Results 5,521-5,540 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Defence (Amendment) No. 2 Bill 2006: Second Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Joe Costello: We know that he cannot be with us because he is in Lebanon, but he is there for three days and I would have thought that he might have tabled this Bill for a date on which he was in the country, meaning that he might be available in the House. It is not that often that we have legislation on the Defence Forces. The Minister might have made an effort to ensure that it was on the agenda when...

Written Answers — Drug Treatment Programme: Drug Treatment Programme (28 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a new study from the National Advisory Committee on Drugs showing that participation in drug detoxification programmes leads to reduced drug use, decreased involvement in crime and improved mental and physical health one year on; his plans to increase such drug detoxification...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (28 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a new wave of heroin being imported into Ireland through Central Asia following a record opium harvest in Afghanistan; if more resources will be given to the National Drugs Strategy and projects designed to help heroin users and prevent its spread due to the increased availability...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (28 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the requirements for acquiring a public dance licence; the requirements for a late night special exemption licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7867/07]

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: The situation is getting worse.

Written Answers — Property Management: Property Management (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to regulate the operation of management companies and to control management fees in housing developments and in multi-unit dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7451/07]

Written Answers — Housing Schemes: Housing Schemes (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has decided when and where he will introduce a pilot scheme for tenant purchase in the cooperative and voluntary housing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7450/07]

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of institutional facilities belonging to his Department or funded or part-funded by his Department in the Dublin central constituency area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/07]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unexecuted bench warrants issued in each of the past four years nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/07]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose of the present construction works in Arbour Hill Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of chiropodists in the Dublin area; the distribution of same; the average visiting time for patient treatment; the training requirements for chiropodists; the institutions which provide that training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7580/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to patients who had already sold their homes to pay for nursing home care when the nursing home provision became effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7629/07]

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of sub post offices which have been closed down in each of the past five years; the number in Dublin which have closed down in each of the past five years; the number in Dublin central constituency which have closed down in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will apply the RAPID criteria to the Dublin 7 closed circuit television action group's application for funding as the area borders on the north west inner city RAPID area and the applicants are local authority tenants in the main; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7297/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for capital funding to purchase properties under the programme; the number that were approved; the number refused; the criteria for giving approval to a particular applicant in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7380/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised Bill, in regard to the package of anti-crime measures he announced on 13 February 2007, will be published; his proposed legislative timetable for the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6823/07]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has a role in conducting random searches of US war planes or CIA operated planes travelling through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2801/07]

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: We will change that.

Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: The issue of the children's hospital has been a bone of contention. The overdue decision to refurbish Temple Street Hospital and to place it on the site alongside the Mater Hospital has now been extended to be a plan for a world class national children's hospital. Anybody visiting Temple Street Hospital would deplore the fact that it has taken more than a quarter of a century to deal with...

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Will the Minister allow time for a debate on the report adopted by the European Parliament on 14 February regarding extraordinary rendition? In view of the upcoming rugby match in Croke Park, what is the Minister's policing plan for the event? We all remember the shambles in O'Connell Street during the Love Ulster rally and the fact that there was no policing plan on that occasion. Does he...