Tag: Patrick Costello
WATCH: Law Reform (Contracts) Bill 2024
Full Transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello: I move that leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for third party rights in relation to enforcement and performance of contracts; to provide for orderly consequences of discharge of a contract due to frustration; and to provide for related matters. At the outset, I…
WATCH: Cherry Orchard Hospital
Full transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello: I wish to raise a serious issue relating to Cherry Orchard Hospital and the impact it is having on families. A briefing paper from the multidisciplinary team last August highlighted the significant clinical risk relating to a move, including the potential for high mortality rates. Will the Minister of State…
WATCH: Ratification of the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD
Transcript: Deputy Patrick Costello: My question is for the Minister with responsibility for disabilities. Will the Minister commit to ratifying the optional protocol of the UNCRPD in the lifetime of the Government? There is not much time left. Minister Roderic O’Gorman: As the Taoiseach outlined in the House last week, the Government’s commitment is to…
STATEMENT: I welcome Citizen Assembly on Drugs Report but think it could have gone further
Patrick Costello, Green Party TD for Dublin South, speaking today following the launch of the Citizen Assembly on Drugs final report. He began “I welcome the launch of this report, this was something that we pushed hard for in the Programme for Government so I am glad to see that it happened in the lifetime…