Results 821-840 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That committee may or may not perform an inspection. We tried to get the Minister to insert an amendment to empower that committee with an oversight role but he refused to take it on board. Why should that committee not have a role? It may or may not perform a role.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Yes, if he is so requested. The legislation does not make it compulsory for the Garda Commissioner to appear. It puts no requirement on him to attend. We would expect the Commissioner to attend if and when requested, but the legislation does not give a specific role to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights in terms of an oversight function regarding...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: A security committee does not exist though it might at some future time. Let us not talk of possibilities that may never be realised. In terms of oversight, I would love to see a specific role for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights. That would be helpful. However, there is no substitute for a structure or mechanism to monitor all the activities...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I am about to conclude. The gardaà do not appear to be able to deal with the weapons issue. The other side of the problem is drugs. The drugs problem has expanded across the country. There are many issues and community policing is a positive way of dealing with some of them. However, other areas of concern require a more structured response than is provided in this legislation. While we...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: What about the Morris tribunal? The Minister does not know what is going on in the Garda.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We will never beat the Department.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We know the Minister wants to run the show.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We would not expect otherwise.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: On a point of order, will the Minister accept that what Mr. Justice Morris said in his first reportââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister has given way.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Will he not accept that what Mr. Justice Morris said was that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is now utterly isolated from Garda headquartersââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââand that the Minister is obliged to take everything on trust?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Mr. Justice Morris said the absenceââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Mr. Justice Morris went on to sayââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I ask the Minister to listen for a moment. Mr. Justice Morris went on to say that it was because of the absence of structuresââ
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which it is intended to monitor and ensure enforcement of the recent announcement regarding equal gender representation on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21473/05]
- Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme: Prisons Building Programme (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to plans to construct a new prison at Thornton, County Dublin; if the Irish Prison Service has taken possession of the site; the total estimated cost of the project; when construction will begin; if he will report on the circumstances leading up to the decision to select this site; when the project...
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 and to date in 2005; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases in which convictions were secured; if he is satisfied with the level of detection and conviction in such cases;...
- Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: In view of today's report on the national survey of drug-related suicides and the significant increase which has taken place in recent years, and given that serious drug abuse is a feature of national life rather than of urban lifeââ
- Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââwill the Taoiseach consider making the Minister of State with responsibility for drugs strategy and housing solely responsible for drugs strategy because of the extent of the problem?