85 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if the Luas line BX/D and phases 2 and 3 of the western rail corridor and the Dublin rail interconnector have been deferred or rescheduled; the estimated completion date of each of these projects; if Metro West and the Lucan Luas have been abandoned; when the railway safety programme will be fully completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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526 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made to date in finding permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will facilitate a round table meeting between his Department, Dublin City Council, the GAA club, the board of management and the parents association; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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388 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence his plans for St. Bricin’s Military Hospital, Dublin 7; if the hospital is to be closed down; the action which will be taken regarding the buildings and land; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda vetting unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has to apply to the Irish Embassy in Mexico for a visa to visit Ireland; the further reason it is difficult for an Irish citizen who marries abroad to have their spouse granted permanent residency here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients who were medically ready for discharge but who were still occupying beds in the Mater Hospital, Dublin for each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will estimate the approximate number of extra hospital consultants that will be recruited in 2009 following the agreement on a new contract for medical consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the level of salary that has been agreed for medical consultants who also serve as professors in university medical schools; the way those salaries compare with those paid to professors in other disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance his views on the high level of credit card debt held by consumers here; if consideration has been given to increasing the minimum payment on credit card balances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether persons appointed to the boards of banks covered by the bank guarantee to guard the public interest could contravene the legal requirement of company directors to act in the interests of the company’s shareholders at all times; if a legal mechanism is to be used to avoid such conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation governing the use of metal and bag skips which are proliferating in residential areas and which are causing a public nuisance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings and average female earnings generally; if she plans additional measures to help bridge the male-female earnings gap; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the Government will take to deal with juvenile crime and the growing availability of handguns in view of the shooting dead of a resident of East Wall, Dublin 1 in cold blood and the earlier targeting and terrorising of the same person and many of his neighbours, the failure of the Government to deal with the anti-social behaviour which is becoming embedded in many urban communities and the total failure of this Government and the previous two Administrations to deal with the increasing availability and deadly use of illegally held guns.
70 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate to ensure that the minimum wage was being paid in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the number of breaches detected; the number of prosecutions initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is proposed not to renew the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam for inter-country adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on correspondence (details supplied); the level of inspection she has in place; if she has ever inspected the company referred to; if the temporary lay off and non-payment of salary are legal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will carry out an investigation of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to ensure that the company complies with proper work practices and health and safety standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a Romani encampment at a toxic dump of mine tailings in northern Kosovo; if Irish diplomats or the Irish peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo will assist in dealing with the threat of lead poisoning from the dump; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that no fraud was involved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if his Department have carried out an investigation into the strange anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding his Department provides for the leaving certificate applied curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will drop the requirement of field work that makes up an integral part of the biology leaving certificate curriculum in view of his cutbacks on substitute cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will distribute the €24 million underspend from the single farm payment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timescale for the merging of the promotion element of Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive their naturalisation papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the attacks on firemen at Hallowe’en; if he will amend the legislation to ensure that the emergency services personnel have the same entitlement to protection and compensation when injured in the line of duty as the Garda Síochána have; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on growing speculation regarding the privatisation of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take following the completion of the public consultation on the bio-fuels obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reply to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schedule in the national climate change strategy to prepare a climate change adaptation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure Ireland meets its targets to divert biodegradable waste from landfill, as required under the EU landfill directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with fitness levels within the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding members of the Reserve Defence Forces who wish to serve abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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579 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not received its minor works grant for the provision of storage heaters under emergency works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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533 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices that have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under her auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available, including humanitarian funding, for residents who were affected by the flooding in August 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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403 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the fee for a certificate of naturalisation has increased in the past two years; the reason such a necessary and standard document is so costly to citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who are employed in the private security industry; the number who are licensed; the cost of the licences; the amount collected since the licensing system was established; his views on a token charge for such licences as most security workers are poorly paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants and committal warrants which had not been executed at the end of 2006, 2007 and to the end of October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allotted to each of the Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan area in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people in direct provision at present; the cost to the State in the past 12 months of such provision; the number of accommodation centres nationally; if he has plans to increase the subvention to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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