121 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel and the amount of vehicles, weapons and other equipment used in the St. Patrick’s day 2008 participation by the Defence Forces in the Limerick parade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he has carried out an investigation as to the reason during the first four months of 2008, the number of females enlisted into the Reserve Defence Force is less than the number being discharged whereas the opposite is happening in regard to male recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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584 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to take the national monument of 14, 15, 16 and 17 Moore Street into public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence his plans for commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made towards the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin City; if funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the construction of an Educate Together primary school in Grangegorman; if funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will remove the obstacles holding back payment of the €34 million sheep package committed by the Government to the sector in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the recommendations contained in the report of the Competition Authority on veterinary practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for encouraging non-Irish volunteers within communities here in view of the importance such volunteers can play in the integration of such communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cautions and arrests made in relation to prostitution in the Montpelier/Arbour Hill area for each month of 2008 giving details of the number of men and number of women arrested and cautioned; the number of cases regarding prostitution in this area that have been dealt with by the courts since 2008; the number of convictions that were secured in the courts; the penalties that were imposed on those convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported crimes relating to vandalism and theft of cars and burglaries for each month of 2008 in areas (details supplied); the detection rate for these crimes; the number of gardaí on patrol, on bicycles and in patrol cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a reported increase in crime in an area (details supplied); the number of gardaí on patrol; the number of gardaí on bicycles in the area; the number of patrol cars in the area; the number of plain-clothes gardaí; the long-term plans for the future of Mountjoy Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a request was made by a person (details supplied) to search a plane flying through Shannon Airport to Guantanamo Bay in relation to suspicion of extraordinary rendition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to act upon the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny for a more central role for EU affairs in the daily business of Dáil and Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU is providing resources or personnel to help monitor the second round of elections in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the Attorney General’s advice on the Lisbon Reform Treaty; the measures in the treaty that impact on the Irish Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to resolve the industrial relations dispute between clerical staff and her Department.
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139 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to recent remarks by the chief executive of Bord Gáis that the number of people unable to heat their homes is expected to increase substantially over the coming years and that more subsidies would be required by more people in the coming years to meet extra costs; the strategy her Department has of tracking the cost of fuels and analysing its impact on low income family units; and the plans to alter the household benefits package.
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156 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the overpayment to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on requesting the National Consumer Agency or the Competition Authority to conduct an investigation into the cost of diesel which is significantly more expensive than petrol; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that the abolition of the Groceries Order has resulted in the reduction in prices that were forecast by her Department when the decision was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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943 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas in Dublin Central which are not covered by broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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805 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin 7 can expect a new public order van; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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669 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals for the establishment and funding of Educate Together post primary schools; if so, his views on the establishment of such a school in the Phibsborough Dublin 7 area where Dublin City Council is in process of developing a local area plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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582 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the proposals in the needs analysis research report compiled by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if correspondence from the Health Service Executive to Dublin City Council in support of a hostel at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is in order in view of the fact that the hostel is to be operated by a private company and that the HSE had maintained that planning permission was a matter for the private company and not the HSE.
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324 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to develop or fund a drug treatment or rehabilitation centre at a location (details supplied); if so, the number of participants, the staffing levels and the nature of the rehabilitative services; if there has been prior community consultation on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the development of the National Children’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport when he envisages that the 14 newly appointed transport inspectors will be able to fully discharge their duties in tandem with An Garda Síochána under the auspices of the Road Safety Authority; when he will introduce legislation to close the legislative loophole and allow the heavy goods vehicle inspectors to work at roadside checkpoints; the number of HGVs found to have technical faults or to be unroadworthy in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the deadline for the implementation of each of the RSA’s recommendations on improving the road worthiness of the HGV fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a compulsory system of reporting of car write-offs; the number of imported cars that the Revenue Commissioners have informed his Department are potential car write-offs; the number of people his Department have written to warning them of the potential unroadworthiness of their cars; if he will establish a central and comprehensive register of all vehicles that have been classified as unsafe and unroadworthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been sent abroad for treatment for eating disorders and other mental health treatment to date in 2008; when there will be an expansion of specialist services, including designated beds for people with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reconfigure the delivery of hospital services in the north east; if it is true there is not a red cent available to build a new tertiary hospital in the region; the interim plans to deliver hospital services to the people of the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans submitted for a church (details supplied); when a decision will be made by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if a fee is charged to promoters for the use of the Phoenix Park for commercial music concerts and other events; if so, the amount that is charged; if the money is being channelled directly back into the care and upkeep of the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the procedures used by the Office of Public Works to give permission to promoters to hold large and small scale music and other commercial events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to allow commuter buses to use the Phoenix Park on a regular basis; the plans if they exist; if consultations will be carried out with local people as to the desirability of such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in introducing regulations to provide for the tariff scheme for offshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his policy to transfer assets from the ESB to EirGrid; the findings of the independent analysis carried out on this issue; when he expects to publish the findings from that independent analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the primary legislation which provides for billboards, sandwich boards and other commercial advertising in streets and public places; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the plans in train for the development of the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the claims made by the Garda Representative Association that the Garda Ombudsman Commission contaminated forensic evidence necessary for the prosecution of a particular case due to the manner of conduct of its inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the Garda Ombudsman Commission regarding possible amendments to the legislation under which it operates; the principal amendments planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the regeneration projects for O’Devaney Gardens, Dominick Street and Sean MacDermott Street have collapsed because the developer has withdrawn; the steps he will take to ensure that the hundreds of tenants involved do not lose out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in redeveloping a house (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dozens of elderly tenants have been waiting to return home for more than two years.
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408 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to deal with anti-social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will ensure that the closed circuit television cameras are functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for residency of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence from schools (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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