276 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in Connacht for each year since 1997 and to date in 2005; the population served by each Garda station in 1997 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the stance of the Government regarding the escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, including the fact that almost a quarter of a million of the poorest of the poor have been driven from their homes by a Government sponsored program of destruction of slums; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the conduct of the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein currently taking place in Baghdad in view of the killing of lawyers assisting Mr. Hussein; the statement by the United States Government that it cannot be responsible for the safety of the defence team; the fact that the highest UN human rights official in Iraq has said that this tribunal will never be able to produce the kind of process that would be able to satisfy international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science when she will establish the agency required to enable the Grangegorman development to begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of unaccompanied non-national minors in the education system here; the schools they attend; the ages at which each non-national minor entered the education system; the present age of each non-national minor; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Garda has not given its reasons for making criminal allegations against a journalist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that occurred into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the outcome of that investigation; the reason for the establishment of a new investigation in September 2005; the progress of that investigation; when the investigation is expected to conclude; if he will publish the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of complaints made by victims of abuse who were reimbursed by the Residential Institutions Redress Board against members of the legal profession for overcharging; if any of the complaints have been referred to An Garda Síochána; if An Garda Síochána have initiated a criminal investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a senior member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been removed from their post and is the subject of disciplinary proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the publication of the Garda human rights audit in March 2005; the steps An Garda Síochána has taken to implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to allegations by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary that they have been subjected to Garda intimidation and abuse over a period of time; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that even though he does not drink he is stopped regularly on grounds of drink driving and asked to produce his driving licence and insurance in the local Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in each county here for each year since 1997 to date in 2005; the population served by each Garda station in 1997 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that speech and language therapy is available to those who need it at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and that adequate therapists are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance if the promised peer review system for large ICT projects is in place; the way in which it will operate; the threshold of figure above which the peer review system will operate; if the centre for management organisation development within his Department will play a role in the peer review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the role the centre for management organisation development within his Department is playing in the review of the PPARS computer system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to prevent this form of gazumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for further investment in research and development in functional foods and neutroceuticals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the final report of the internal Garda inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in each county here for each year since 1997 to date in 2005; the population served by each Garda station in 1997 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of claims which have been received to date in 2005 under the Army deafness compensation scheme; the number of claims processed and settled; the amount of money paid out in such settlements to date in 2005; the number of claims outstanding; when he expects the scheme to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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372 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the money paid to each legal team in the course of the Morris tribunal to date in 2005; the running costs, other than legal costs, of the tribunal to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of investigations into the death of Richie Barron; the cost to the taxpayer of each investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of taxi drivers and their families who have benefited from the taxi hardship payment scheme; the reason no payments have been made to drivers under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is serving a sentence for murder in prison in England; if he has made formal inquiries with his British counterpart in regard to the case; if his attention has further been drawn to developments in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the need for adequate funding for essential services for victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investigation his Department has held into the circumstances in which 11 immigrant workers were reported to have been abandoned off an island near Skerries in County Dublin; the outcome of such investigation; if his Department intends to take action arising from this incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the continuing reports of ill treatment of immigrant workers; the steps he intends to take to deal with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in the constituency of Cork South-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions for driving under the influence of drugs other than alcohol in each of the past five years; the number of convictions obtained in each of the past five years; the sentence imposed in each conviction obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the investigation his Department held into the circumstances in which several civil servants are reported to have accessed the personal welfare records of a person (details supplied); the number of persons who were found to have accessed the records; the number of such persons who would have been authorised to do so; if action is planned on foot of his Department’s investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 with regard to his consideration of the logistics of allowing Irish senior citizens in Britain to have access to free travel when they return on visits here; if he is close to finalising details for such a proposal; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Costello den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i mbliana ag a Roinn chun cumas agus líofacht sa Ghaeilge i measc fhostaithe an Státchórais a fheabhsú go mór; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Costello den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain atá súil aige a bheidh an Foclóir Leictreonach Béarla-Gaeilge ullamh ag Foras na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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494 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he will make the old school house at Arbour House, Mount Temple Road, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 available to the Irish United Nations Veterans’ Association; if assistance will be given in its development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which had an allocation of four resource teachers until 2005 has had the allocation reduced to 2.7 teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that convicted criminals are involved in the private security business; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that a convicted criminal was photographed receiving his certificate of membership of the Security Institute of Ireland in his presence (details supplied); if the new private security authority will vet applicants to check if they have a criminal conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if an investigation is taking place into the alleged crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in his Department working in Dublin or elsewhere who have refused to decentralise to Killarney; when the decentralisation is due to take place; if the staff who refuse to decentralise will continue to be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed new Irish Heritage Trust will be able to declare heritage properties inalienable.
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26 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed new Irish Heritage Trust will have within its remit responsibility for elements of Ireland’s heritage such as natural heritage, archaeological heritage and landscape as well as country houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in reaching an agreement with the British and Northern Ireland authorities on mutual recognition of driver disqualification.
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83 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport his policy on registration, vetting and education of driving instructors; and if a clear policy will be set out to driving instructors in order that such procedures can be adopted by them in advance of legislation.
109 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a prisoner (details supplied) in County Longford who was transferred from Castlerea Prison to Wheatfield Prison after they had instituted legal action against the State whose agents had alleged that they had been involved with republican paramilitaries; if the prisoner has been refused privileges and entitlements as a result; if the allegations still stand due to those allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time Operation Anvil has been in existence; the length of time it will remain in existence; the number of overtime hours allocated in each of the Garda stations which have participated in same; the average payment to each Garda who has participated; the number of arrests that have been made, broken down by offence; the number of prosecutions initiated as a result of Operation Anvil, broken down by offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report into the death of a person (details supplied); if he will publish the report; if an inquiry under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 into the circumstances surrounding the person’s death will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders recorded to date in 2005 in which firearms were used; the number of these which are believed by the Garda Síochána to be related to the operation of criminal gangs; if he shares the views of the public regarding the huge increase in such killings; his views on whether the operation of these gangs exposes law abiding citizens to unnecessary danger to life and limb; his further views on whether his remarks in October 2004 regarding the last sting of the dying wasp were ill-advised; if the new special unit set up by the Commissioner is properly resourced; the steps he intends to take to deal with the operation of criminal gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have lost teachers since the introduction of an initiative on special needs teachers in primary schools; if she will ensure that no school loses out through an initiative to address special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who entered here as unaccompanied minors and whose applications for refugee status were frozen pending their attaining the age of majority in respect of each of the past ten years; the number of such persons who remain here under the care of the Health Service Executive and who, on reaching the age of majority, will return to the status of asylum seeker and have their applications for refugee status dealt with; the policy considerations he proposes to apply in dealing with these cases and if length of time here and secondary level education qualifications attained will be relevant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 8 November 2005, the number of persons who entered here on or before 31 December 2002, those who applied for asylum here, those who have been refused both recognition as refugees and leave to remain here on any other ground and whose current presence here, whether pending appeal or judicial review, or both, or following upon unsuccessful appeal or review, is accordingly irregular.
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475 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations located in County Cork; the number of gardaí in each Garda station in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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