Results 681-700 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Bill says that the volunteer police member has the same powers in communities as an ordinary garda. Deputy Jim O'Keeffe's amendment says that the Garda SÃochána support resource members shall only have such limited powers and privileges as prescribed by the Minister. However, the Minister proposes to hand over the entitlement, not just out of the House but out of his own hands, to the...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Nor is the crime squad or the murder squad.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister has done away with overtime. It does not exist any longer.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister should tell the truth, he does not know what it means.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister does not know what the section is supposed to do. He should give us an idea.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Will the Minister reply?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Many points were made by the Minister.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Does the Minister not wish to exercise his right of reply?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We will deny the Minister his reply.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He got his reply in early.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We will have to join up the two police forces then.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: This amendment is one for which we all argued on Committee Stage. It proposes that there should be a one-person Garda ombudsman in line with the excellent model that operates in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, however, the Minister decided we were all out of line and that his proposal was the correct model. Since then, the Minister has moved forward to some degree. The provision in the Bill...
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Deputy O'Connor should join us. We need men like him.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Senator Maurice Hayes also said that sections of the Bill were nonsense.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He is not prepared to turn up in the House.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Why is the Minister not present?
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister of State, rather than the Minister, should be launching the report.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Bill has been around the Oireachtas for two years.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We are now having a Committee Stage debate masquerading as a Report Stage debate.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Many of them have been tabled by the Minister.