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Prisoner Complaints Procedures. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister has been saying it for a long time.

Prisoner Complaints Procedures. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: We are concerned about the cost to taxpayers.

Prisoner Complaints Procedures. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: When does the Minister expect to deal with the problem?

Prisoner Complaints Procedures. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister knows we all oppose slopping out, but we disagree with the way he is addressing the matter. The Minister can upgrade prisons.

Garda Code. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The red herring is being dragged along.

Courts Service. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister made an amazing announcement on New Year's Eve with regard to the establishment of a second Special Criminal Court. The Special Criminal Court was set up under legislation in 1939 on the grounds that ordinary courts were not adequate to deal with the process of justice. The Minister has just told us that the main reason for its establishment is dissident republican groups and...

Courts Service. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Why do we need a second criminal court? Five cases hardly present a need for such a court. What is the make-up of the five cases? It has been the custom over recent years to take the easy option and bring in cases which could be dealt with by ordinary courts. That might be the reason we have a backlog. What is the position regarding Mr. Justice Hederman's report presented almost two years ago...

Deportation Orders. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister did not mention the number of deportees who were children. Perhaps he will give that figure. The figures I was given previously for 2004 showed that people had been deported to three countries. A total of 181 were deported to Romania in 2004. Romania is likely to become a member state of the European Union in 2007 so the major emphasis on that country seems strange, given that...

Deportation Orders. (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: What about Irish born children?

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the security arrangements the gardaí are planning for the Phibsboro area in view of concerns expressed by local residents arising from a decision that Shamrock Rovers will play its home matches at Dalymount from March 2005 when the new soccer season starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4955/05]

Written Answers — Defamation Law: Defamation Law (16 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his consideration of the recommendations of the legal advisory group on the defamation law, in regard to the proposals for the establishment of a statutory press council; when he intends to bring proposals on this matter to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4921/05]

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: In view of the concern of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform about the appalling conditions in Mountjoy Prison and the lack of in-cell sanitation, and his willingness to purchase a greenfield site in north County Dublin for a new prison at ten times the market value, will the Tánaiste give us some idea when the prisons Bill allowing for the closure of Mountjoy Prison is likely...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: It was in Mandarin Irish.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: What is new about that?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire innu freisin ach ní chuirim fáilte roimh an Bhille seo. Bille tábhachtach atá ann ach tá baraíocht moltaí istigh ann atá contúirteach i dtaobh cearta an tsaoránaigh. Mar shampla, is féidir duine a cheistiú i staisiún Gharda go ceann 24 uair. Beidh barántás cuardaíochta ar fáil ag na gardaí ó ghardaí eile agus beidh siad in ann sampla DNA a...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: I must say that when the Minister does it, he does it. Some 22 pages in 45 minutes, as Gaeilge, was certainly over and above the call of duty. A Bill that is likely to contain amendments which will be in excess of the substance of the original text is not the way to do business. The Minister has a penchant for introducing a Bill and then producing a range of ancillary and miscellaneous...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Ours is a sovereign State with a Constitution and we have signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights. Mainland Europe and Britain were engulfed in two world wars in the 20th century. We have not experienced civil strife for over 80 years. It is time we faced up to our status as a free, sovereign, democratic State and stopped behaving as a nation under siege from within and without....

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: That is the specified amount. There is no further indication to the judge.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister could have provided for an alternative. In any case, it is now a criminal offence. Moreover, which judge will listen to a young man or woman who has not paid the fine originally imposed by the garda in the middle of the night?

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Joe Costello: Whose word is likely to be taken in such a situation?