Results 2,801-2,820 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, in view of the 2008 legislative programme and the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, he anticipates that the legislative framework will be in place to enable tenants of council flats to purchase their homes under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/08]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the case of a person (details attached) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8215/08]

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. One wonders how the current structures existed for so long. We have four schemes, the higher education grants, third level maintenance grants, VEC scholarship scheme and PLC maintenance grant scheme. There are 66 awarding authorities. If one set out to create a more complex and bureaucratic scheme, one could not do much worse....

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: For all that I am sure it does not mean the Minister does not consider it should be up front because the Bill is about student support and not about other issues. However, the Minister has hidden an extremely important issue in section 25. I will read the explanatory memorandum: Section 25 requires specified institutions to prepare draft access plans in respect of access to the institution...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (28 Feb 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had talks with the principals in a retailers (details supplied) either before or after their announcement of the loss of 580 jobs; if so, the outcome of the talks; the steps he proposes to provide employment opportunities for the redundant workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8555/08]

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: In the context of previous questions about the date on which the referendum on the EU reform treaty will be held and when the Bill will be published, when will a copy of the treaty be made available for the people to peruse? There is a crying need for that to happen. When will we receive the White Paper that was promised? Will we receive a copy of the Attorney General's advice on the...

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach did not state whether the Government would make copies of the treaty available.

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Why is the Government, which is charged with putting a Bill before the Dáil, asking the people of this country to vote approval of the Lisbon reform treaty without supplying them with a copy of it? It is a bit rich to expect the institute——

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: ——to provide copies. I think it is in order. This is about legislation.

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: It is about the most important legislation the House could address, namely, an amendment to the Constitution.

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: A better effort could be made for people.

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach has an obligation to provide it.

Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: It must be made available for people to read it.

Data Protection. (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: I thank Deputy Crawford for allowing me to speak first. A staff member of the New York Blood Centre was in public with a laptop containing the records of donors to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS. That person was mugged, his laptop taken and all the records have disappeared. The manner in which these things happened is weird and wonderful. There is a touch of James Bond about...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs here during 2007; the proportion of the overall flow of drugs into Ireland believed to be represented by these seizures; the new initiatives he is planning to control the flow of illegal drugs into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to end the flow of drugs to prisons, in view of the disclosure that inmates have tested positive for drugs 40,000 times over the past three years; the prisons or places of detention that are regarded as drug free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8967/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); if he will reduce VAT on defibrillators from 21% to 13.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9183/08]

Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason blood donors records were being transported in the public arena by a staff member of the New York blood centre without security on a New York street; the steps being taken to prevent such records being stolen in future; the steps being taken to allay donors' fears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9184/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Mar 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount the Health Service Executive paid in rent allowance in 2007 from centres (details supplied); the number of rent supplements paid to families or individuals by the centres; the number of inspections carried out by the centres prior to approving rent allowance; and the number of payments that have been withheld by the...