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Economic Strategy: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: I will but I was not expecting to speak until tomorrow. I commend Fine Gael for tabling this Private Members' motion. Economic strategy and how we get the country out of its crisis is the question of the day. The Government has again, however, turned away from an economic solution. Earlier the House voted on continuing the same policy of the past two years concerning a blanket bank...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Board: Residential Institutions Redress Board (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will include Bethany Home, Dublin, in the schedule of qualifying institutions in the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32894/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Pensions Reserve Fund employs a New York-based hedge fund to help manage the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31904/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 471: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33094/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the attached correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33681/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse to renew the medical card in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33093/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 800: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33831/10]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 848: To ask the Minister for Transport the enforcement procedures in place for the implementation of Directive 2002/15/EC on the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31996/10]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 867: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescale for the enactment of the recently published road safety measures from the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/10]

Economic Strategy: Motion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: I wish to share time with Deputy McManus. Last night was a sad occasion in this House when the Government forced through a vote which extended by another three months the blanket guarantee that had been operating for two years. This morning we see the extent of the guarantee and its effects on the economy - Ireland inc., so to speak - and taxpayers. The cost of the bailout will be at least...

Hospital Building Programme (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: The construction of the new national paediatric hospital is an important issue that has been on the agenda for some time. The Government must move forward with this project. The site has been chosen following lengthy consultations on engineering logistics and health involving the Mater Hospital, the Rotunda Hospital and the children's hospitals. All of that is now complete and the...

Written Answers — Rail Accidents: Rail Accidents (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken in response to the findings of the railway accident investigation unit's report on the collapse of the Malahide Viaduct, County Dublin, in August 2009; if the Railway Safety Commission has made any recommendations or requests to him arising from the report; if he will provide the necessary resources to ensure that all 15...

Written Answers — Rail Accidents: Rail Accidents (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that an approved safety management system was in place prior to the collapse of the viaduct on the railway line at Malahide, County Dublin, in August 2009; if he will consider an independent review of the SMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/10]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to carry out a major refurbishment of a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will confirm that the detailed financial evaluation for the project and the estimate of the potential building costs involved which is required for all such capital projects has been prepared; if he will state when this evaluation was...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí training at Templemore College, County Tipperary; the total number of members of the Garda Reserve; when he proposes to recruit the next cohort of trainee gardaí and of Garda Reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34188/10]

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Nearly one week later, the enormity of the bank bailout is staggering. Thursday certainly was a black day and it will be recognised in the future as black Thursday. That Anglo Irish Bank could require a bailout of between €29.4 billion and €34.4 billion boggles the mind. We seem to think only in billions now with regard to bailout and recapitalisation whereas in the past, figures had a...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: I am sure Deputy Durkan agrees with me on this matter. It is clear the Government is clueless, leaderless and floundering from crisis to crisis. The Government is well past its sell-by date and it is time to listen to Deputy Mary O'Rourke's suggestion to go to the country.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Starting now.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: They always keep another shirt for the rainy day.

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: That a budget should introduce a 50 cent levy on every item prescribed for medical card holders is the unkindest cut of all. The danger is not the quantity of money involved, but the category of patient covered. Many of the people who fall into such categories could easily find their situations deteriorating because of the bureaucratic process envisaged in the system. This provision covers...