Full speech transcript: What I wish to raise as a Topical Issue matter is the issue of support for parents who are engaged with Tusla in respect of child protection concerns and whose children are in care. The reality is that this is a group of parents are often quite stigmatised and receive very little…

Green Party Spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin South-Central, Deputy Patrick Costello, has raised concerns in the Dáíl at the serious delays in the redevelopment of Labre Park in Ballyfermot and the continued failure to provide the Traveller Community with appropriate accommodation. Speaking on Statements on Traveller Accommodation on Thursday, he said: “Earlier this…

Last week during statements on Traveller accommodation I highlighted the struggles that the residents of Labre Park in my constituency have gone through. We need to enshrine a right to housing in the constitution to ensure that all our citizens have proper legal basis for human dignity in accommodation. Full speech transcript: I welcome the…

Deputy Patrick Costello speaks at the Oireachtas Committee for the Implementation of the Good Friday Committee. This meeting saw family members of those murdered at Ballymurphy in 1971 appear before the committee in light of the released report on the incident.

Patrick Costello TD calls for recognition of the annexation, enacting the Occupied Territories Bill and recognition of the state of Palestine. Full speech transcript: While I agree with most or all of what has been said so far in the Chamber, I want to take a small step back and a step forward. I want…

Patrick Costello TD raises a topical debate with the Minister regarding autism spectrum disorder schooling in Dublin. Full speech transcript: I will concentrate on Dublin 12 in my constituency but many of the issues impact on the constituencies that border our constituencies. The Minister has been in the House before to hear me speak about…

Patrick Costello calls for the enacting of legislation in Dublin to give effect to legacy investigation provisions in the Stormont House Agreement. Full transcript: I join with my colleagues in the Chamber in recognising the strength and dignity of the families of Ballymurphy in demanding justice over all of these years. So many other families…

Full transcript: Something the Minister said earlier stuck with me. He said he was glad to be able to use the United Nations to talk about how this situation has worsened, but the reality is what we are seeing is not new. It has been going on for a long time. I was in Palestine…

Deputy Patrick Costello raises the UBI pilot scheme for Artists during oral questions with Minister Catherine Martin and urges her to set out a timeline for its implementation. Full transcript: Deputy Costello – At the end last year, we had a report from the arts recovery task force with a series of recommendations on supporting…