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Defence Forces Equipment. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question No. 11 refers to jeeps, trucks and armoured personnel carriers on overseas service. What support, if any, is given by the UN towards the purchase, maintenance or replacement of weaponry and equipment used by Defence Forces personnel on overseas missions?

Defence Forces Equipment. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Is the fixed sum of money received by Ireland related to the services it renders?

Defence Forces Equipment. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: How much is owed?

Defence Forces Equipment. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: How much is owed at present?

Defence Forces Inquiries. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence whether the Garda investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) has been completed; if so, the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2935/07]

Defence Forces Inquiries. (1 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for bringing the report to a conclusion and for commissioning the Garda inquiry. I extend my condolences to the family of Private Barrett.

Written Answers — Biotechnological Inventions: Biotechnological Inventions (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that the public good competitive research programme, the Research Stimulus Fund, is used presently to stimulate the development of plastic materials and chemical agents from plants such as wheat, sunflower, maize or beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter of a major UK supermarket chains...

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3393/07]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit here; if he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3786/07]

Written Answers — Treatment of Prisoners: Treatment of Prisoners (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to ensure that packages of clothes, submitted by a family for a prisoner, reach that prisoner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3787/07]

Written Answers — Prisoner Complaints Procedures: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will appoint an ombudsman for the Prison Service to deal with prisoners' issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/07]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received all necessary documents regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3790/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce a system of random searches of CIA aircraft landing at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3392/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been in existence for ten years in dilapidated prefab buildings and that these conditions are totally unsatisfactory for the education of children; her plans to replace the prefabs with a permanent new school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for protecting No. 16 Moore Street (details supplied) together with No. 14, 15 and 17 Moore Street which have had a protection order under the National Monuments Act 1930 placed on them in January 2007; his plans for the development of these buildings in the context of the aspirations and...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (6 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that prisoners are aware of their entitlement to vote; the procedures in place in prisons to assist in the registration of prisoners; the number of prisoners who have filled in the new registration forms for a postal vote in each of the prisons; and if he will make a...

European Council: Statements. (7 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: I thank the Taoiseach for presenting his views on what transpired at the European Union summit on 14 and 15 December. However, my assessment of what transpired there is not nearly as sanguine as that of the Taoiseach. While he presented the summit as a great success, that is not my opinion. In recent years, European Council summits have tended to be statements of collective aspiration...

European Council: Statements. (7 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: I am delighted to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs here. How to deal with the constitutional treaty is the central issue overshadowing every EU summit and meeting and, indeed, every meeting of the National Forum on Europe these days as the various party leaders have made their contributions on their vision for Europe. I saw nothing in the Taoiseach's speech to indicate a road map for a...

European Council: Statements. (7 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Having heard the Minister's response to Deputy Gormley's question, I note he has an admirable track record in waste management in his own home.

European Council: Statements. (7 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: I do. The Minister might transmit his knowledge to the Minister for Finance who, in his forthcoming budget, might withdraw the provision in the last budget to spend €300 million to €400 million on purchasing carbon emission allowances from poorer countries. Thus, the members of the Government will all be singing from the same hymn-sheet. It is quite obvious the Minister for Foreign...