Patrick Costello — Watch Them Work

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-01-21 Finance Community Platform — Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
2026-01-20 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month
2025-05-20 Education and Training The Union of Students in Ireland — Lobby day email
2025-01-22 Community Merchants QuayIreland Ltd — Proposals re drug treatment, homelessness, mental health and related matters
2025-01-21 Health Epilepsy Ireland — Seeking an update on the status of the reimbursement of the anti-seizure medication FINTEPLA.
2025-01-21 Budgetary matters One Family — Disseminated One Family Pre-Budget Submission
2025-01-21 Justice and Equality Irish Council for Civil Liberties — ICCL Election Manifesto Asks
2025-01-21 Health Irish Council for Civil Liberties — Mental Health Bill (2024)

Date	Them	Party	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2023-05-31	nil	ta	Amendment put	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗	Lost
2022-05-18	ta	staon	Question put	National Maternity Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2020-10-07	nil	ta	Amendment put	Dying with Dignity Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗	Lost

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2024-11-06	nil	Question put	Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) Aontú PMB ↗	Lost
2024-11-05	ta	Question put	Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Finance) ↗	Carried
2024-11-05	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Amendment put	Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Amendment put	Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: From the Seanad	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-22	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2024-10-16	ta	Question put	Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Finance) ↗	Carried
2024-10-16	ta	Question put	VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried

Top departments

494	Justice
351	Health
228	Education
207	Children
200	Transport
194	Housing
156	Foreign
106	Defence

Most recent

2024-11-05 Environment Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the revaluation of deferred benefits for An Post pensions will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44923/24]
2024-11-05 Environment Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the revaluation of deferred benefits for An Post pensioners will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/24]
2024-11-05 Finance Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance in circumstances where individuals live on a designated flood plain, such as near the Camac, but which has never flooded, the options available to them where there is only one insurance company willing to insure them and the monopoly results in annual price increases. [44146/24]
2024-11-05 Housing Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to address coastal change management; how the working group is comprised; if the group has met; when the coastal change management strategy will be completed and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/24]
2024-11-05 Social Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the supports that are in place for recently retired people who were Civil Service and public sector employees recruited prior to 6 April 1995; if she is considering changing the rules to allow this cohort apply for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44023/24]
2024-11-05 Justice Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the progress on the evaluation of the drug treatment court, as identified as a strategic priority under the National Drugs Strategy Strategic Action Plan for 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44596/24]
2024-11-05 Justice Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the progress on repealing enactments providing for the ineligibility of those serving presumptive minimum sentences for temporary release and parole, as recommended in her Department’s review of minimum sentences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44597/24]
2024-11-05 Justice Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the progress or findings of research by her Department and the Irish Prison Service on the outcomes of those being held on remand who subsequently receive no conviction or a sentence that does not result in imprisonment, as referred to in the report of the Prison Overcrowding Response Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44598/24]
2024-11-05 Agriculture Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds registered as 'deceased' in the Irish Coursing Club's stud book for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, with a breakdown by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44885/24]
2024-11-05 Health Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to improve handover times for the National Ambulance Service at hospitals, which is currently impacting service. [43976/24]

Patrick Costello Green Party · Dublin South-Central

Who's been in their ear 50 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

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