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Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: I await the next missive from the Ceann Comhairle on this matter as well. On the Tánaiste's Department of Education and Science brief, yesterday there was a ceremony by the survivors of Bethany Home, which was a residential institution for children, at an unmarked grave for 40 children who died, 27 of them in the space of a single year, in Bethany Home. The Department of Health and Children...

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: Can she state whether that requires any further order by the Minister?

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: Considering that there were 27 deaths of infants in a single year, which we know about only because the legislation-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: No, this is relevant. We know of that only because of the 1934 legislation that required notification of infant deaths. The following year we got it, but we do not have it for any of the other years. Will the Minister, because it is her area of responsibility, conduct an investigation into all of the deaths that took place in Bethany Home? Twenty seven deaths is close to 15% of the child...

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: I am raising two points:-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: -----first, if Bethany Home can be added to the list; and second, if an investigation will take place because this is a matter on a par with what we are seeking from the HSE on deaths of children in its care over the past ten years.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: Is it or is it not?

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Joe Costello: That is a disgrace.

Written Answers — Energy Saving Schemes: Energy Saving Schemes (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national energy efficiency retrofit programme will be launched in view of the difficulties that there has been with expenditure running behind profile in 2009 according to the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23018/10]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will amend the Employment Permit Act 2006 to allow immigrants who have employment permits to work with Irish employers to register with new employers here when they are made redundant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allow a person (details supplied) to remain in Dublin in order to complete the last year of their second level studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22779/10]

Written Answers — Rent Reviews: Rent Reviews (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the working group on transparency in commercial rent reviews will issue its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/10]

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of swimming pools which were funded under the last round of the local authority swimming pools programme in Dublin city; their locations; the amount in each case; when the new programme will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22778/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will grant rent supplement to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/10]

Official Engagements (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: I have one or two questions for the Taoiseach in regard to the Latin American meeting and the forthcoming June summit. I met last week with a delegation from the Colombian trade union. The delegation met immediately afterwards with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and was hosted by Mr. David Begg and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The delegation had a specific request which it wished...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: I refer the Taoiseach to the speech he made in UCD on 20 May regarding a decade of commemorations. Will the Taoiseach facilitate a debate in the House before the summer recess on the subject because there are serious issues to be addressed, particularly with regard to two national monuments? These are the GPO, which is in public hands, and the Moore Street location, which is the subject of...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: I am seeking a debate and indicating the reasons it is important to have the debate.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: I am nearly finished. I was discussing the military archives in Cathal Brugha barracks, which have not been researched.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: This is pressing work.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach has taken a special interest in this. He made a major speech two weeks ago.