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Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I do not really know the outcome of the Minister's argument given that section 11 of the 1995 Act requires an annual report. Given that it is a statutory requisite, it should therefore be a requisite to have a report on the operation of the Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003. The two can be rolled into one. An amendment is necessary because it is not obligatory to make any reference...

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I am flabbergasted.

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I support Deputy Gerard Murphy. His amendment is an extension of what I was seeking to do through amendments Nos. 1 and 3 to make the legislation more understandable and accessible. It is important that the purpose of the legislation be clear and that it state categorically that it gives effect to provisions in Article 2 of the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe's Convention on the...

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I did not think, as the Minister seems to suggest, that the passing of this amendment would abolish the Long Title of the Bill because we do not propose this as a substitute for the Long Title. The amendment is introduced in section 2 as an additional clear explanation of the purpose of the Bill. The Long Title is a general description but this states the precise purpose of the Bill and...

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 8: In page 4, line 20, after "passing" to insert the following: ", but shall not apply to a sentence imposed before its passing and in circumstances where an application could have been, but prior to such passing was not, made in respect of the person on whom the sentence was imposed pursuant to the Extradition Acts 1965 to 2001 or the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, or...

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister referred to the safeguards in section 9 which, however, are not of the order we seek and do not correspond to the point I made on situations where extradition could be refused at present. Circumstances have changed since the political offence exception was abolished but, if we are retrospective in terms of what was an offence but was not activated at the time, the provision in...

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The legislation has been in place for three years.

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for permitting me to raise this issue today. A number of elderly people in particular have contacted me about letters they have received from the Department of Social and Family Affairs stating that their entitlement to the annual winter fuel allowance of €12.90 per week, as it is in Dublin, is now terminated. These people are tenants of Dublin City Council...

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: That is very generous of it.

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The cost implications are not significant. It would cost less than €750,000.

Electoral System. (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister should have told them where to go.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his legislative priorities for the new Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/05]

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The Government benches are very bleak looking.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: We have given many constructive ideas. Does the Minister of State want us to give some?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: Will the Minister of State listen so we can put forward a few?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: Will the Minister of State give way so that we can put forward a few ideas?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: Will the Minister of State give way?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: Let us hear about accident and emergency services, the thrust of the motion, and the Minister's commitment.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister of State is too provocative.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Costello: He should stick to his brief.