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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: The Minister is spinning already.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: I wish to share my time with Deputy Quinn.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: I compliment Deputy Hogan on tabling this Private Members' Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to give the Comptroller and Auditor General the power to audit the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and to compel the chief executive officer to attend before an Oireachtas committee to account for the authority's activities and to report on its financial accounts. I fully support the objectives...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: We are all looking for leads.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: This country has been on autopilot.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a cervical cancer vaccine scheme; if this issue has received consideration in the deliberations in advance of Budget 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45539/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive on protecting frontline services while achieving the cuts in the budget that they are required to make for 2010; if the baseline levels of service and waiting time targets that have been agreed will not be breached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45540/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in refunding deposit interest retention tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45794/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she was informed of irregularities in the activities of a mediation agency (details supplied) which represents couples seeking to adopt Vietnamese children; when she requested the Adoption Board to investigate the mediation agency; the reason she did not request an external body or the Gardaí to conduct the investigation; when...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she intends to negotiate a new bilateral agreement with Vietnam; the position regarding the future of inter-country adoptions and couples here who are at various stages of inter-country adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45347/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agreements between Ireland and other countries for the purpose of inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45348/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who applied for renewal of their medical card in August 2009 and has not been awarded a medical card; if an interim card will be provided in view of the length of time since the application was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45350/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for renewal of the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45357/09]

Adjournment Debate (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle choosing my motion for debate this evening. In recent weeks, we have experienced the worst floods in living memory. The south and west have been inundated and the Liffey burst its banks in County Kildare, flooding many areas. My constituency of Dublin Central has experienced widespread flooding during the past decade. The Ceann Comhairle will remember the...

Adjournment Debate (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: The Minister of State is eminently qualified.

Written Answers — Financial Regulatory Authority: Financial Regulatory Authority (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the salary of the new chief executive of the Financial Regulator is higher than his predecessor by as much as €150,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44893/09]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to implement the commitment in the revised programme for Government to review insurance costs to ensure that the consumer is benefiting to the maximum extent possible from competition in the sector; the timeframe for implementation of this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who applied for a medical card in February 2009 and has not received an outcome; if an interim card will be provided in view of the length of time since the application was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45065/09]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of women who experience physical abuse here today; the State funding that is targeted at this problem; the range of services that are available nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45157/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2009)

Joe Costello: Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to publish the report on adult entertainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45125/09]