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Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Electric Vehicles
Patrick Costello
277. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered adapting street lamp-posts to also have charge points for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27461/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Tax Exemptions
Patrick Costello
367. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will raise the tax exemption on income up to €200 per year received by domestic micro-generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Patrick Costello
385. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct local authorities to delist light industrial manufacturing sites (details supplied) from the residential zoned land tax in a similar way to farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28058/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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National Minimum Wage
Patrick Costello
430. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the age-related rates of the minimum wage; his views on whether this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27322/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Defective Building Materials
Patrick Costello
766. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will meet with the organisers of a campaign (details supplied) before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28144/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Animal Breeding
Patrick Costello
974. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the use of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Animal Breeding
Patrick Costello
975. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the importation of products containing pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28149/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
1035. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential units managed directly by Tusla or its predecessor agency for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27495/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Patrick Costello
1064. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to house homeless refugees camping at Mount Street’s International Protection Office; if the gathering of non-IPAT homeless individuals has been noted by his Department; and the efforts that are being to end drug use in the camp by such individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
1085. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent posts broken down, in tabular form by the numbers vacant and occupied in each Tusla social work area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Patrick Costello
1086. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of foster carers in Tusla broken down in tabular form by local area office; the number who have an allocated fostering link worker; the number not allocated a fostering link worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Patrick Costello
1349. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if universities will be able to avail of Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
172. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will introduce legislation in relation to the Office of the Information Commissioner to ensure its procedures comply with the administration of justice requirements of the requirements of the Zalewski decision. [26900/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Food Prices
Patrick Costello
323. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity of the product for many woman and babies where breastfeeding may be an unviable option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27029/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Patrick Costello
374. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity of the product for many woman and babies where breastfeeding may be an unviable option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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School Facilities
Patrick Costello
63. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if universities will be able to avail of Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26480/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
82. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an expansion of the Tyrrelstown Amendment of the Residential Tenancies Act 2016 to allow local authorities step in and purchase multiple-occupied units when they are put up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26495/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Waste Management
Patrick Costello
139. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will move to ban hard styrofoam p6 plastic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25733/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Legislative Process
Patrick Costello
188. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if the stakeholder consultation process has been completed in relation to the horse-drawn carriages Bill; and when this Bill will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [25931/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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School Admissions
Patrick Costello
305. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will implement a State-wide uniform admission process in terms of preference of allocation of school places by individual schools, that is, siblings of existing students, distance to school, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26219/23]