Results 641-660 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I move: That Dáil Ãireann, pursuant to Standing Order 128(1) of the Standing Orders Relative to Public Business, directs that the Garda SÃochána Bill 2004 in whole be recommitted to a Committee of the whole House. Many of the arguments for this motion have been rehearsed both on the Order of Business and in the most recent contributions in the House. However, I wish to respond briefly to...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: As legislators, we cannot afford to allow the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to behaveââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââin this fashion. It is a travesty of justice that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who was previously the Attorney General, is legislating in this manner. We oppose Report Stage and propose that the Bill be recommitted.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I move amendmentNo. 2: In page 9, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: "(2) The Garda SÃochána Acts 1923 to 2003 (so far as unrepealed by this Act), the Garda SÃochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 to 2003 (so far as unrepealed by this Act) and this Act may be cited as the Garda SÃochána Acts 1923 to 2004.". I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister cannot afford to talk. He was not present this morning.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The least the Minister can do is apologise.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The first thing the Minister should have done was apologise to the House for leaving this morning. He should have been here for the business of the House.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He was the one who started the provocation by rounding on the House as if this side of the House was responsible.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Chair is aware that we would be well along with the business of the House by now if the Minister had not left the House andââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââleft us unable to do so.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He has not apologised to the House for leaving.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The House deserves an apology from the Minister. It is the least he could do.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We are still working on them.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It is amazing that the first amendment the Minister has presented to the House requires recommittal, considering the amount of time we spent trying to get our amendments recommitted so there could be a proper debate on them. The Minister now requests that this side of the House agree with him to recommit the Bill in respect of this amendment even though all the amendment does is move a...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Until 1.30 p.m. we could not get our business done because the Minister was not here to do it.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister was the first to take such latitude, as he always does. He goes off on a tangent and, unless one is listening carefully to him, he stays on that tangent, which is generally irrelevant to what is being discussed. Given that in this case we are merely moving a definition and the Minister requires recommittal of the Bill in respect of the amendment to do that, will he clarify...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I support the amendment but will the Minister say what the police force is called? Is it a hybrid English and Irish name, "the Garda SÃochána" or is it "An Garda SÃochána"?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Is that not the amendment we are discussing?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: As we are still on Committee Stage and no doubt will be told when we leave it, we can discuss the substance as well as the placing of the amendment. The Minister has not explained why he needed to recommit to transpose this subsection. He has not explained, in response to Deputy Boyle's question, what will happen to the findings of the Committee of Public Accounts. The recent report found...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Before we move on, are there other instances in which we will recommit the Bill? We seem to be moving in and out of Committee Stage.