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- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: He is certainly making a mark. This side of the House has a problem with the principle of guillotining the debate on a Bill without providing an opportunity to discuss it fully. The normal procedures of the House which we were elected to follow are being bypassed. This sends a bad message to those Eurosceptics who wish to attack the European Union. They will be able to say the Union is...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: That is not true.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: We are not playing soccer.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: The Minister is blustering.
- Access to Sporting Facilities. (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on his recent comments regarding his hope that Croke Park would be made available for soccer and rugby beyond 2007 and 2008; the expected scenarios that would arise if the GAA do not grant such permission; if he has had discussions with the GAA, the FAI and the IRFU regarding same; and if he will make a statement...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, to delete lines 16 to 33 and in page 4, to delete lines 1 and 2. I welcome the Minister of State belatedly to the Dáil to take legislation which is before us again for a short time. My objection to this legislation has been stated on Committee Stage and on Second Stage. The principle of this legislation is all wrong. It is giving full power to the...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: We do not have much time to do so.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: It was done wrongly in the past. That was the decision of the Supreme Court.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: That is not an indictable offence.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: That is not an indictable offence.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: What about the constitutional treaty?
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: When will we vote on the treaty?
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Two years down the road.
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the biofuels obligation will be delayed until 2009; the measures he will introduce in the interim to accelerate the level of biofuels in the fuel mix here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/07]
- Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report in a national newspaper regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if the details are substantially correct; if the Gardaà have been informed; if the person is on a register of sex offenders; if not, the steps he proposes to take to rectify the matter;...
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there are criminal charges pending against the person; if his office can make an ex gratia payment as the person is now destitute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11070/07]
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider granting leave to remain in the State to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/07]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discrepancies in correspondence (details supplied) in the reply to Parliamentary Question No 213 of 12 December 2006 and the correspondence from the Garda National Immigration Bureau, dated 26 February 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11229/07]
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on a letter in relation to a pharmacy (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11228/07]
- Electricity Generation. (27 Mar 2007)
Joe Costello: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward a micro-generation strategy in the context of recently released figures that indicate there are just 21 micro-generation units connected to the energy system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/07]