Patrick Costello

Green Party · Dublin South-Central

Activity on Environment — 100 events (3 lobbying · 96 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Environment

  • Planning and Development Bill 2023
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Community Law & Mediation Environment

  • Email correspondance to request that a PQ is submitted on the Coastal Change Management Strategy.
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked 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
  PQ
  Asked 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]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 30 and 32 of 1 October 2024, what supports are in place for residents who are struggling to pay for their heating bills under a district heating scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/24]
• 2024-10-07
  LOBBY
  Sisters of Mercy Environment

  • Our future gas supply needs to be in line with the climate law and carbon budget.
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason residential apartments (details supplied) are being charged a commercial rate for gas heating supplied by a district heating systems; if there is a legislative basis for this practise; if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities will investigate this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the District Heating Steering Group report of July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38633/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the heat and built environment taskforce is investigating the reason residential apartment blocks availing of a gas-based district heating system are being charged commercial supply rates rather than residential supply rates; if not, whether his Department is taking any measures in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38634/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that Bord Na Móna pays its yearly dividends to shareholders in one lot and not over a space of four years, as is currently proposed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38938/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31362/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advocate to increase Ireland’s climate finance and loss and damage funding to the agreed ‘fair share’ of €500 million per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32368/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government charges that private waste collection companies are charged on an annual basis, from 2016 to date in 2024, broken down by relevant metric, in tabular form (details supplied). [30526/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on private waste collection companies increasing their charges in light of the establishment of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30527/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current levels of staffing in the Commission for Communications Regulation; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29868/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current levels of staffing in the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29869/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29864/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will conduct an audit of all sites owned/rented by Government Departments for a feasibility study on installing deposit return machines on sites which sell applicable units on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27901/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to continue the tradition of working against nuclear proliferation and use the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency general conference to address the issue of Israeli nuclear weapons, which given Israel's history of aggression, are as much a threat to the peace and stability of the region as the Iranian nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27522/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Climate and Environmental Finance Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of the revised national adaptation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received correspondence dated 29 April 2024 in respect of the Gearagh; and if he can respond to the points raised. [20388/24]
• 2024-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the business practice among electricity suppliers to prevent customers from moving back to a flat-rate tariff if they have opted in-to a smart tariff; if this practice has been examined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a breakdown of the amount of funding drawn down by each local authority from the anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13133/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the eligibility rules will be published for the home energy upgrade loan scheme, and the expected timeline from submitting the application to drawing down the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10503/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the forthcoming Clean Air Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the maximum fine administered for breaches under the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529 of 2022); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10505/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions reported by local authorities in each of the years 2019 to 2023, and to date in 2024, under the updated Solid Fuel Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the updated average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10509/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes retrofitted, and heat pumps installed to date as part of the national retrofitting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current status of the public consultation on disposable vaping devices; the timeline for the proposed ban on the manufacture, sale, distribution or free offer of disposable vaping devices under the Waste Management Act, 1996, Section 28(4)(i); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10512/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 22 November 2023, if he can provide an update on new legislation to strengthen the enforcement powers of local authorities to support increased compliance with the air quality regulations, particularly given recent reports that the regulations are being flouted in some towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10514/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of a public consultation on the National Adaptation Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/24]
• 2024-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fines issued for dog-fouling in each local authority area in the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/24]
• 2024-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to tackle the scourge of dog fouling across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will amend the energy credit scheme to address the gap where those who are not on social welfare and who have moved into a previously vacant house have not been able to get the energy credit due to the property being designated low usage. [3345/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he will direct the Commission for Communications Regulation to review the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how persons can get access to their personal data usage having installed a smart meter without signing up to a smart meter plan. [56961/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will amend the legislation for the energy credit under Budget 2023 to include the removal of the exclusion of ‘low usage’ homes in cases whereby new tenants/owners move into a previously vacant unit. [57332/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role and function of a company (details supplied), a consortium of producers operating within the Republic of Ireland; what relationship it has with his Department; what duties it has been sanctioned by his Department; and what are its responsibilities in relation to the Single Use Plastics Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54656/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the plans of his Department to ensure the protection of freshwater supplies given the appearance of algal blooms on Blessington Lake (Poulaphouca Reservoir) and the recent environmental disaster in Lough Neagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50412/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans of his Department to protect rivers and fresh water lakes from agricultural runoff and to prevent algae blooms and other environmental damage from arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50415/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the development of a National Adaptation Framework; the timeline for completion and publication of the Framework; whether it will incorporate just transition and environmental justice principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47435/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a timeline on the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43750/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can clarify who is responsible for waste management in apartment complexes; the minimum requirements for apartment complex waste management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37827/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update in relation to the payment of pension increases due to postal workers since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38157/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the meeting with EU Energy Ministers in Valladolid on 11 July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36146/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Energy Charter Treaty was discussed at the meeting with EU Energy Ministers in Valladolid on 11 July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36147/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update in relation to Ireland’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36148/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a grant available for the installation of batteries as part of a residential solar panel system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27609/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider