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- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to protect the mental health budget from more severe cuts than the 1.5% announced; if a monitoring system will be put in place to ensure that money intended for mental health is not used elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1541/11]
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: The Tánaiste will remember that I asked her in the last session a number of times about the publication of the female genital mutilation Bill. She indicated on a number of occasions that it would be published in the last session but it has still not been published. There is a major concern in the new communities in Ireland as female genital mutilation is being practised here. I understood...
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: It is not growth in jobs.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: I thank Deputy Tuffy for sharing her time with me, and compliment Fine Gael on its motion on public utilities and the effect of the recent severe weather on the provision of an adequate water supply to householders and businesses. As the leader of the Green Party, the Minister should be the first to recognise the reality of climate change. We must recognise that what we have been reliably...
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: The Minister said that â¬320 million will be invested but that is the height of what he is doing. Meanwhile, water leaks have not changed by one iota. He said that contracts to the value of â¬320 million are to commence for water conservation projects, including mains rehabilitation, which is more than double the investment in water conservation compared to the preceding seven years....
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Hold on.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: The Minister is not dealing with the matter.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: I admire the restraint that the Chair is showing in this matter. The Minister's speech referred to seven years, but if he adds seven to 1997 he will find that we were not in Government during that period.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: We are going on 14 years and the Minister must be responsible for the period of his stewardship. He should admit that he did not do it. It is as simple as that and as a result we have water mains that are bursting all over the place.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: The current situation is outrageous but I am glad the Minister admits that what he is doing now is more than double what was done over the last seven years. I wonder what the figure is for the last three and a half years. He did not give us the figure for the period when he has been directly responsible. I would love to see that figure.
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Why does he not give it to us?
- Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: In view of the gross neglect by the Government, no money has been spent that is worth talking about. The same amount of water is now being lost as happened long before this Government came into office. They have done nothing to rectify the situation but the first priority is to repair leaks. Let us ensure that all the water that comes into the system will reach homes and businesses. Let...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that measures to introduce a site value tax are to be included in the 2011 Finance Bill; if he envisages the launch of a consultation process in respect of the introduction of any such tax; if the measures, as implemented for 2012, will involve differential payments for differing house or site sizes, for instance for two, three...
- Written Answers — Asset Disposals: Asset Disposals (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give details of the once off measures announced in Budget 2011 totalling some â¬700 million; if he will give further details of the tangible and intangible assets he intends to dispose of, in whole or in part; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/11]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the range of Government taxes applied to air travel here at present; if he is satisfied that these taxes are properly applied by the airlines; if he will consider abolishing the punitive â¬10 passenger air travel tax; if the opening of Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 on Friday 19 of November would be a suitable occasion to make...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 30% to 40% of costs to the haulage industry come from fuel costs; his views on whether hauliers should have a special fuel regime similar to that of farmers with red diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42719/10]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to retain the current carbon tax on the haulage industry; his views on the Irish Road Haulage Association proposal to allow hauliers to apply the carbon tax charge on their services similar to the manner in which VAT is invoiced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/10]
- Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Fuel: Illicit Trade in Fuel (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of illegal operators and fuel smuggling in border areas; the steps he has taken to confront the problem; the extent to which fuel smuggling and illegal operators create issues for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42717/10]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)
Joe Costello: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the punitive â¬10 passenger air travel tax; if the opening of Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 on Friday, 19 November 2010 would not be a suitable occasion to make such an announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/10]