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Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the benefits and drawbacks of the European Central Bank increasing its inflation target from 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that when applying for a visa, a non-European Economic Area national who is the spouse of an Irish citizen is not treated less favourably than a spouse of an European Union citizen who is from a third country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2110/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occurrences where foreign bodies were left in a patient's body following surgery in Our Lady’s Children's Hospital in Crumlin, County Dublin in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a guide wire was left in a patient's body following surgery between 2010 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the steps Our Lady’s Children's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin 12 took to address occurrences where foreign bodies were left in a patient's body following surgery in the hospital, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in producing a report indicating why a guide wire was left in a patient's body in Our Lady’s Children's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2116/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a guide wire having been left in a patient's body following surgery in 2015; why this occurred, given a similar event was reported in 2014; why procedures were not in place to ensure this did not reoccur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occurrences where foreign bodies were left in a patient's body in children's hospitals in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2113/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 359. To ask the Minister for Health what measures hospitals take to ensure that foreign matter is not left in a patient’s body following surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Safety (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were dropped by staff in Temple Street Hospital in County Dublin in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2119/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Safety (19 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were dropped by staff in hospitals between 2010 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/16]

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: People are coming very late to Moore Street and what it stands for. The late Tony Gregory and I were two of the people who went to prison to protect Moore Street traders and their conditions.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: Moore Street has been derelict for 100 years, and nobody considered preserving it at the time. Now, there is tremendous interest, which is right and proper.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: Much could have been done in the past, for example, people could have objected to the shopping mall. It was not for the Minister to object to a planning application by Dublin City Council.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: The planning applications were made before NAMA owned it.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: It is no use giving out about a shopping centre in the area when nobody here objected to the planning application. I objected to it and gave oral evidence against it.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: However, it went ahead. It would have been wonderful if all the people who are so concerned about it now and are raising it so loudly had been there when it mattered. Now, it is very important that we get the restoration of the national monument. When the national monument came up first, the aim was to protect No. 16 Moore Street. It was extended to Nos. 14 to 17. We need it restored for...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: The Deputy should have objected to it.

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the restoration of the national monument on Moore Street. It is nearly 20 years since I first put forward a motion to Dublin City Council proposing that No. 16 Moore Street, where the last council of war was held, with James Connolly, Pádraig Pearse and other signatories to the Proclamation, be made a protected structure and a 1916 commemorative...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Joe Costello: Over the Christmas period and at the start of the new year, we all looked aghast at the incidence of flooding throughout the country, particularly in the Shannon basin area. I compliment the people in the rural areas on their resilience and I acknowledge the hard work of the local authorities and various agencies in providing services, as seen on the television. One of the most significant...