Friday 12th April 2013
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello T.D., today warmly welcomed the agreement brokered by the Irish Presidency on the EU Accounting Directive which will pave the way for legislation to improve transparency among EU...
Thursday 28th February 2013
Opening Response by Minister of State, Mr Joe Costello TD, on behalf of Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence Mr Alan Shatter TD The Minister has asked me to thank Senator Kelly for raising this issue on the adjournment, as it offers him the... relation to a number of reports which have recently appeared in both the
I am responding to this adjournment motion today on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D. The first point to be made is to restate the commitment of Minister Shatter, along with Minister...
Wednesday 20th February 2013
Opening the 8th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty this morning in Dublin, Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello, T.D. said: “While the West deals with a financial crisis, much of the developing world is recording unprecedented...
Tuesday 12th February 2013
EU Development Ministers and Commissioners meeting in Dublin today agreed to resume long-term development support to Mali. Up to €250 million in EU funding will be made available in 2013 to support Mali to restore democracy and peace and to...
EU Development Ministers met in Dublin yesterday and today to discuss aid to Mali and efforts to help communities at risk of disaster to better prepare for shocks such as floods or drought. The Informal Meeting of Development was chaired by Trade...
Tuesday 5th February 2013
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello T.D., is today attending a high-level meeting of representatives from the African Union, the EU and United Nations in Brussels to press for closer international coordination in response to the crisis in Mali...
Monday 17th December 2012
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, today discussed Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU with representatives of Irish Non-Government Organisations which are focused on global development...
Saturday 15th December 2012
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello T.D., today announced that Ireland is providing €125,000 and 32 tonnes of emergency supplies to assist families left homeless by the typhoon which hit the Philippines last week...
Tuesday 27th November 2012
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, T.D., today launched the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2012, which shows that millions more children are now accessing quality education in the developing world...
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