Parliamentary questions

Abortion Services

Patrick Costello

89. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health his views on the exclusion of vulnerable individuals such as newly arrived asylum seekers, from access to abortion services without charge on the basis that they do not have a personal public service number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37248/22]

Special Educational Needs

Patrick Costello

574. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed implementation of ASD classes and units in Dublin 12 in the schools currently without any (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37991/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Patrick Costello

602. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s consideration of proposals regarding extending free travel eligibility for people with epilepsy who are unable to drive as a result of their condition; if these proposals will be considered in the context of the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37240/22]

Disability Services

Patrick Costello

664. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the provision of specific pathways of support to reach under-represented minorities within the autism community including members of Traveller, ethnic minorities and LGBTQIA+ communities. [37131/22]

International Protection

Patrick Costello

727. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of decisions issued by the International Protection Office in the past 12 months under headings (details supplied) in tabular form. [37253/22]

International Protection

Patrick Costello

728. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of affirmed decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal; and the number of recommendations that have been set aside in the past 12 months. [37254/22]

Paramilitary Groups

Patrick Costello

752. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the steps that are being taken by her Department and the Criminal Assets Bureau to tackle illegal paramilitary groupings in relation to their assets and illegal money-lending activities. [37974/22]

Disability Services

Patrick Costello

762. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when a school (details supplied) will have the following services; behaviour therapist, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist, on-site nurse and access to a play therapist. [37993/22]

Medicinal Products

Patrick Costello

342. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the first line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum is reimbursed on the drugs payment and medical card schemes; and if he will provide an update same. [36726/22]

Special Educational Needs

Patrick Costello

339. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the current status of the early intervention special therapy programme for schools which was launched in 2018; the schools currently included in the Dublin South Central area; and the plans for a wider roll-out of the scheme. [35423/22]

International Agreements

Patrick Costello

128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken by his Department in line with European Union to ensure that the European Union-Morocco Association Agreement does not cover territory in occupied Western Sahara. [33560/22]

International Agreements

Patrick Costello

129. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken by his Department in line with the Court of Justice of the European Union decisions to ensure that the European Union agreement with Morocco on additional liberalisation of trade in agricultural and fish products does not cover territory in occupied Western Sahara. [33561/22]

International Agreements

Patrick Costello

214. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken by his Department in line with European Union law to ensure that Ireland's bilateral agreement with Morocco relating to double taxation does not cover territory in occupied Western Sahara. [33559/22]

Credit Unions

Patrick Costello

191. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider an amendment to the Credit Union Act 1994 to permit credit unions to include a statement when issuing the notice of the AGM to each eligible member in the notice to the effect that the annual accounts may be obtained on the website of the credit union or at the registered office of the credit union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33302/22]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Costello

202. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current status of St. Andrew's Church, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2 which is owned by Tourism Ireland and that has been vacant and on sale for over five years; the number of offers that have been received for the site; the works that are being carried out to maintain the structure and prevent dereliction; if her Department has sought alternative purposes for which it could use the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33470/22]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Patrick Costello

132. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 4 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on the timeline to confirm the statutory instrument to give effect to the changes agreed in the CIÉ regular wages scheme. [32134/22]

State Examinations

Patrick Costello

560. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to the extension of deferred sitting of exams in future for those who suffer an episode during an exam (details supplied). [32182/22]

Schools Building Projects

Patrick Costello

572. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the extension works to be carried out at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32521/22]

Wards of Court

Patrick Costello

762. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the number of wardship applications that were made by the HSE in March, April, May and to date in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Patrick Costello

138. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach if he has read the recent report on the education systems North and South by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will detail the target funding from the Shared Island fund which is being used in this field, particularly to target the high prevalence of early school-leavers in Northern Ireland. [28634/22]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Patrick Costello

219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has had any engagement with telecommunications companies regarding the sharing of masts rather than each provider installing their own given the proliferation of new masts across the country including in Dublin 12 in which a company (details supplied) has recently commenced the process of installing two such masts in close proximity to each other through the road opening licence process which results in increased street clutter to the detriment of the streetscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29498/22]

Public Transport

Patrick Costello

261. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the initiatives that his Department is supporting to increase the availability of public transport and public service vehicles after 11pm in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29038/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Patrick Costello

262. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he has instructed the Dublin Airport Authority to close non-critical services at Dublin Airport such as the private VIP terminal known as Dublin Platinum Services and redeploy staff to Terminals 1 and 2 in light of the current staffing issues at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29045/22]

International Relations

Patrick Costello

581. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 19 May 2022, the efforts that he has made at European Union and United Nations level to promote and advance such a consensus rather than simply raising the issue of Israel’s compliance with international law (details supplied); his views on whether Ireland is in a strong position at European Union and United Nations level to show leadership in this respect; his views on whether the Irish people would support such an initiative; if he will table such a proposal in view of the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29111/22]

