270 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the history of the State’s ownership of Broc House; if he has lobbied or advised in any way to have the purpose of its purchase as a centre of asylum seekers put aside; if it will now be used for the purpose for which it was purchased; the insurance and security costs of the house to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the services available to women who have been victims of a sexual assault; the plans he has to improve them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance if tenders have been sought for the construction of a new four storey building at the Garda training college in Templemore; the number of tenders submitted; if a contract has been awarded; the value of the contract awarded; when work is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid income tax at the higher rate during 2004; the number that will pay at this rate during 2005, following the changes announced in budget 2005; the proportion of those paying tax which this figure represents for each year; his views on whether it is satisfactory that such a high proportion of persons are paying at the higher rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the method of recruitment of members of the Garda Band; the present number of members of the Garda Band; the duties of the members; the number of functions participated in by the band in each of the past five years; if he has plans to restructure the band; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Garda authorities have failed to establish an internal dispute resolution procedure for Garda pensioners as required under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1134 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide sufficient funding in the summer works scheme to enable a school (details supplied) to mend the school roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1101 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the capitation grant for both a VEC and a voluntary secondary school for each of the years 2000-2005; the difference for each year since the differential policy began; the reason the capitation grant to the voluntary sector exceeds that to the VEC sector; if she intends to retain the present capitation differential between the two sectors or restore parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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769 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of indictable offences recorded in respect of the years 1994 to date; the number of indictable offences detected in the sense that the Garda has satisfied itself regarding the identity of the culprit; the number of offences detected as having been committed by a person while on court bail; and the number of convictions ultimately recorded, that is, not necessarily in the year in which the offence was committed, for those offences in respect of the latter figures.
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760 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will fund a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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759 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 is widely breached; the measures taken for enforcing the provisions of the Act; the number of prosecutions in each of the past five years for breaches of the Act; if he has plans to review the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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734 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the findings of the non-governmental organisation response to the Government’s first report on the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in which Amnesty International, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Irish Bishops’ Conference asserted that the Government’s policies and ministerial statements have acted to increase racism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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733 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of cocaine seized by the State authorities in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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705 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the allegations in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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701 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the method of compiling statistics on anti-social behaviour; the way in which they are reflected in the annual Garda report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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698 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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697 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements which have been made with mobile phone companies by his Department and the Garda Síochána; the number of masts that have been erected on or at Garda stations, by county; the number of mobile telephones that have been issued to gardaí; and the details of the service supplied, with the value of the package to the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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696 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his refusal to grant a visa to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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695 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he proposes to change the censorship laws to regulate video games; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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692 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the state of negotiations with the Prison Officers Association on the industrial dispute on overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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691 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the daily average number of prisoners in each of the State prisons and institutions; the capacity of each of these institutions; the number of prison staff in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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690 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of savings that were effected to date by the closure of the Curragh Prison and Fort Mitchell; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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585 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport if a Gulfstream-V jet (details supplied) has been granted permission to land at any airport here since 15 March 2004; if so, the dates of arrival and departure, country of origin and destination of the flights; the number of passengers and crew; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider his refusal to grant a permit to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of institutions under her care which came under the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; if these were residential institutions which did not come within the terms of the Act in which children were in the care of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the way in which the €1.2 million allocated in the Estimates for his Department towards the cost of participating in EU security and defence initiatives will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to publish the report of the review group on the employment rights bodies; if he will report on the main recommendations in the report; if he intends to implement these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has satisfied itself with the present organisation and structures of FÁS; if he has plans for the restructuring or reorganisation of FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent report, Safe Home, which showed that more than a third of women in domestic violence situations are turned away from refuges; if he will liaise with his Government colleagues to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his review of the free telephone allowance; the outcome of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the circumstances surrounding the decision to redesignate the Garda investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) from one of a murder inquiry to one of dangerous driving causing death; if he was in possession of this information when he addressed Dáil Éireann on 28 March 2002 prior to Dáil Éireann voting to establish the Morris tribunal; the reason the information was not made available to the coroner’s inquest into the death of this person seven months later; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of off-licence premises which have been closed down or have lost their licence in each of the twenty six counties; the type of licence lost in each of the past five years due to the sale of alcohol to minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policies on juvenile justice; if he will report on the range of facilities and programmes operated through his Department for young children and persons at risk of offending and for those who have offended; the stage which the work of the project team charged with rationalising and restructuring the State’s service on juvenile justice has reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to introduce legislation to provide for the repatriation of Irish prisoners serving sentences in the Republic of Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the fees paid to criminal legal aid solicitors for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí whose sole work in each of the past five years was the enforcement of road traffic law; the number of members of the Garda Síochána whose sole function at present is the same; the number who will be engaged solely in the enforcement of road traffic law in each of the next four years to the end of 2008; if these gardaí will be trained in Templemore and in the same manner as gardaí who will not be part of the new traffic corps; the reason he has made no provision for recruitment for the new traffic corps in the Estimates for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the rampant lawlessness in the Shankhill and Ballybrack area as instanced by correspondence (details supplied); the way in which he proposes to deal with the criminal activities described in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the contents of the report commissioned by a person (details supplied) on the investment for naturalisation schemes and the contents of the review established; the number of persons who were granted passports under the scheme in each year since it began; the amount that was paid to the Exchequer or invested in business here in return for each passport; the name and address and beneficial owner of each business which benefited from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has viewed a television programme (details supplied) on crime in Limerick; his views on the statement of the State solicitor for Limerick that the level of crime in Limerick has become a cancer in society, that criminal elements are a Mafia and that he, the State solicitor, has been seriously intimidated as have other servants of the State, including gardaí; his further views on whether he has any idea of the level of serious crime here or the action to take in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the contents of the marine casualty investigation board report on a vessel (details supplied) published in 2003; if his attention has further been drawn to the allegations contained therein; if he intends to refer the report to the Garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 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 licence granted in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the estimated costs arising from meeting the requirements of the Official Languages Act 2003 in terms of translating official publications into Irish; the reason he did not provide such a costing at an earlier stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if further progress has been made with regard to the decentralisation of his Department; if there have been more expressions of interest made to the central applications facility in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the pre-budget submission from the housing organisation, Focus Ireland, calling for the provision of funding for 10,000 additional social housing units; the number of such units for which funding has been provided in the Estimates for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the publication of the annual report of An Bord Pleanála for 2003; 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 if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied) in terms of social welfare entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount allocated in his Department’s Estimates for 2005 for salaries, wages and allowances for the gardaí; the way in which this compares with the equivalent for 2004; the number of additional personnel that this will allow for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his consideration of the recommendations of the legal advisory group on the defamation law, particularly in regard to the proposals for the establishment of a statutory press council; when he intends to bring proposals on this matter to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new action he intends to take to deal with the problem of violence against women, particularly domestic violence and rape, and the alarming incidence of murder of women by spouses or partners; if he has satisfied himself that the gardaí are adequately equipped to deal with the problem of violence against women; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments (details supplied); the number of Garda vehicles that do not have either airbags or side impact systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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