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Alternative Energy Projects. (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take following the completion of the public consultation on the bio-fuels obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43630/08]

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: He was not in government then.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach may be aware that a major planning application for a €2 billion development has been submitted to deal with a large section of O'Connell Street and the surrounding streets. Two national monuments, namely, the GPO and 14-17 Moore Street, are in the heart of this proposed development. In the context of legislation that has been proposed to consolidate and modernise the...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: There is a certain urgency about it.

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on growing speculation regarding the privatisation of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43644/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the attacks on firemen at Hallowe'en; if he will amend the legislation to ensure that the emergency services personnel have the same entitlement to protection and compensation when injured in the line of duty as the Garda Síochána have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43769/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive their naturalisation papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43923/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: The Deputy's time has expired.

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timescale for the merging of the promotion element of Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43967/08]

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will distribute the €24 million underspend from the single farm payment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43968/08]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: A number of bilateral agreements for intercountry adoptions are due for renewal next year but doubts have arisen regarding several of these. We have not put into law the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which we signed 15 years ago. It was promised that an adoption Bill would be brought with some haste during this session...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will drop the requirement of field work that makes up an integral part of the biology leaving certificate curriculum in view of his cutbacks on substitute cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44352/08]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding his Department provides for the leaving certificate applied curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44353/08]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that no fraud was involved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if his Department have carried out an investigation into the strange anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/08]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a Romani encampment at a toxic dump of mine tailings in northern Kosovo; if Irish diplomats or the Irish peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo will assist in dealing with the threat of lead poisoning from the dump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the shooting dead in cold blood of a resident of East Wall, Dublin 1, the earlier targeting and terrorising of the same man and many of his neighbours, the failure of the Government to deal with anti-social behaviour which is becoming...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: I offer my sympathies to the family of the man killed in East Wall in my constituency. I call for a full debate, hopefully, tomorrow, on anti-social behaviour, which has become embedded in urban communities. I would like the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and other relevant Ministers to be present because this is a major malaise in the country.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: It is in order to call for a debate on the Order of Business, which is what I am doing.

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak about the report on Ireland's future in the European Union, which I commend to the House. It is the culmination of seven weeks of intensive work by the 12 Oireachtas Members who sat on the sub-committee. I pay tribute to its Chairman, Senator Paschal Donohoe, who was excellent throughout, and the Vice Chairman, Deputy Timmy Dooley, who stepped...