Results 7,101-7,120 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: There are other Deputies with views on the matter.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Other Members did also.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister was obviously not listening to the debate.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I wish to defend Deputy Cuffe. The Minister tried to misrepresent the point the Deputy was making. I do not doubt that the Deputy will have another chance to make his point and to correct the Minister. Most Opposition Deputies did not object to the proposal to establish a volunteer police force. We agreed with it in principle, but we sought clarity and further details about its operation. We...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We met different members of the constabulary.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister cannot afford to talk. He was not present this morning.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The least the Minister can do is apologise.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The first thing the Minister should have done was apologise to the House for leaving this morning. He should have been here for the business of the House.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He was the one who started the provocation by rounding on the House as if this side of the House was responsible.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Chair is aware that we would be well along with the business of the House by now if the Minister had not left the House andââ
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: ââleft us unable to do so.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: He has not apologised to the House for leaving.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The House deserves an apology from the Minister. It is the least he could do.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: We are still working on them.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It is amazing that the first amendment the Minister has presented to the House requires recommittal, considering the amount of time we spent trying to get our amendments recommitted so there could be a proper debate on them. The Minister now requests that this side of the House agree with him to recommit the Bill in respect of this amendment even though all the amendment does is move a...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Until 1.30 p.m. we could not get our business done because the Minister was not here to do it.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister was the first to take such latitude, as he always does. He goes off on a tangent and, unless one is listening carefully to him, he stays on that tangent, which is generally irrelevant to what is being discussed. Given that in this case we are merely moving a definition and the Minister requires recommittal of the Bill in respect of the amendment to do that, will he clarify...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I support the amendment but will the Minister say what the police force is called? Is it a hybrid English and Irish name, "the Garda SÃochána" or is it "An Garda SÃochána"?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Is that not the amendment we are discussing?
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: As we are still on Committee Stage and no doubt will be told when we leave it, we can discuss the substance as well as the placing of the amendment. The Minister has not explained why he needed to recommit to transpose this subsection. He has not explained, in response to Deputy Boyle's question, what will happen to the findings of the Committee of Public Accounts. The recent report found...