Results 761-780 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: These problems arise in regard to the Minister's amendments more than others.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: It arises in the Bills Office. The first numbered list of amendments contains amendments addressed to pages 1 to 18, inclusive, of the Bill. The following day we received the second numbered list of amendments, which contains all amendments addressed to remaining pages of the Bill. We then received a third list, which does not state where it emanates from or what it seeks to cover but it...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: I refer to amendments tabled by the Minister, not Sinn Féin.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister's amendments must be the latest.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: Our main complaint is that because of the rushed nature of the work done over the past few days, a confusing set of amendments was published. I do not blame the Bills Office. I lay blame at the door of the Minister because of the manner in which he has conducted business.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: We all pay tribute to the Bills Office but we should ensure that it is not put under such pressure by giving it intolerable deadlines. The people responsible for that should be departmental officials. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will examine this matter and discuss it with the Bills Office. It is unsatisfactory. The main reason given by the Minister for rejecting the amendment is that every...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: It is not long since Bloomsday.

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders in which firearms were used thus far in 2005; the way in which this compares with the same period for 2004; the progress made to date with regard to Operation Anvil announced by him on 17 May 2005; his views on the number of weapons seized to date; the number of arrests made; the number of charges...

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: Does the Minister agree that there have already been as many if not more deaths as a result of gangland killings in the first half of this year as occurred in nine of the past ten years? Does he consider that even with Operation Crossover, which was established in November 2004 and which lasted a few months, the situation for the first six months of this year is worse than that which obtained...

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: That is general homicide. My question relates to murder and firearms.

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: How many convictions were there? There was one conviction in each of those years.

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: What does detection mean?

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: I have one brief supplementary question.

Crime Levels. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: What happened to the amnesty the Minister proposed?

Garda Deployment. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: I hope it will not affect the dogs in the street.

Libel Laws. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: They lost that one.

Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the establishment and operation of the private security services authority; the number of staff appointed; the functions it is discharging; the progress made with regard to a proposed code of practice for the private security sector; when the code will be finalised; and if he will make a statement...

Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: While the Private Security Services Bill was introduced in 2001, it only progressed through the Oireachtas in 2004. The Government dragged its heels with regard to the Bill. Ireland is the last of all the countries in Europe to introduce regulation, licensing, standards, training, vetting and monitoring of the private security service, but the authority is still not operational. Its members...

Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister of State should agree with me.

Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)

Joe Costello: Is the Minister of State satisfied it will be at least another two years before the entire sector is licensed? Training mechanisms also have to be set up. He has not referred to how that will operate and if people will reach the standards set by international best practice. The State has dragged its heels to the extent that we still do not know when the sector will be licensed properly. Would...