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Taxi Regulations (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: The finances are available.

Road Haulage Transport (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for his reply. The statement was made by the president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, Vincent Caulfield. Has the Minister any evidence of an increase in the presence of foreign road hauliers in this country? The Minister may be aware of the figures published by the Central Statistics Office which show a drop of 40% in the road haulage business over the past 12...

Road Haulage Transport (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: The Minister said he does not collate information on foreign hauliers in this country. Will the Minister begin the process of doing so? That would be useful. Will the Minister introduce a scrappage scheme for the older trucks lying idle so that we modernise the fleet? Will the Minister make some concession on the introduction of the working time directive in respect of hauliers?

National Transport Authority (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: The National Transport Authority will be the umbrella quango established by the Minister. The taxi regulator, the National Roads Authority and the aviation authority will all come under its remit. Will the Minister answer for those matters that come under the overarching remit of the National Transport Authority? Will he be prepared to answer questions in the House on those matters? The...

Departmental Statistics (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: The problem is we have a road infrastructure but no trucks are moving on it. The decline in goods transported by 100,000 tonnes is a considerable amount of haulage. A decline of 40% in one 12 month period is enormous, as the CSO statistics reveal. It is not comparing like with like to say that exports increased. That is largely due to foreign direct investment. We are talking about the...

Departmental Statistics (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: This industry is now floundering. Most of the hauliers who are going out of business are family operations. Their businesses are going into oblivion. What can the Minister do to provide some succour to them in these difficult days? No business sector other than the construction trade has suffered so much.

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has studied the report compiled by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit on the collapse of the Malahide viaduct, County Dublin in August 2009; the steps he proposes to take in relation to the findings of negligence against Iarnóid Éireann in implementing safety standards and the equally serious findings against the Railway Safety...

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. It is a miracle nobody was killed. If the 300 people on the train had all ended up in the estuary, it would have been an absolute tragedy. The report of the Railway Accident Investigation Unit made 15 recommendations, 14 of them directed at Iarnród Éireann and one - or perhaps one and a half due to an overlap - directed at the Railway...

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: We need to reassure commuters across the country that rail lines are safe. Much of the work was built in the century before last. There are hundreds of viaducts and nearly 2,000 underbridges and so on. Why can we not have all of the recommendations? Only seven of them have been taken care of so far. When will the rest be implemented to reassure all commuters that travelling by rail is...

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: What changes does the Minister propose to make to the RSC?

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: It will not make the same mistakes.

Rail Accidents (6 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Viaducts and underbridges.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Nearly one week later, the enormity of the bank bailout is staggering. Thursday certainly was a black day and it will be recognised in the future as black Thursday. That Anglo Irish Bank could require a bailout of between €29.4 billion and €34.4 billion boggles the mind. We seem to think only in billions now with regard to bailout and recapitalisation whereas in the past, figures had a...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: I am sure Deputy Durkan agrees with me on this matter. It is clear the Government is clueless, leaderless and floundering from crisis to crisis. The Government is well past its sell-by date and it is time to listen to Deputy Mary O'Rourke's suggestion to go to the country.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Starting now.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: They always keep another shirt for the rainy day.

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: That a budget should introduce a 50 cent levy on every item prescribed for medical card holders is the unkindest cut of all. The danger is not the quantity of money involved, but the category of patient covered. Many of the people who fall into such categories could easily find their situations deteriorating because of the bureaucratic process envisaged in the system. This provision covers...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current waiting lists for those seeking methadone treatment; the number of clinics now providing this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34673/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the replacement of speech therapists in the context of the moratorium on recruitment; if her attention has been drawn to the gaps in the service resulting from the availability of such a service both in the community and in hospitals in some parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/10]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Costello: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of U.S. troops that have passed through Shannon Airport in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34443/10]