Results 7,181-7,200 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Perhaps sections 1 to 4 of the Offences against the State Act are not emergency legislation but section 5 of that Act definitely is such.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I hope the Minister of State will not give me a technical answer.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: If the Minister of State cannot agree to a period of 21 days, he should agree at least to a period of 14 days.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Can we get agreement on it being available two weeks before a debate?
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: In that case can the Minister of State give an assurance of two weeks?
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I accept that.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: What about ten days' notice?
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister did not do anything about them.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: There is something implicit about supporting the review and not putting it on the shelf.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: There will be no proposals before us by the time this comes back.
- Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: It has shown nothing so far.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Will we now have an amendment to the Children Act which specifies that the age of criminal responsibility is 12? This would be in operation if the Government had bothered to roll out that section over the past four years, which it has not done. Is it now the case that the age will be reduced from what was specified and prescribed in the Children Act to ten years, as the Minister of State has...
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: Is it now being amended?
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister has announced that he is reducing the age from 12 to ten.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I do, yes. I did not get it the first time I asked the question.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: I am delighted the Minister will give the reply now.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: That is very generous of the Minister. It is his duty to give a replyââ
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: âânot to be generous or give it as some kind of privilege.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister was asked a question on legislation.
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister is obliged to give a reply. It is his duty.