Departmental Legal Cases

Patrick Costello

812. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has taken an appeal (details supplied) to the Supreme Court solely for the purpose of seeking confirmation of the applicability of citizenship to children under the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [30376/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

1300. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice , further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 31 May, the level of vaccination that is required for critical mass at Cloverhill Prison; the current level of vaccination; and the procedures that are in place for prisoners who are vaccinated and wish to enjoy the re-instated rights and visitations as is in other prisons in the State to transfer to those prisons. [29406/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

1314. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the Irish Prison Service staff code of ethics, which was introduced in December 2021, will be released to the public.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29612/22]

Fines Administration

Patrick Costello

1372. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the value of fines levied on airlines for failure to carry out adequate checks on travel documents prior to flying in the past five years, in tabular form. [30824/22]

Travel Documents

Patrick Costello

1373. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of individuals who have been detained when arriving in Ireland and charged with travelling on fake South African passports in the past five years, in tabular form. [30825/22]

Further and Higher Education

Patrick Costello

334. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has read the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) comparing the education systems North and South; and if his Department will take any actions on foot of same. [28635/22]

Company Law

Patrick Costello

60. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to reducing late filing penalties and-or the introduction of a discretion for the application of penalties by the Companies Registration Office in cases in which an error such as a failed filing fee payment results in a late return as these penalties and requirement for full audited accounts place a significant burden on micro-SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27554/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Patrick Costello

159. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of fixed charge notices which have been issued using the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since the law was introduced in November 2019, by year and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28178/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Patrick Costello

160. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015, tabulated by the alleged offences for which these were issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28180/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Patrick Costello

161. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the status of the exploration of the potential of an online portal for road users to upload footage of road traffic offences as published in the Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 on 14 December 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28185/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

191. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 31 March 2022, if the OPW will commit to the installation of traffic signs (details supplied) on both sides of the road at the terminal ends of the limit; and if an undertaking will be given to introduce upright repeaters soon after entry to the park and on roads currently without repeaters for example, on Wellington Road. [28167/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

192. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 31 March 2022, if he will share the analyses of the surface mounted counters; if he will provide the data from counters not in proximity to junctions, speed bumps or other traffic calming measures and similar which would influence the speed results (details supplied); and if he will provide a comprehensive analysis of the available data to show the impact of the 30 km per hour limit from 28 February to date, by location and direction of travel including but not limited to, the mean, mode and fastest speeds for motor vehicles and the change in traffic volumes by mode. [28168/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

193. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 March 2022, when the incomplete and additional remediation works that he outlined will be finished; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the filtered permeability on Military Road does not have signage to prohibit motorcyclists and would benefit from their addition. [28171/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

194. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 March 2022, if repeaters will be deployed on roads currently without repeaters given that speeding is experienced by cyclists and pedestrians on such roads (details supplied). [28172/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

195. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 March 2022, the discussion his Department had between the OPW, Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council relating to the change of speed limit in Phoenix Park and the implication for them to erect appropriate speed limit signs (details supplied) at the terminal ends of the 30 km per hour limit; and the agreement that was made between the relevant councils and the OPW given that drivers exiting Phoenix Park have no indication of the cessation of the 30 km per hour limit and the commencement of a new speed limit. [28173/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

196. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the by-laws (details supplied) on the Phoenix Park website will be revised to include the correct speed limit of 30 km per hour rather than the former 50 km per hour limit. [28174/22]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the corrective action that is planned to ensure adherence to the 30 km per hour limit in Phoenix Park given that it was introduced more than two months ago and the incidence of motorists travelling at or below the limit is low. [28175/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Patrick Costello

491. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken in relation to early learning and childcare providers who continue to restrict parents and visitors to their premises, contravening the updated guidance issued by his Department in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27283/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

555. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce a code of ethics for prison staff in line with the Council of Europe recommendation CM/Rec (2012) 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27256/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

556. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will order an annual publication of a measuring the quality of life in prison, similar to research carried out by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, either by the Inspector of Prisons or an academic institution or NGO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27257/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

557. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the Irish Prison Service Prison rules, specifically rule 95 on use of force, to clarify that the amount of force used shall be the minimum necessary and shall be imposed for the shortest necessary time. [27258/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

558. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the specific differences in the disciplinary code for officers which was affected by the introduction of S.I. No. 261/2020 which revoked the pre-existing S.I. No. 289/1996. [27259/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

559. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the efforts made since January 2022 to alleviate the position in the Irish Prison Service whereby almost one quarter of prisoners were in some form of restricted regime as per the Irish Prison Service census. [27260/22]

