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Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach has not answered the question.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: Should the Government not have made a policy decision?

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The first the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform knew was what he read in the newspaper.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach was never informed about it nor was the Cabinet. No policy decision was ever taken on the issue.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The city council did not reject the by-laws.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: No, it did not.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: They were brought forward by a small committee of business people, not the city council.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: It is important——

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: They were brought forward by a sub-committee.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The sub-committee had no representation from the city council.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: I am not out of order.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach has put an inaccurate statement on the record. The city council did not consent to the by-laws.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: A small sub-committee of businesspeople and city officials with no council representation did it.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe Costello: It is important the Taoiseach does not put an inaccurate statement on the record.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants who do not wish to relocate and who will be surplus to requirements as a result of their jobs being transferred to other locations under the Government's decentralisation programme; the jobs that will be provided for these personnel; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there is no benefit in kind rule for taxation purposes on the use of company helicopters or planes, as there is with company cars; his plans to close off this loophole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7859/06]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to construct the wall downstream of Distillery Road Bridge behind number 22 Distillery Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8101/06]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason primary teachers in Gaeltacht schools are paid an allowance for teaching through Irish while their counterparts in Gaelscoileanna here are not; her views on whether the contribution made by both sets of teachers in promoting the language is equal; her further views on whether there should be no difference in the payments...

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: On reading the preliminary Garda report, it is clear the Garda did not have a clue about what was going to happen and it was totally in the dark. The only person who had prior knowledge was the Taoiseach on Friday night but, according to the report, he did not transmit the information to the Garda. More gardaí will be bussed to Shannon Airport to protect President George Bush when his...

Public Order Offences: Statements (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Nobody on this side of the House is dumping on the Garda. We have acknowledged just how heroic the Garda was on the streets of Dublin. There is no doubt that what happened in Dublin was an appalling disaster. In the Garda report——