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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: At €180,000 per annum?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: So it reverts to the OPW. How long is left in the lease?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for moving the Companies Registration Office from Parnell Square to Smithfield, which is a legal hub and has poor parking facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for Ireland to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the Irish Deaf Society Advocacy Service, to which he gave bridge funding in July 2014, will receive a regular flow of funding in the future so that it can carry out its brief as the only service through Irish sign language to the national deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: x (8 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided to enable persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to access respite care on 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38398/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Nuclear Plants (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar and congratulate him on his new portfolio. I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the decision by the European Commission to give approval to the proposed £24.5 billion or €31.2 billion nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. There has been no nuclear power plant construction in the UK in the past 20 years...

Topical Issue Debate: Nuclear Plants (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for the reply. He did not indicate whether or not Ireland will consider joining Austria in the legal action in which it has decided to engage, even though there has not been full publication of the decision. There are the obvious environmental dangers that I mentioned. We have had difficulties in recent times with Chernobyl and Fukushima that arose from man-made and...

Topical Issue Debate: Nuclear Plants (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Not for 35 years.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is a social housing complex where drugs are sold freely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the confidential recipient process under which gardaí make internal complaints; her views on bringing it within the remit of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if registered charities operating sheltered accommodation are exempt from water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for public transport in the Dublin area in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: I thank and welcome Mr. Pakey and his team. They appear to have successfully restructured and put together the various elements to establish the new Shannon Group plc. I propose to first ask a few questions about the new entity. It is my understanding that it has been a long-term goal of Shannon Development to have a consolidated entity with a commercial focus. What are the major...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Did Mr. Pakey take the view that a commercial entity of this nature was the way forward?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Yes. What was that used for and how much was spent on restructuring in 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Is the due diligence included in the professional fees?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: It will not carry on to 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: The restructuring is now complete.