Results 1,841-1,860 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects the Brazilian Government to submit an action plan in response to the recommendations of the EU FVO review of the animal health and public health control systems, traceability and certification procedures in place in Brazil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24589/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to changes in her Department's method of dealing with the implementation of EU agriculture related Directives, in view of the European Court of Justice's judgment in March 2004 that Ireland was in breach of its EU law obligations in respect of the transposition of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Regulations: Road Traffic Regulations (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow limousine mourning cars to drive in bus lanes when engaged in official duties without the funeral cortege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24540/06]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of dangerous driving cases causing death which have occurred in each of the past five years; the number which have been prosecuted in the Circuit Court and the number that have been prosecuted in the District Court for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/06]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he is proposing to deport a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Romania will be joining the EU on 1 January 2007 or 2008; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that much of the information which he relied on in making his decision is disputed; and if he will...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the applications for refugee status for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24690/06]

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (27 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will facilitate the repatriation of a person (details supplied) in England; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/06]

Written Answers — Interest Rates: Interest Rates (28 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the OECD, and echoed by the European Central Bank, that another interest rate increase will place Ireland in the high risk category of experiencing a sharp house price reversal; if his Department has conducted an assessment of the implications of a house price reversal for the economy; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Social Finance: Social Finance (28 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent study by the Trinity College Dublin School of Business Studies which showed that voluntary organisations here get only 1.4 percent of their funding in donations from the business community; if the social finance fund announced in Budget 2006 will include measures to encourage the wider...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (29 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when in recent times, as a principle of balance to its isolation of the Hamas Government in Palestine, the Irish government or the European Union has called on Israel to curtail its illegal settlement policy. [25252/06]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (29 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs If he will report on the most recent European Union Council of Ministers meeting. [25251/06]

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, referred to unwarranted attacks by the Opposition on the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and the Government for the manner in which the Bill was introduced. I do not agree with him. Any attack was entirely warranted and appropriate. In 1994 the organisations representing the victims...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)

Joe Costello: I am about to put the amendment.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: The tabling of this Bill from 9.30 p.m. to midnight, with all Stages to be taken in the space of two and a half hours, is a scandal. This important legislation is being rushed through the Dáil. There is no break between any of the Stages to allow for periods of reflection, opportunities to tease out the implications of the various sections or debate the merits of Opposition amendments. This...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: We do not cry wolf.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: I did not accuse the Minister.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: Is it the legal advice that the people going abroad under section 3 are not on active service?

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: They are for protection purposes.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: They are on the——

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Joe Costello: The troops——