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Establishment of Commission of Investigation: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: That is the point in terms of the timescale the Minister is providing for. He should provide for ten times the 18 months.

Establishment of Commission of Investigation: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister must recognise the amount of work involved but I will come to that shortly.

Establishment of Commission of Investigation: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: It is more than that. By drawing the line in 1975 the Minister is effectively giving an amnesty in terms of any offence committed prior to that time. In other words, he is drawing the line at a time when, according to the Ferns Report, considerable child sexual abuse was taking place in that diocese. It is wrong to draw the line in that arbitrary fashion and simply say it would be difficult...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: The proposed solution in the Taoiseach's reply to Deputy Rabbitte's question about Marie Therese O'Loughlin cannot work. While she spent some time subsequently in Goldenbridge, which is a scheduled institution, her horrific injuries were sustained in Morning Star when she was a baby there.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: I have a question on the legislation. A small number of those institutions are feeder institutions to the institutions that are scheduled. They have not been included, even though it was the State that transferred them.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Will the Taoiseach speak to the Minister for Education and Science with a view to amending——

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: My question is on legislation.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: My question is on legislation. I ask the Taoiseach to amend the Residential Institutions Redress Act——

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: ——to allow time for these issues to be examined properly.

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the role the centre for management organisation development within his Department is playing in the review of the PPARS computer system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/05]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if the promised peer review system for large ICT projects is in place; the way in which it will operate; the threshold of figure above which the peer review system will operate; if the centre for management organisation development within his Department will play a role in the peer review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that speech and language therapy is available to those who need it at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and that adequate therapists are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39298/05]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in each county here for each year since 1997 to date in 2005; the population served by each Garda station in 1997 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/05]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to allegations by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary that they have been subjected to Garda intimidation and abuse over a period of time; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that even though he does not drink he is stopped regularly on grounds of drink driving...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the publication of the Garda human rights audit in March 2005; the steps An Garda Síochána has taken to implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/05]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a senior member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been removed from their post and is the subject of disciplinary proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38736/05]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of complaints made by victims of abuse who were reimbursed by the Residential Institutions Redress Board against members of the legal profession for overcharging; if any of the complaints have been referred to An Garda Síochána; if An Garda Síochána have initiated a...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that occurred into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the outcome of that investigation; the reason for the establishment of a new investigation in September 2005; the progress of that investigation; when the investigation is expected to conclude; if he will publish the findings;...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Garda has not given its reasons for making criminal allegations against a journalist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39297/05]

Written Answers — Non-National Minors: Non-National Minors (13 Dec 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of unaccompanied non-national minors in the education system here; the schools they attend; the ages at which each non-national minor entered the education system; the present age of each non-national minor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38729/05]