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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 obligation will be there from Monday. I have a few questions in a related area. A total of 41% of funding in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor is spent on counsel fees and 37% of funding in the Director of Public Prosecution's office goes on counsel fees. The witness indicated that this largely depends, in the case of the Director of Public Prosecutions, on the duration of cases...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: ...circumstances, there could be a question mark as to whether this was a prudent move, considering all the circumstances and the reason NAMA had to get a commitment by Cerberus that it had not paid any fees and so on and that it had indicated that might compromise the situation. NAMA was relying on a great deal in those circumstances in making a judgment call.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Joe Costello: The other item relates to the representatives of the Department of Social Protection who appeared before the committee last week. I presume no detailed note has yet been received on the fee programme and other items?

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: ...Bill and I compliment the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for bringing this legislation to the House. The Bill provides for universal GP service to be available without fees to everyone aged 70 years and over. This Bill is only one step in the process of providing free GP care to all our citizens. About 36,000 senior citizens will benefit and 436,000 children...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Costello: ...and Auditor General is probably looking for an increase. I have not heard any demand from the Courts Service for an increase in its budget from the Exchequer at this point in time but it has used the fee income very successfully. I wish to mention two points. I wrote to Mr. Ryan last month about issues concerning decisions that had been made in the Circuit Court and the High Court and...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Is the car park being used at present? Are fees being charged there?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: ...where there was no transition period and where the previous administration was not in charge. It was entirely within the remit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. No parking fees were imposed there in 2008 or 2009. Then the Department decided to carry out an upgrade in 2011 at a cost of €340,000. There had been ample time at that stage for the Department to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: My last question relates to the parking fees Howth. Let us take one in Dublin. I understand there are 540 car parking spaces provided free of charge. If parking was charged for it could bring anything up to €300,000 or €400,000 per annum. The Department has a plan to introduce paid parking, but it has not been introduced so far. Part of the remit is to receive dues from...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: ...took place retrospectively amounting to €1.2 million; the €2 million in rent that was also billed retrospectively; and the €5 million that was owed to the centres in June 2013. The parking fees, which were to be a stream of income both in Rossaveal and in Howth in particular, materialised in a limited fashion. The result is that 75% of all the income coming from the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Is the due diligence included in the professional fees?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Students (15 Jul 2014)

Joe Costello: ...available under the Fellowship Programme. ICOS also works to develop, support and maintain an alumni network for all Irish Aid funded study fellows. In 2014, ICOS will receive a management fee of €213, 486 from Irish Aid, which includes all overheads.

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Jun 2014)

Joe Costello: I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to outline to the House the position with regard to the pupil-teacher ratio in fee-charging schools. At post-primary level, the State pays the salary of one teacher for every 23 pupils in fee-paying schools, compared with one teacher for every 19 pupils in schools in the free education scheme. A ratio of 18.25 pupils to one teacher applies in DEIS...

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Jun 2014)

Joe Costello: ...been increased in recent years, is still 23:1, as compared to 19:1 in the free secondary education sector. The gap is not an enormous one when one considers that all the private schools charge fees and have available to them an income stream in that regard, as well as from the discretionary income source of €81 million, although it may not all be discretionary income. Some second...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

Joe Costello: ...of the costs to the Department of Africa Day, in 2012 and 2013. This expenditure is subject to audit and review, both internally and externally. - 2012 2013 Contractor’s Professional fees €22,101 €27,060 Regional Events (including payments to community groups disbursed by local authorities) €28,825 €46,450 National Flagship Event and third party...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Joe Costello: ...Training Programme in 2013. This allocation is for the costs associated with fellowships awarded to study in Ireland or in the fellows’ own country or region. This figure also includes the management agency fees. Costs of €970,750 will be incurred in 2013 under the Irish Development Experience Sharing Programme for Vietnam, and €63,897 under the Kader Asmal...

Topical Issue Debate: Undocumented Irish in the USA (2 Jul 2013)

Joe Costello: ...", thereby imposing heavy additional obligations on their employers and the sponsoring organisations who operate the programme. There was also a proposal for each sponsoring organisation to pay a fee of $500 per participant. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade listened closely to the concerns of the operators in Ireland and the United States, who feared that this fee would render...

Topical Issue Debate: Inter-Country Adoptions (13 Feb 2013)

Joe Costello: ...expect that payments will be necessary for both government and non-government services connected with intercountry adoptions. Both receiving States and States of origin are permitted to charge reasonable fees for services provided.Guide No. 2 elaborates on the type of costs that prospective adopters can be charged and on the need for co-operation between states in order to develop this...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Joe Costello: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. It affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the policy of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, on fee-paying schools. This Government has protected front-line services in schools to the greatest extent possible in the recent budget. There will no reduction in teacher numbers in primary schools and in free second...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Joe Costello: I will convey the Senator's comments about the Catholic fee-paying schools to the Minister for Education and Skills. In reply to her question as to whether there is a future for fee-paying schools, I certainly believe they have a future.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Joe Costello: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. It affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the policy of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, on fee-paying schools. This Government has protected front-line services in schools to the greatest extent possible in the recent budget. There will no reduction in teacher numbers in primary schools and in free second...