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Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: The Minister did not even bring plans to the Cabinet.

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

Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this legislation. The Health Bill 2006, which will establish the Health Information and Quality Authority and the office of the chief inspector of social services, will provide for a scheme of registration and inspection of residential services for older people, people with...

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

Joe Costello: ——but it is the minimum requirement for human dignity.

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

Joe Costello: It is high time that primary care is put in the system. It has taken ten years to see any element of primary care and it is coming in dribs and drabs.

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

Joe Costello: Most of the time I do not know what the Deputy is talking about.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: This measure will only be discussed for one hour today. It is extremely important because it proposes to change dramatically the manner in which we transpose EU directives into domestic legislation. Approximately 70% of all legislation which comes through the House is European legislation. The Bill will mean that instead of it being scrutinised in the proper manner it will go to the line...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of US soldiers who have travelled through Shannon Airport in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2799/07]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has a role in determining whether extraordinary rendition flights through Shannon Airport have occurred or might occur in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2800/07]

Written Answers — Extraordinary Rendition: Extraordinary Rendition (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will refer the European Parliament Committee's Report on Extraordinary Rendition to a Parliamentary Committee as recommended in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6726/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has identified a site for a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6724/07]

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Defence if a figure was stated to Dublin City Council as the asking price for Clancy Barracks; if so, the amount stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6697/07]

Order of Business (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Has the Taoiseach been made aware by the parliamentary delegation that attended the National Forum on Europe yesterday of the homophobic remarks made there by the guest speaker?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Is the Taoiseach satisfied that the nine discriminatory grounds in the equal status legislation, one of which refers to discrimination——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: It does arise. One of the grounds——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: My question to the Taoiseach is whether the equal status legislation applies in situations of that nature.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm reports of 30,000 backlogged smear tests waiting to be examined here and reports that these backlogged tests are to be sent to Dallas, Texas to be processed; her views on plans for a national cervical cancer screening programme and that without the means to process tests a national programme is meaningless; and if...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (20 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of illegal drug seizures in the north Leitrim area for each year in the period since 2001 to date in 2007; the quantity and type of illegal drugs seized in each operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6057/07]

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (20 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the provisions of the conservation grant scheme with a view to extending the scheme to buildings in architectural conservation areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6177/07]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the list of sporting facilities that could be used by visiting athletes in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics; if he will set a date for the fast tracking of the facilities that are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5544/07]

Nursing Home Eviction Notices (14 Feb 2007)

Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, although I would have preferred the Minister for Health and Children to have been here so that she could hear first hand what is going on in the nursing homes for which she has responsibility. The next of kin of two of my constituents recently received curt letters from St. Margaret's nursing home telling them that two elderly people would have...