Results 281-300 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: Surely the process could be better managed. The Courts Service or the witness's office could manage it better with the Office of the Chief State Solicitor.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: The witness is saying that much of the total time spent by a jury is wasted but a Bill to deal with admissibility of evidence being dealt with separately from a jury being empanelled will get rid of that waste and reduce costs and time in court.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: This would almost seem to be a solution to the length of time being spent in court currently. Why did it not happen before? Why has the Law Reform Commission not recommended it? How does it earn its onions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: Yes. At what stage is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: Has it been dealt with through the Attorney General's office?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: The Attorney General's office has approved it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: That sounds very interesting as it is a major cost. I will not spend much longer. Why are so many cases drawn out and settled on the steps of the courts?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: In 2011 the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions established a specialised financial unit to deal with fraud and white-collar crime. I presume that has added enormously to the complexity of the work the office is doing. It would have refocused much of the work. Is that the case? This is in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: How is it working? Is the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions really beginning to come to terms with white-collar crime and fraud?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: It is amazing that it took until 2011 to establish a unit to deal with it considering the amount of material that has come before this and other committees in terms of fraud and white-collar crime.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: But only two lawyers were employed in the unit.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: Did I misread it? The unit was initially staffed by two layers but has expanded over time to comprise five lawyers together with administrative support.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: So it is gradually-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions dealt with about 14,000 prosecutions last year.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015) Joe Costello: That is a huge amount of work. I thank all the witnesses.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joe Costello: I echo some of the points made by both Deputies on amendments Nos. 1 to 4awhich include our own. I presume all of the liabilities will be taken on by the local authority when the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is wound up. Let us hope there will not be much in the way of liabilities and that the authority will have a surplus in order that, when it is dissolved and the functions are...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. Regarding the reference to social housing, the changes that have taken place under the 2015 Act appear to tie down the 10% requirement in a manner it was not previously when it was lost under various guises. That the Minister of State has indicated his openness to an affordable measure is promising. Regarding the reference to...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joe Costello: The Docklands Consultative Forum is dealt with in Part 5. The same structure is being replicated here as existed in the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. I was a member of that authority for a number of years along with many other councillors. A similar structure for the appointment of local authority, community, business members and so on is being provided for in this legislation....
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification on the strengthening of the role of the docklands consultative forum and to reviewing its title. Hopefully it will not just be given an advisory and consultative role, but will also have oversight of it. This is important to ensure targets are reached. I agree with Deputy O'Sullivan that there is a lack of clarity in regard to the...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive way in which he responded to all the amendments. He is agreeable to coming back to see how we can tighten up on some aspects of the legislation on Report Stage.