Results 6,781-6,800 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I wish to share time with Deputies Burton, Gilmore and O'Sullivan.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: At the outset I offer my sympathy to the family of Pat Joe Walsh, a man who could and should be alive today. I compliment Patients Together, Janet Byrne and her mother in particular for the excellent work they have done in highlighting the dire situation in the Mater Hospital over a sustained period. Speaking on the first Private Members' motion this year, in January 2005, the Minister for...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Has her top priority been addressed by her ten point plan?
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Let us not even talk about her lesser priorities or those objectives that were not priorities. Unfortunately, the answer is a resounding "no". Last month I tabled a question asking the Minister to outline the improvement in the accident and emergency waiting lists at the Mater Hospital in the 12 months since she took over stewardship of the Department of Health and Children and promised...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Mater Hospital situation has deteriorated rather than improved. We expected some improvement. We did not expect regression.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: One does not normally extend orthodontic treatment in a prison cell.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: We will definitely need more gardaÃ.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: He is definitely not a socialist.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Or perhaps even an environmentalist.
- Decentralisation Programme. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation of his Department to Knock; if his Department will meet the deadline originally outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30682/05]
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister is on radio with Pat Kenny but he is not here in the Dáil when he is needed. The commission of investigations legislation was put through the House two years ago and we delayed instituting investigations into the Dublin archdiocese and other sex abuse scandals until that legislation was passed. Why is the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform not using that legislation,...
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister did not make one mention of the specific legislation.
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Will the Taoiseach use this legislation, which was passed specifically for this purpose? Investigations were delayed into sex scandals in other dioceses until that legislation was put through.
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: It is a valid question.
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: No. The Taoiseach has to answer for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who is not here.
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: My question is about legislation. Will this legislation be used for the purpose for which it was intended?
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: I will put the question in a different way. Is the legislation to be appealed since the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform gave no indication that the existing legislation was adequate?
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: It is enacted but will it be used?
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: Will they all arrive at the same time?
- Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is very much alive.