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Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, after line 48, to insert the following: "(2) The Freedom of Information Act 1997 shall apply to the Authority.". This matter is an old hobby horse of mine. We introduced the Freedom of Information Act so there would be access to important matters that seem to be shrouded in mystery within the bowels of the State. All legislation should be subject to the...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It is a big lie.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That is something. We have moved further down the road and I welcome the Minister's progress. Section 15, which I will try to amend, states: "Unless otherwise provided for by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Authority, disclose any confidential information obtained while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as a member of the Authority or advisory...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Irrespective of the section, I accept the Minister of State's point on confidentiality in terms of important and sensitive information relating to titles and so on, but the thrust of my amendment concerns the broader issues of transparency, accountability and freedom of information. Most people would agree that the opposite to the Minister's comments is the case. There is much less freedom of...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for addressing this issue of constitutionality. I will happily withdraw my amendment.

Offshore Exploration. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent frontier Slyne-Erris-Donegal licensing round; his views on reviewing the current terms for the exploration and exploitation of natural resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/06]

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister will be aware of the daylight robbery of €1.5 million cash in transit in the past three weeks and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform wringing his hands in dismay at the failure of his nonsensical voluntary code to prevent it happening. It is totally unacceptable that there is no statutory code in place to regulate the delivery of large sums of money by private...

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: He does. He is the Minister.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Has he witnesses?

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That is what it was set up for.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That was the whole purpose of the legislation.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It was for licensing.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans to form a new semi-State telecommunications company reportedly entitled Project Dingle; the way in which he envisages a new public entity operating with the privately managed metropolitan area networks; the proposed timetable for such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13609/06]

Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: Second Stage. (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I compliment my colleague, Deputy Gilmore, on producing the Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005, which is long overdue. I also compliment my colleague, Deputy Quinn, who has raised this issue on several occasions in the House and made practical proposals on how we might have found a short-term solution to the problem by employing census enumerators to distribute ballot forms at the...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate for Dublin City Council by district electoral division for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/06]

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach the progress he has made in securing the agreement of the British Government to the course of action recommended in the report of the justice committee on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings; if the Government is considering initiating proceedings in the European Court of Human Rights seeking...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason information provided in confidence for a social worker by a person was divulged causing irreparable damage to a relationship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14434/06]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of the waiting lists for surgical procedures in each of the six major hospitals in Dublin; the number of people who were dealt with through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the six major hospitals in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14662/06]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the incidence of cancer diagnosed among residents of Dublin city, by population, in each district electoral division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15230/06]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing: Liquor Licensing (25 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of off-licence premises in each of the Twenty-six Counties and the types of licence in each case; the number of new licences which have been granted in each county and the type of licences granted in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15187/06]