420 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Niger Delta humanitarian crisis in which mass killings have occurred; the steps the international community is taking to deal with the issues of ethnic cleansing; if Ireland has repatriated asylum seekers to the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the schedule of works being carried out on the River Tolka; the works that remain to be carried out; the works that will be carried out in 2006; if the raising of the river wall along the East Wall Road is part of the works to be undertaken; the cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of off-licence premises in each of the Twenty-six Counties and the types of licence in each case; the number of new licences which have been granted in each county and the type of licences granted in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the incidence of cancer diagnosed among residents of Dublin city, by population, in each district electoral division; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of the waiting lists for surgical procedures in each of the six major hospitals in Dublin; the number of people who were dealt with through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the six major hospitals in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason information provided in confidence for a social worker by a person was divulged causing irreparable damage to a relationship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Costello asked the Taoiseach the progress he has made in securing the agreement of the British Government to the course of action recommended in the report of the justice committee on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings; if the Government is considering initiating proceedings in the European Court of Human Rights seeking appropriate declaratory relief against the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Costello asked the Taoiseach the unemployment rate for Dublin City Council by district electoral division for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans to form a new semi-State telecommunications company reportedly entitled Project Dingle; the way in which he envisages a new public entity operating with the privately managed metropolitan area networks; the proposed timetable for such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent frontier Slyne-Erris-Donegal licensing round; his views on reviewing the current terms for the exploration and exploitation of natural resources here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has restored resource hours as needed to schools in disadvantaged areas who lost teachers and teaching hours due to the implementation of the weighted model; the way in which she proposes to address the future needs of schools whose needs are greater than the norms of the model; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure second level schools do not shirk their responsibility to admit students who have special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services her Department provides for the victims of rape and sexual violence; the funding her Department provides; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services provided for the victims of domestic violence; the funding her Department provides; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of the murder of the late Pat Finucane; the most recent talks which he and his Department has held with representatives of the British Government; the position with regard to the need for a public inquiry with particular reference to the need for such to meet the most stringent requirements of international law.
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83 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he is making to ensure the maintenance of the North-South institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement in the event of a failure to re-establish the Assembly and the power-sharing Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the refurbishment of Dunmanway Garda station; when he expects work to commence on the said refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent record profits reported by the main banking organisations; his views on whether there is excessive profit taking in the banks; his further views on whether the banks are making an appropriate contribution to the Exchequer; his plans to seek a greater contribution from this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision on the asylum application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cases involving animal welfare problems which were dealt with by her Department’s district veterinary offices in each of the past five years; the number of prosecutions involving animal welfare legislation which the district veterinary office was involved in over each of the past five years;and the number of convictions and acquittals which were the outcome of such cases during each of the past five years.
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365 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to deport a person (details supplied) in view of their medical condition.
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364 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to deport a person (details supplied) who arrived here seeking asylum in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Liberia; if he will report on his meeting with the new Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who are employed full-time as drivers for Government Ministers and for other persons holding State office; the guidelines or regulations which cover their employment; if there are requirements to carry out domestic or family duties; if he proposes to review the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on the Morris tribunal in each year since the tribunal was established in 2002; the amount spent on the Carty inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the modules that are outstanding and remain to be dealt with by the Morris tribunal; when he expects the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants and committal warrants which were executed during the month of March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances whereby a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a person (details supplied); when the warrant was issued; the reason the warrant was issued; the further reason the warrant was not executed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have taken out PRSAs at the latest date for which figures are available; the overall proportion of the eligible workforce this represents; his plans to review the scheme in view of the low uptake rate to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take arising from the recent report from the EU Commission which claimed that the Government was not doing enough to deal with the imbalance in pension coverage here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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676 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to hold another recruitment campaign for the Garda Síochána.
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649 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason outstanding bench warrants in cases have not been executed for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing Garda divisions on a county basis to facilitate the introduction of joint policing committees with local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to facilitate patients who are prescribed vitamin B12 injections for pernicious anaemia and who can no longer find the product; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Costello den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na cainteanna a bhí aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, maidir le haonad oideachais lán-Ghaeilge Bhaile Bhuirne; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith.
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54 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the policy document recently published by the SDLP entitled North-South Makes Sense; his views on an all-Ireland agency to combat crime and terrorism, an all-Ireland Criminal Assets Bureau and an all-Ireland sex offenders register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for introducing a volunteer Garda force in 2006; the way in which he proposes to cope with the strong opposition from the rank and file gardaí; his views on reducing the powers, privileges and immunities of the volunteer Garda; his further views on piloting the scheme; when the draft regulations will be forwarded to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the policy document recently published by the SDLP entitled North-South Makes Sense; his views on an all-Ireland agency to combat crime and terrorism, an all-Ireland criminal assets bureau and an all-Ireland sex offenders register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made in recruiting a volunteer Garda reserve force; and if the Garda representative bodies have been consulted on the proposal.
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110 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport his policy in pursuing a change in EU and Irish law to allow Irish courts impose a penalty of alcohol interlock devices on convicted drink drivers; if his attention has been drawn to moves in several other EU countries to provide for such devices; and the proposals he will be bringing under the proposed Road Traffic Bill to enact legislation in this regard.
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109 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the inordinate delay in producing an updated and on-line version of the Rules of the Road booklet.
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1 Mr. Costello asked the Taoiseach if the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 establishing the office and functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be reviewed to ensure that matters of general public concern arising from the performance of his duties are clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not attended school for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria for assessing the contributions of an elderly patient in residential nursing home care who owns their own home and has some money in the bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to research produced by the Cystic Fibrosis Association showing that cystic fibrosis sufferers in the Republic are dying nine years earlier than their counterparts in Northern Ireland due to a basic lack of care; the steps being taken to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her response to the claim for improved pay and conditions recently lodged by the Irish Nurses Organisation on behalf of its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his views were sought by the chairman of Bord na gCon prior to the decision to hold a press conference in Harold’s Cross Greyhound Stadium on 4 February 2006; the views he conveyed to the chairman on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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455 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason primary teachers in Gaeltacht schools are paid an allowance for teaching through Irish while their counterparts in Gaelscoileanna here are not; her views on whether the contribution made by both sets of teachers in promoting the language is equal; her further views on whether there should be no difference in the payments they receive from her Department; if she intends to address this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to construct the wall downstream of Distillery Road Bridge behind number 22 Distillery Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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