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- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Will the Minister of State give way so that we can put forward a few ideas?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Will the Minister of State give way?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Let us hear about accident and emergency services, the thrust of the motion, and the Minister's commitment.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister of State is too provocative.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: He should stick to his brief.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for permitting me to raise this issue today. A number of elderly people in particular have contacted me about letters they have received from the Department of Social and Family Affairs stating that their entitlement to the annual winter fuel allowance of â¬12.90 per week, as it is in Dublin, is now terminated. These people are tenants of Dublin City Council...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: That is very generous of it.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The cost implications are not significant. It would cost less than â¬750,000.
- Electoral System. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister should have told them where to go.
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his legislative priorities for the new Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/05]
- Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The legislation has been in place for three years.
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 22, after "1997" to insert the following: ", the text of which in the English language is set out for convenience of reference in Schedule 1 to this Act". I welcome the Minister for Education and Science to the House but I am somewhat disappointed that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform appears to find it difficult to find his way to this...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for her reply. Rather than undermining the position we have proposed, I thought the Minister supported it. She said that what is included in the amendments is not precisely what is referred to in the relevant text. I am trying to ensure that the relevant texts from the Schengen agreement are in the text of the Bill. If the Minister disagrees with me as to what should be...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Apart from agreeing with Deputy Hanafin, the only thing the Minister said is that it was unnecessary. What does "unnecessary" mean? Does it mean it is not necessary for the lay person or not necessary for the legal profession? It is usual to have Schedules and protocols in legislation. We are not departing from the norm. One could say it has not been included in some legislation but the norm...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Is the Minister not going to reply?
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "2.âSection 11 of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 is amended by the deletion of 'including information in relation to each application made under this Act' and the substitution therefor of 'and the Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005, including information in relation to each application...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I do not really know the outcome of the Minister's argument given that section 11 of the 1995 Act requires an annual report. Given that it is a statutory requisite, it should therefore be a requisite to have a report on the operation of the Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003. The two can be rolled into one. An amendment is necessary because it is not obligatory to make any reference...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I am flabbergasted.
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I support Deputy Gerard Murphy. His amendment is an extension of what I was seeking to do through amendments Nos. 1 and 3 to make the legislation more understandable and accessible. It is important that the purpose of the legislation be clear and that it state categorically that it gives effect to provisions in Article 2 of the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe's Convention on the...
- Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I did not think, as the Minister seems to suggest, that the passing of this amendment would abolish the Long Title of the Bill because we do not propose this as a substitute for the Long Title. The amendment is introduced in section 2 as an additional clear explanation of the purpose of the Bill. The Long Title is a general description but this states the precise purpose of the Bill and...