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Foreign Adoptions (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 27 of 22 March 2012, the outcome of the Adoption Authority of Ireland visit to India scheduled for the end of April 2012; if prospective parents trying to adopt from India have been notified of any recent developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24235/12]

Foreign Adoptions (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister for her reply. Originally, the delegation was supposed to go in April, but the Minister is now saying it is likely to be late June. A few of the families involved have been in contact with me. I realise there are problems on all sides and that many aspects on the other end leave a lot to be desired, but from the point of view of the rights of the families, it does...

Foreign Adoptions (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: On the issue of communication, individuals have been very frustrated about not getting through to and not getting responses from the board, despite incredible efforts. Is it true there is no adoptee, birth parent or adoptive parent on the board? Perhaps I am wrong in believing there is none. Would it not be a good idea to have a board member with such a background?

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the statutory responsibility to report suspicions and allegations of child abuse contained in the proposed Children First Bill and the possibility of sanctions for those who fail to report same may have unintended consequences which will result in resources being diverted away from frontline child...

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse contained in the current version of the Children First Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24034/12]

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I can assure the Minister the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, has been strongly involved in this and it is the largest participant sport in the country.

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I do not understand this area as well as the Minister does. I note, however, Professor Eileen Munro of the London School of Economics has warned that it may end up draining resources from front-line protection services. Dr. Helen Buckley, Trinity College Dublin, made several points in correspondence with me. For example, the claim that the harm and misery experienced by some of the...

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: -----and the community which leads to a substandard practice. I am not pretending to be an expert on the matter but is the Department taking the concerns of these two notable individuals on board?

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: In the case of the new measures creating extra workloads, will additional funding be made available? I know it is a hypothetical question. However, looking at recent statistics from the HSE's children and family service, of the 29,000 plus reports in 2010, only 5% recorded an outcome of confirmed abuse which is way below the European average. We all realise that adequate funding will be...

Prescription Charges (16 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: What about the Greens?

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the costs associated with the deployment of Air Corps reconnaissance flights to record activity on the 55 special areas of conservation raised bog sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/12]

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister. I understand that apart from the Air Corps flying unit another unit has been hired from O'Connor's in Weston Airport and that a black helicopter has been used also. I do not consider the Minister to be someone who would be eager to waste resources. Given that most people accept the turf will probably be cut in any case, it is probably a waste of money on the part of...

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: People have been cutting turf for 400 years. At one stage it appeared a fair compromise could be reached between the turf cutters, on the one side, and the Government and Europe, on the other, but all reason appears to have disappeared again. It would be nice if the Government would stand up for citizens. If it is being bullied by Europe on this issue, perhaps it will garner the courage to...

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: That is an unfair comment.

Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: While I am as keen to keep within the law as the Minister is, I am probably less keen than he is to treat people unfairly.

Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State, Deputy Costello, said that the Government is monitoring human rights abuses in Africa. Perhaps he will comment on the UN human rights group report on Libya which refers to 8,000 prisoners being held without trial, deaths in detention, ethnic cleansing in Tawergha - a town of 30,000 mainly black Libyans - violent persecution of sub-Saharan Africans and Libya being in...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: There is little doubt that the majority of people will go to the polls on 31 May without really know what they are voting on due to the disingenuous nature the debate thus far. The Government tells us it is important to vote "Yes" in order to get the money. We have already received confirmation from Europe that any country in a programme will get money if it needs it. If Europe did not...

Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (resumed) (23 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I am also in favour of the scheme to work this area into a cultural quarter but many issues surround it. The only part that is preserved is Nos. 14-17 Moore Street and more must be done. The site has full planning permission with some conditions. The developer in question is in NAMA, which gives the State more power than usual. Aside from the huge influence of NAMA, the State has the...

Passenger Name Records: Motion (24 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I find it a bit mad we are so keen to share information with the US when it is not half as keen to share it with us. I agree with the previous speaker that we are talking about giving a lot of information about our citizens to a country that has an appalling human rights record. Apart from the madness of Iraq, Afghanistan and the atrocities taking place in Pakistan of late, what of the...

Human Rights Issues (24 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing me with the opportunity to raise this issue. The campaign in Libya was originally driven by the former French President, Mr. Sarkozy, to boost his prospects of getting re-elected more than anything else. A great deal of attention was given to the whole episode but as soon as Gadaffi was killed, the media seemed to lose interest and it has obviously...