Results 7,301-7,320 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of interview procedures for recruitment to his Department; and if there is separate membership of interview and appeals boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15983/05]
- Written Answers — Garda Computer Systems: Garda Computer Systems (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of virus attacks and hacker attacks on Garda computer systems that have been prevented in 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the number which have caused difficulties to systems; the kind of difficulties they have caused; the number of people who have been questioned by gardaà or others about such incidents...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16013/05]
- Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I compliment Deputy Burton on tabling the motion, given that the recent "Prime Time" programme on this issue was sobering. I will limit my remarks to the performance of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who is one of the worst offenders in wasting taxpayer's money. He recently spent â¬29.9 million on a site for a new prison in north County Dublin, which was between eight and...
- Coroners Service. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Would the Minister agree that the coroner service is the Cinderella of the legal services? The manner in which the service is treated is disgraceful. The report of the working group on the coroner service was published in 2000. The Minister and his predecessor promised new legislation but he now tells us this has been delayed. We must now wait and see when it will be produced and in the...
- Coroners Service. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Will the Minister clarify the situation regarding resources for the State Laboratory? Will it get enough?
- Prisoner Escort Services. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Does the Minister agree that the background to the Bill â the proposals to outsource prison escorts and provide prisoner escort services on a private basis â has been marked by his ongoing conflict with prison officers about the issue of overtime? The Minister has contemplated the legislation on that basis alone. He has closed three prisons and a further two prisons are about to be...
- Prisoner Escort Services. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I invite the Minister to surprise us.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: They are coming, just like Christmas.
- Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I note that Ireland's homicide rate was consistently low in the years before 2003. I am sure I will receive more information about this matter from the Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, than I will from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform later this afternoon. There has been an enormous increase in the homicide rate since 2003.
- Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: That is what I expect the Minister to say.
- Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: The Minister is not answering this question. He will get a chance in a while. The statistics in Measuring Ireland's Progress 2004 make rather bleak reading for anybody who examines the social dividend of Ireland's affluent society and burgeoning economy. While we have a strong economy, we also have a very weak society. This social weakness is evident when one considers the report's finding...
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to deal with the surge of serious crime over the past few months, including the spate of gangland style killings, robberies of cash in transit consignments and abductions and kidnappings; if he intends to provide additional resources to the Garda to help it combat these killings; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I welcome what the Minister said about giving â¬6.5 million to Operation Anvil, but I remind the Minister that just before Christmas he provided some â¬4 million to what I believe was Operation Crossover, for the months of November and December. Once the money and overtime hours are gone, the resources are gone and we are back to square one. If I recall correctly, it was in November that...
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Everything is now back to square one.
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I am not saying that, I am saying the opposite.
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I am seeking ongoing resources.
- Crime Levels. (17 May 2005)
Joe Costello: Do not give them any time.
- Irish Prison Service. (12 May 2005)
Joe Costello: I refer to the motion on the Adjournment raised by Deputy Gormley, with which I entirely agree. Three weeks ago in the Kevin Street area, an attack occurred on a young gay man who is still in a coma and subsequent attacks on members of the gay community have occurred within that jurisdiction. It is possible that a particular group is involved in racism and attacks on the gay community. It...
- Irish Prison Service. (12 May 2005)
Joe Costello: He has paid that ten times over already.