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- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: Why was Fianna Fáil not able to submit its pre-budget submission to the Department of Finance?
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: It is based on parliamentary questions?
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: There was not room to file them all away.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: St. Augustine. We want it, but not yet.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: Tá eolas ag Mattie.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: Deputy Martin should not be so silly. When he was Minister for Education and Science we got a number of complaints about grants and he never did anything about them. Grants were not available until after Christmas.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: SUSI is a new mechanism to improve the awarding of grants.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: Fianna Fáil had 15 years to get it right.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: It has been acknowledged independently.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: It is a fact.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: We are not saying it. It is what is being said around the world.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: This is not the minimum wage.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: Who abolished the minimum wage?
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (4 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: I welcome the decision by the World Bank earlier this year to review its procurement policy and practices. This first comprehensive root and branch review of its operations since 1964 forms part of the wider World Bank agenda for modernization to better respond to today’s complex set of development objectives. Ireland strongly supports the core principles of a modern procurement...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: World Bank Policy (4 Dec 2012)
Joe Costello: I welcome the launch, last month, of the World Bank’s review of its environmental and social safeguard policies. The launch of the “Approach Paper for the Review and Update of the Safeguards Policy” signalled the start of a two-year process to review and update this key element of the Bank’s operational policies. I am particularly pleased to see the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Joe Costello: Deputy Finian McGrath supported the last Government.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Joe Costello: Deputy Finian McGrath was part of the support mechanism.
- Seanad: Sexual Violence in Conflict: Motion (27 Nov 2012)
Joe Costello: I compliment Senator Norris on the motion he has proposed concerning sexual violence in conflict, including Ireland's national action plan and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1327. I also commend the Senator for having achieved unanimity for the motion. That unanimity was evident from all the excellent contributions that have been made here today. As was mentioned earlier,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Nov 2012)
Joe Costello: Ireland’s aid programme prioritises the fight against global poverty and hunger. The programme is central to our foreign policy, has an enviable international reputation and enjoys consistently high levels of public and political support. In 2011 Ireland provided €657 million to Official Development Assistance (ODA). This funding was directed to development programmes and to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Nov 2012)
Joe Costello: The Government is strongly committed to Ireland’s overseas aid programme, which is a central element in our foreign policy. The programme is recognised internationally for its high quality, its strong focus on the fight against poverty and hunger, and its concentration on the poorest countries and communities of sub-Saharan Africa. In 2011, €657 million was provided by the...