Legislative Reviews

Patrick Costello

560. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered the civil liberties implications of S.I. No. 250/2020 Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020, which was introduced in the context of the Covid pandemic but contain no reference to Covid itself, have no sunset clause and can be utilised upon the advice of a person at the level of the prison doctor; the timeline for the repeal of this legislation in line with the emergency pandemic health legislation which has lapsed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27261/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

561. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the increase by almost 10% in the Irish Prison Service population since January 2022; the efforts being made to reduce this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27262/22]

Mental Health Services

Patrick Costello

562. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 5 April 2022, if she will provide an updated publication date for the findings of the high level taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system in line with her prior commitment to have done so by the second quarter of 2022. [27263/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

571. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of prisoners who had an error identified in the calculation of their sentence by prison, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27337/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

572. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of prisoners who had their sentence decreased following the 2021 audit of sentence calculations by prison, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

573. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the total number of cases in which prisoners continued to remain in detention following the expiration of their correct sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27339/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

574. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of legal challenges that were taken by prisoners due to errors in sentence calculation; the number of completed legal challenges; the number of ongoing legal challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27340/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

575. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the timeline for the proposed external review of the policies, processes and procedures for sentence calculation; if a shortlist of external candidates has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27341/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

608. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the Irish Prison Service to carry out a review and updating of its current drugs strategy which dates from 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27999/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

609. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug overdoses which have taken place over the past five years in each institution in the Irish Prison Service in tabular form; and if she can provide details in the case of each if the outcome was fatal. [28000/22]

Human Rights

Patrick Costello

610. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture will be implemented considering that a commitment in the Programme for Government was set for within 18 months of the formation of the Government a target which has since passed. [28001/22]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

611. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of prison officers dismissed by the Irish Prison Service in the past five years for breaches of discipline. [28002/22]

Traffic Fines

Patrick Costello

621. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015, tabulated by the alleged offences for which these were issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28181/22]

Traffic Fines

Patrick Costello

622. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 March 2022, the number and type of enforcements issued to motorists for exceeding the posted 30km per hour speed limit travelling the wrong way on the North Road one-way system and for travelling on the Upper Glen Road cul-de-sac (details supplied) [28187/22]

Industrial Relations

Patrick Costello

645. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will make a meaningful proposal or issue an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) that represent healthcare professionals for talks to address long-standing pay and career development issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27317/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patrick Costello

652. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of the antiviral drug called paxlovid and-or other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies to patients diagnosed with long Covid beyond those with an immunodeficiency to cover patients who are affected with long Covid and are having symptoms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patrick Costello

653. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health when access to diagnostic testing fluorescence microscopy to identify fibrin micro clots in long Covid patients will be introduced in Ireland so patients can be prescribed anticoagulants safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27335/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patrick Costello

654. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the support that his Department has made available for research into treatments for long Covid, including research into the application of treatments currently available for patients with acute Covid such as paxlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27336/22]

Peace Commissioners

Patrick Costello

321. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the details of the Departmental guidance, information manuals and training for peace commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27016/22]

Citizenship Applications

Patrick Costello

324. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if a citizenship application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited due the significant delays in processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27183/22]

Citizenship Applications

Patrick Costello

325. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if a citizenship application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited due the significant delays in processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27184/22]

Tax Exemptions

Patrick Costello

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]

Passport Services

Patrick Costello

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]

Family Law Cases

Patrick Costello

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]

Medicinal Products

Patrick Costello

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]

International Relations

Patrick Costello

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]

Health Services

Patrick Costello

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]

Legislative Measures

Patrick Costello

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]

Workplace Relations Commission

Patrick Costello

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]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

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]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

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]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

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]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

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]

Legislative Programme

Patrick Costello

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]

Visa Applications

Patrick Costello

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]

Workplace Relations Commission

Patrick Costello

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]

Electric Vehicles

Patrick Costello

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]

National Educational Psychological Service

Patrick Costello

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]

Legislative Process

Patrick Costello

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]

Departmental Reports

Patrick Costello

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]

Company Law

Patrick Costello

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]

Defective Building Materials

Patrick Costello

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]

Defective Building Materials

Patrick Costello

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]

Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge

Patrick Costello

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]

Mental Health Services

Patrick Costello

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]

Statutory Instruments

Patrick Costello

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]

Traffic Management

Patrick Costello

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]

Freedom of Speech

Patrick Costello

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]

Health Services Staff

Patrick Costello

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]

Health Services Staff

Patrick Costello

537. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the names of the foetal valproate syndrome liaison officers in each CHO. [22268/22]

Medicinal Products

Patrick Costello

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]

Road Safety

Patrick Costello

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]

Legislative Measures

Patrick Costello

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]