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Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Joe Costello: I remind the Deputy there are only three minutes remaining in the slot.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Joe Costello: The Deputy's colleague has very little time.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Joe Costello: We will have to discuss these issues on another day. The Deputy's time has expired.

Written Answers — Registration Procedures: Registration Procedures (1 Feb 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider changing the procedure for the registration of new coaches in the State along the lines proposed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/11]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Feb 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review the request for residency in respect of a person (details supplied). [4557/11]

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: This is the most important of all the amendments that will be discussed on Report Stage. It is seeking to provide a framework, a rationale and some underlying principles for any decision to forgo taxes. It aims to clarify the benefits of doing so. Why should the taxpayers of this nation forgo a range of taxes and tax reliefs in the absence of a costing of what the benefit to the country...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: At this difficult time of recession, there should be a return in the specific areas of job retention and creation. Such a link should be made. When I read the Minister's speech, I was disappointed by the section that indicated he intends to undertake research and preparation on property-related tax expenditure, and subsequently publish his findings, before he introduces cutbacks to existing...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: The difference is that those in Fianna Fáil needed to do it.

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: I am pleased to have an opportunity of speaking on this series of amendments. It is quite a large group, covering amendments Nos. 1 to 38, but I will focus only on one or two points. Deputy Burton referred to the tax break industry, and that is effectively what it is. At the IBEC annual forum in Tralee last year, it was stated that approximately €11 billion worth of tax reliefs are given...

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: I will share my time evenly with Deputy Pat Rabbitte. Is there any extra time available to us?

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and we will each speak for five minutes. I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to give us a few more minutes. I wish all Members well, a number of whom will be retiring from the House and it is unlikely that very many or certainly that all of us will be here in this Chamber again. I have appreciated being here for the past three and a half years and I have...

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: With regard to the Finance Bill, I would have thought there exists an opportunity to improve on the budget but instead the property taxes have been done away with. The Minister also promised to deal with the bonus payments paid in bodies now under the State guarantee but he did not do so. A job creation scheme is essential but nothing has been put in place to support job creation. The...

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: The time to negotiate was prior to the deal being signed.

Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Blame everybody else except the Government which should be in charge.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue from the taxi industry in each of the past ten years; his plans for ensuring that tax avoidance and tax evasion are eliminated in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/11]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (25 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue received by the office of the Taxi Regulator from the taxi industry in each year since the office was established; the purposes for which this money is used; the quantity of money which the Regulator transferred to the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (25 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for testing drivers for drugs as provided for in the Road Safety Act 2010; when the testing will start; the number and location of gardaí who have been trained for such testing; if he has satisfied himself that persons who are on legal medication will not be detained, arrested or prosecuted; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (25 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider removing overall responsibility for the operation of Cork and Shannon Airports from the Dublin Airport Authority; if he will allow greater freedom to these airports to govern and develop policy independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3790/11]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (25 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of Dublin Airport including Terminal 2 and to maximise use of its infrastructure; if he will consider establishing Dublin Airport Authority as a stand alone authority with responsibility only for Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/11]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (20 Jan 2011)

Joe Costello: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on progress towards meeting the millennium development goals. [2872/11]