Results 7,341-7,360 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Deportation Orders. (5 May 2005)

Joe Costello: I ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to ensure that no asylum seeker who is sitting an Irish State examination this summer will be issued with a deportation order or deported during the examination period. The Minister should ensure that no unaccompanied minor or asylum seeker who is due to sit State examinations here should be issued with a deportation order or actually...

Deportation Orders. (5 May 2005)

Joe Costello: That is not true because they are still asylum seekers when the final order is being issued. They are just waiting to see whether they will be allowed to stay.

Deportation Orders. (5 May 2005)

Joe Costello: We know the rules.

Suicide Levels: Motion (Resumed). (5 May 2005)

Joe Costello: I compliment the technical group for putting this motion before us today, and Deputy Dan Neville for ploughing a lonely furrow on this issue for a considerable period. I engaged in a number of debates in the Seanad with Deputy Neville when we were both Senators. He has done good work in this area. Suicide is the unpredictable killer and tragedy of our time. It contradicts the normal flow of...

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Joe Costello: We have heard a great deal about café-style bars from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in recent times. With the arrival of summer time, perhaps the Minister for Finance could give an indication of when we can expect the Intoxicating Liquor Codification Bill that has been promised for a long time. Will it also encompass the Alcohol Products (Control of Advertising,...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (4 May 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the provisions in the Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003 to ring-fence moneys for funding programmes produced by the independent sector; the sums of money which have been identified for such programming to date; the works which have been commissioned; if the scheme has attracted the attention of EU scrutiny; and...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (4 May 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the publication date of a review (details supplied) of inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14342/05]

Written Answers — Border Controls: Border Controls (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens travelling to and from England have been fingerprinted by immigration officers at Holyhead (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/05]

State Pathologist. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: It is extraordinary that the State Pathologist, Dr. Marie Cassidy's entitlement to a Garda-driven car has been withdrawn due to cutbacks in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The State Pathologist is the most important person involved in the investigation of crimes of homicide. She is the forensic scientist who must examine the body and the scene of the crime before it is...

State Pathologist. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: That is not very helpful.

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: I thank Deputy Boyle for allowing me to precede him in the speaking order. I will be brief. We are all aware of the tragic circumstances in which so many young people were raised in institutions and the manner in which they were consigned to lives of misery and, in many cases, physical and sexual abuse. It took until the end of the 20th century before an apology was made by the Taoiseach on...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: In his capacity as Minister for Finance, will the Minister make sufficient funding available to the poor Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to enable the State Pathologist to reach crime scenes?

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: It is a relevant matter regarding a most important issue.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: It pertains to the Estimates. Are the Estimates not a relevant matter?

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: The Minister wants to answer.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: Where have the good times gone?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has now concluded its consideration of the letter from the Commission directorate general for agriculture and rural development advising that it had come to a preliminary opinion that the stallion tax exemption scheme would seem to constitute an aid that was not compatible with the common market; if a reply has been submitted; if...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (27 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in his discussions with the Financial Services Ombudsman Council about the financial service providers not regulated by the financial regulator that should be brought within the scope of the Financial Services Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13341/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (27 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to refrain from threats of prison closures as a means of resolving his dispute with the Prison Officers Association and to re-engage with the normal industrial relations procedure.

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Joe Costello: Justice for the Forgotten has already publicly indicated that it will not participate in the new commission of investigation. This would be particularly regrettable because Justice for the Forgotten has contributed so much to all the hearings into the bombings. In this context, legal representation has already been afforded to Justice for the Forgotten relatives and survivors. Could we extend...