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Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (resumed). (10 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004. Child care and parental entitlements are a live issue. We saw the report in the Irish Examiner yesterday indicating the concern of people throughout the country about appropriate and adequate child care provisions which would allow some support for the long-suffering parent in the workplace in particular, but also...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (resumed). (10 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: ——in the backrooms of the Civil Service in terms of what compromises he is prepared to make and how these will relate to the forthcoming budgetary considerations. Given that it was decided in 2004 that this legislation would be enacted by last summer, the Minister of State should have taken a leaf from the book of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform because he is a great man...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present impasse in relation to the proposed visit of UN human rights monitors to Guantanamo Bay prison camp; and his views on the conditionality being imposed by the persons who operate the prison. [33540/05]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (10 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise with his EU counterparts at the Council of Ministers, the desirability of having a common EU policy or set of guidelines for dealing with fatalities that occur when EU citizens are on holidays, in employment or on business in other member states in order that the next-of-kin has some direction when dealing with the...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: What about the telecommunications system for the Garda?

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the long-awaited improvements in passenger rolling stock and train frequency that he announced on his recent visit to Sligo will go ahead on the 12 December 2005 as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33974/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann has applied to his Department for licences to extend its services in the south Sligo area; when he will be in a position to grant same in view of Sligo's poor allocation of funding under his Department's new Transport 21 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33975/05]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposal and feasibility study submitted by the south Sligo rapid transit group for a commuter rail system was considered for funding under his Departments Transport 21 plan; when his Department expects to proceed with their licence application to operate a commuter system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33976/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the level and quality of services offered by Bus Éireann here; his views on the company's role as part of the Government's overall strategy to deliver quality public transport into the 21st century in view of the fact that so little funding was allocated to it under his new transport plan; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-nationals who came here as unaccompanied minors; the number who received education in the educational system here; the number who are now aged out minors; the locations in which they are accommodated; if he proposes to regularise their situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33873/05]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mr. Frank McBrearty Junior was prevented from catching a flight to the US due to the fact that incorrect information was still retained on the Garda PULSE system; if any information relating to Mr. Frank McBrearty Junior and his family on the PULSE system has been corrected;...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to the commitment he made in Dáil Éireann on the 21 June 2005 (details supplied) following publication of the second report from the Morris tribunal, apologies have been made by him since that date and, if so to whom; if, in particular an apology has been made to a person arising from the findings of the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the serious situation arising from the third gangland murder in Dublin within 24 hours, bringing to 19 the number of such murders so far this year, the steps the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform intend to take to prevent further loss of life and to ensure that the...

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Due to the spiralling nature of violent gangland crime and the fact the Garda appears to know everything about the gangs and their feuds but is unable to collect hard evidence, prosecute and convict——

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: My question is in the context of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004, which has been in gestation since 2002, the year this Government came to power, and which was published 18 months ago. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform promised an amendment, one of many which will no doubt lead to a doubling in the size of the Bill. The amendment, which would criminalise membership of a gang,...

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Hear, hear.

Special Educational Needs. (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: I also welcome the opportunity of raising this issue, because it is a serious problem in my constituency. The problem occurs in small urban and small rural schools and in particular, those in disadvantaged areas lose out. As Deputy O'Sullivan has noted, it is ironic that if the same people attended school in a more affluent area, the lower level of disadvantage and special needs would enable...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on proposals regarding local loop unbundling; his further views on whether this is a critical development for broadband roll out; the steps he will take to achieve a significant level of access to the local loop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34367/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on progress in relation to the meeting of the Ministers of State with the fishermen of Carrick-on-Suir and south Tipperary political representatives; if he has been in contact with South Tipperary County Council; if the obstruction on the River Suir in Carrick-on-Suir will be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his review of the cases of the 237 persons who have been denied the fuel allowance in winter 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34802/05]