Results 781-800 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: There are eight members of staff.
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The legislation will have been passed for 12 months at that stage.
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It has not done it yet.
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is not very reassuring.
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It sounds like it is totally up in the air.
- Security Industry. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We had a voluntary code ages ago.
- Prisons Building Programme. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Has the entire project got Cabinet approval? Did the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform close down Fort Mitchel as part of an ongoing industrial relations dispute with the Prison Officers Association, despite it being one of the more successful prisons in the system? Were most of the prisoners transferred to Cork prison, thereby doubling the numbers there and making it the most...
- Prisons Building Programme. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: One would wonder sometimes about that.
- Garda Traffic Corps. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is something of a dead duck.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We spent a great deal of time on this crucial section on Committee Stage because it deals with the functions of the Garda. It is worth deliberating for some time on what the force's functions should be in modern day Ireland. Should its primary function merely be to provide policing and security services for the State without reference to the citizen? Should its priorities be the preservation...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Wow.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I am afraid that they got it wrong in Northern Ireland.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister should not slavishly follow them.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: One must actively protect them.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is Fine Gael philosophy. Fianna Fáil does not believe in it.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is not what we are saying here.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That subsection can be deleted.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It is good to see the Minister is coming on board and that the points raised by Opposition Members are getting some response from him. We are trying to achieve some insertion in this section to the effect that one of the core functions of the Garda SÃochána is to respect and vindicate the rights of individuals. "Vindicating" is probably a better word than "respecting"ââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââbecause vindication implies not only respect but the requirement to stand up for and ensure human rights are protected. I wonder, however, whether "individual" is the correct word to use or whether the provision should refer to the "human rights of each citizen".
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is true. We are close to getting an acceptable formula that will satisfy the concerns of all. However, I also ask the Minister to consider whether the amendment should refer to "each individual" or "each person". I have my own amendment No. 21 in mind in querying whether "persons" is the correct word. Although that amendment refers to the "human rights of individuals", I was subsequently...