay restoration will be granted to section 56 and 59 workers employed by Tusla in line with recent restoration of section 39 workers pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51314/21]
558. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if a new ASD school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has on-site therapists and a behaviour therapist. [50649/21]
210. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he has explored the potential to trade excess vaccines in Ireland which are approaching their expiration date with other states in need of vaccine supplies. [43477/21]
411. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the purpose for which a Garda Síochána or PSNI report would be requested from an application of Irish citizenship through naturalisation. [49187/21]
378. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline of the formulation of the national access plan for 2022-2026. [49411/21]
271. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the reason for the recent Departmental decision to stop the banking of special education teacher hours lost by a lack of substitute availability to cover special education teacher absences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49308/21]
74. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the current regulations regarding the use of bicycle lights; if there is a minimum or maximum flash rate that these lights must adhere to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49278/21]
342. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of fixed charge penalty notices issued for illegal parking offences issued in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 with a breakdown of such notices issued per offence in each period, for example, parking on a footpath, parking at a bus stop, parking on a cycle lane and so on. [48835/21]
251. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the eligibility criteria that bar persons in receipt of illness benefit from receiving the fuel allowance and the bonus week payment at Christmas. [48311/21]
193. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to use his power to increase by statutory instrument the fixed charge penalty notice fine for offences such as parking on a footpath, driving on a pedestrianised street, driving in a bus lane and to also introduce penalty points for such egregious offences. [48836/21]
56. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will assess the income eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to only apply to the applicant’s income as opposed to other adults' resident in the property whose income is not necessarily pooled with the applicant for the purpose of general expenditure and as such has no impact on their ability to meet heating costs. [47855/21]
83. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline of the full commencement and implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [48496/21]
26. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed in the OPW with training or experience in universal design. [48494/21]
2. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the completion of the latest critical skills and ineligible occupation lists. [48497/21]
513. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the details of any inquiry into the findings of oppression against the State by the Court of Criminal Appeal in 1980 which led to the successful appeal by persons (details supplied) of their sentences in 1980. [47616/21]