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Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I do not wish to delay the debate but——

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I will be brief. This underlines what we have been saying from the outset about this legislation. We want to know when the commencement takes place and the authority is up and running, what resources and personnel will be available to it, whether timescales are envisaged and the work is mapped out. Have the resources been earmarked and obtained from the Minister for Finance to do this? It is...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 13: In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(14) Without prejudice to subsection (12), a cesser under subsection (13)(a) or (c) by virtue of an order of a court shall not operate until the ordinary time for appeal has expired, or until the final determination of any appeal lodged during such time, whichever last occurs.". This amendment is related...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It is not sufficient to simply say that this is a standard provision. What does this mean? There could be standard provisions in legislation which new legislation will update. The fact that a standard provision has existed in previous legislation does not mean it has an aura of absolute correctness. Such provision can be examined as much as any other provision. If it is not a proper...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The motto of the Progressive Democrats was to be radical or redundant and to move out into new ground and avoid standard provisions. I still believe the only argument for retaining this provision is that it is a standard provision. It has no merit in its own right.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, after line 48, to insert the following: "(2) The Freedom of Information Act 1997 shall apply to the Authority.". This matter is an old hobby horse of mine. We introduced the Freedom of Information Act so there would be access to important matters that seem to be shrouded in mystery within the bowels of the State. All legislation should be subject to the...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It is a big lie.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That is something. We have moved further down the road and I welcome the Minister's progress. Section 15, which I will try to amend, states: "Unless otherwise provided for by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Authority, disclose any confidential information obtained while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as a member of the Authority or advisory...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Irrespective of the section, I accept the Minister of State's point on confidentiality in terms of important and sensitive information relating to titles and so on, but the thrust of my amendment concerns the broader issues of transparency, accountability and freedom of information. Most people would agree that the opposite to the Minister's comments is the case. There is much less freedom of...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for addressing this issue of constitutionality. I will happily withdraw my amendment.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister will be aware of the daylight robbery of €1.5 million cash in transit in the past three weeks and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform wringing his hands in dismay at the failure of his nonsensical voluntary code to prevent it happening. It is totally unacceptable that there is no statutory code in place to regulate the delivery of large sums of money by private...

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: He does. He is the Minister.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Has he witnesses?

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That is what it was set up for.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That was the whole purpose of the legislation.

Crime Prevention. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It was for licensing.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans to form a new semi-State telecommunications company reportedly entitled Project Dingle; the way in which he envisages a new public entity operating with the privately managed metropolitan area networks; the proposed timetable for such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13609/06]

Offshore Exploration. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent frontier Slyne-Erris-Donegal licensing round; his views on reviewing the current terms for the exploration and exploitation of natural resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure second level schools do not shirk their responsibility to admit students who have special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13494/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (5 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has restored resource hours as needed to schools in disadvantaged areas who lost teachers and teaching hours due to the implementation of the weighted model; the way in which she proposes to address the future needs of schools whose needs are greater than the norms of the model; and if she will make a statement on the matter....