increasing the maximum grant available for the installation of residential solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27610/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider increasing the Clean Export Premium (CEP) feed-in tariff rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  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]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures his Department is taking to encourage landlords to avail of the national home energy retrofit programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22646/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fines issued for dog-fouling in each local authority area in the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20085/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fines issued for littering in each local authority area in the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20086/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that the report by the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Agriculture and the Solar Industry has made a recommendation that the planned consultation on direct lines is released as a matter of priority; if the consultation paper will be released by the end of Q4 2023, as promised in Climate Action Plan 2023; the reason it will not be delivered by Q1 of 2023 as originally promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16347/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the forthcoming Clean Air Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14054/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the forthcoming Clean Air Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14055/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the agency by local authorities in each of the years 2018 to 2022, and to date in 2023 under the updated Solid Fuel Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the maximum fine administered for breaches under the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529 of 2022); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14057/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the updated average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes retrofitted, and heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/23]
• 2023-03-08
  VOTE
  Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–78
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the sustainable development goal targets. [11425/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline what is envisaged in terms of the proposed administrative scheme to deal with costs associated with initiating proceedings relating to non-compliance with national law relating to the environment; if the scheme will replace existing protective costs orders; if it will provide for public interest and multi-party actions; the planned timeframe for roll-out of the scheme; if the scheme will be informed by the current review of the civil legal aid scheme and stakeholder submissions to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the development of a national environmental policy position; the timeline for completion and publication of the policy position; whether it will incorporate environmental justice principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10004/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 31 January 2023 (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown for D6W, D8, D12, D10 and D20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6476/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the publication date for the national clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the publication date for the national adaptation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5614/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Dublin south central that have applied for the fully-funded energy upgrade in the past two years; and the number of homes that have been upgraded. [4351/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a way whereby shallow retrofits for the worst-performing homes could be fast-tracked through the system with a possibility of a fuller upgrade. [4352/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will publish and approve the updated guidelines for the 2023 better energy communities' scheme. [4606/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions being taken by his Department to ensure the reduction in the wholesale price of gas is reflected in the sale price for citizens, given the recent fall in the wholesale price of gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will consider proposals from unions to establish a new system of redeployment in order to benefit teachers and to help solve teacher retention issues, teacher well-being issues and the environmental problems caused by the commutes of these teachers; and if she will meet with the relevant stakeholders in 2023 for an open discussion on these issues. [63826/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations in relation to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he plans to ensure, as part of the Directive, that companies and financial institutions, including asset managers and institutional investors, will be held responsible for violations of human rights and environmental standards along their entire value chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58696/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the SEAI better energy communities grant scheme funded by his Department will open for applications given that hospitality businesses need to carry out such work in the low season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59069/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding programme for the SEAI community grants in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57899/22]
• 2022-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will examine the feasibility of harvesting the excess heat from the proposed jet engines being bought to add additional capacity; if this could be deployed in a district heating scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53726/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider withdrawing Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty, noting that Italy has already withdrawn and Poland, Spain and the Netherlands recently announced that they will be withdrawing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53447/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in addition to the Climate Action Plans if his Department will publish a long-term climate action plan which focuses on post-2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the protections which will be extended to pay-as-you-go energy customers to prevent disconnections this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will introduce a grant system for solar photovoltaic energy in which the cost of a small 3.2 KW system is issued directly to the installation companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will sign-off on the agreed pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts that are being made by his Department to curtail the increase in prices being charged by energy providers in the State, given the current cost-of-living crisis, to ensure citizens are not being taken advantage of by these companies, many of which are showing record profits in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42487/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of posts advertised by his Department through the mobility scheme at Assistant Principal and Principal Officer levels to date in 2022, in tabular form; the title of each post advertised, the number of applicants for each post, the number of applicants shortlisted for interview, if a suitable applicant was identified for the post; and if not, the way that the post was filled. [39880/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  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]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish in the area of environmental law a specialist planning and environmental law court; and if, given the time-sensitive nature of such cases, she will make a duty judge available on a 24/7 basis to hear applications for interlocutory injunctions in environmental matters such as exists in other jurisdictions such as New South Wales. [16920/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions that his Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community report issued in November 2021. [14003/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will detail the latest launch of retrofitting funding as it primarily relates to houses, the available energy saving schemes for apartment buildings and apartment complexes. [10946/22]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  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]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the commencement date of the feed-in tariff scheme for the national grid. [43479/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31563/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total annual budget of the SEAI on an annual basis; the number of applicants for various grants; and the average grant award and number of rejected applications for the past five years, in tabular form. [28939/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if it is Garda policy to leave the engines of Garda vehicles running while at checkpoints; if the effects of the emissions of these vehicles on the occupational health of members of An Garda Síochána, the health of the public, the cost of fuel to the State and the damage to the environment are assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5797/21]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37913/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans that exist to support LNG import terminals in the State; the departmental policy towards fracking and LNG terminals more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he spoke to the chairperson and-or CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland between 16 March and 1 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12012/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital expenditure allocations to TG4 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [6536/20]