Results 6,441-6,460 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: I throw it against the Minister.

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: I have a brief supplementary question. The Minister is saying that if we had fewer gardaí on the beat, there would be fewer drugs seized——

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: ——and that there would therefore be a lower incidence of crime.

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: That is wonderful and the reason we are not getting the 2,000 extra gardaí. It remains the case that the Minister has not faced up to the serious crime problem, whether it involves murder, gangland killings, anti-social behaviour or drugs. Drug trafficking is one of the most serious issues and is now out of hand. A question has been tabled on cocaine. We saw in a recent survey that cocaine...

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Heroin still presents a serious problem in Dublin. Some 85% of all heroin seizures are in Dublin and the problem has not really spread outside the Dublin area. However, cocaine has spread to every part of the country under the Minister's watch. He is doing nothing about it. Crimes associated with cocaine, including crack cocaine, are becoming the most serious of all crimes and I have not seen...

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Total denial.

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: I am delighted to hear that. That is the first admission we have heard today and it is about time we heard it.

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: He might say it more often.

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Has the Minister not read any of the documents I produced?

Crime Levels. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: He is totally blind to it.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: As the Minister outlined, this situation goes back to 1992 when the young woman's father, Mr. Selcuk Dulkadiroglu, came to Ireland and worked in the Turkish Embassy. In 1994, he then transferred to Trinity College and worked as a lecturer there for five years. His daughter came to Ireland as a young girl in 1994, attended Oatlands College secondary school, went on to study at University...

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Will the Minister take a fresh look at this case with a view to granting residency to this young lady and her Irish-born child?

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: The Turkish Embassy merely provides him with travelling and living expenses.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: The services were provided and accommodation was given free by Trinity College.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: He was part of the workforce.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister is off again on one of his trips to cloud cuckoo land. He should stick to the question.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister should stop his usual rant. Here we go again.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: This woman's parents had a permit to work here.

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: Such as Gama Construction.

Forensic Testing. (2 Feb 2006)

Joe Costello: I am happy that the Minister intends to erect a building to ensure that the integrity of samples is preserved. I hope he will do the same for other evidence brought before the courts which at present is retained in Garda stations but not under proper lock and key. Is the Minister satisfied that we have sufficient expertise, an adequate methodology and sufficiently cutting-edge modern...