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- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: A bit like PPARS.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: The 1,500 doing it could be civilianised.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: The reality is that more people died on the roads here in January 2006 than during the previous January. A crisis, therefore, exists and the Minister assures us it will be addressed. We do not have the 1,000 strong dedicated traffic corps he promised us. More than 1,500 gardaà are sitting behind desks and doing work that could be done by civilians, the highest percentage of any police force...
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: The Minister engages in guff to beat the band.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Dump him in it.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Will be given, sometime.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: It will not break the speed limit.
- Road Traffic Offences. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: When penalty points were initially introduced, traffic fatalities decreased enormously.
- Adjournment Debate. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Deputy Cowley may continue because the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has not yet arrived.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. I wish to share time with my colleague, Deputy Seán Ryan. The Minister of State may have heard about the latest saga concerning Temple Street hospital. Plans have been ongoing for at least the past 20 years to do something about the dilapidated buildings and the poor conditions under...
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: It has already gone to tender, the tenders have been received.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Yes, indeed. That is why it is being delayed.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: There is nothing like having a prison in one's constituency.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: The OPW has all the answers.
- Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if DNA samples still have to be sent abroad for analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3554/06]
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: It is somewhat late in the day to be recognising that.
- Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (1 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the recent series of maritime disasters, he has made a decision to provide an emergency towing vessel to provide extra protection for mariners and the Irish coast in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3135/06]
- Decentralisation Programme. (1 Feb 2006)
Joe Costello: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport when the coast guard will move its headquarters to Drogheda; the number of positions and staff who will transfer; the arrangements being made for the Dublin marine rescue co-ordination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/06]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Joe Costello: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that stroke is the third leading cause of death here; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that same accounts for almost 10% of accident and emergency admissions yet stroke health services are under developed here; her views on whether a national stroke strategy...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Joe Costello: Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports from the Irish Medical Organisation that up to 27,000 children are losing out on vital checks for potentially serious medical conditions due to a shortage of public health doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3023/06]