Results 301-320 of 1,594 for speaker:Mick Wallace in 'Dáil debates'

Sale of State Assets (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Some 25,000 jobs were lost.

Sale of State Assets (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I did not say that.

Sale of State Assets (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Austerity does not create jobs.

Sale of State Assets (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Will the Minister give a guarantee that under any Government of which he is a part Irish Water will not be sold?

Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The predicament of the people who lived in the Priory Hall complex was big news a while back and then it was in the news again but, sadly for them, the nightmare has not gone away. I visited the complex last week and from a construction point of view, it is a disaster. There is a good deal of poor workmanship in it, poor building methods were used, the complex is not damp-proof or...

Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I trust the Minister will actively get involved and sort out the problem when the law allows. He has said the local authority got involved in 2009. It should have been involved a long time before then. These properties should never have been sold, as they were not fit to be sold. The local authority must carry responsibility in that respect, as it should not have passed the building. The...

Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Every apartment complex I ever built was checked by someone from a Department or local authority. I never built one that was not checked.

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 13,000 plus Industrial Development Agency supported jobs created in 2011 that were based in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/12]

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the creation last year of more than 13,000 jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency and in view of the net gain of 6,114 jobs overall, the number of these jobs that were created in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/12]

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The situation in the south east is bad, but it is even worse in County Wexford. The creation of 51 jobs out of 14,000 means that, compared with the national average, matters have worsened in the past year. Almost 20,000 people are on the live register in Wexford and it is one of the country's worst unemployment spots. Two factors help people to get out of difficult circumstances, those...

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister should keep in mind that most of the initiatives to which he has referred are directed towards Waterford. Wexford has a much faster growing population. It is one of the country's fastest growing populations. Many of the issues I raised are of a social nature and outside the Minister's remit, but the lack of jobs feeds into them. For example, Gorey community school is the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister stated earlier that financial hardship would not be imposed on anyone who needed to have his or her septic tank adjusted in any way. Can I take it that people will not have to pay for adjustments where it is not their fault? If there are costs involved in remedying a tank to meet the new regulations, the Minister has stated no one will suffer financial hardship. I take it...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister will probably agree with me that it would be very unfair if people had to pay for something for which they were not responsible. I agree with the Government that this is a problem which must be addressed but under no circumstances should the cost fall on those who are not responsible for the fact that their septic tank does not measure up to the new regulations to be applied....

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I have three queries for the Minister, two of which I have raised before and which he refused to answer. First, when he says there will be no financial hardship for householders, does this mean grants will be available to assist them in bringing their septic tank up to the necessary standard? I trust this was not a throwaway remark by him. I am sure he would not speak loosely and that it...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister told us that-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has still not answered my question.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I am not guessing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív mentioned that figure.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree with the Deputy. In fairness to the Minister, he seems to be working in the dark. He does not seem to know what he will do with septic tanks, how many will need work, what it will cost and how much he has to spend. We seem to be doing things backwards. It would be a great idea to take a look first. Surely it would have been much easier for the Minister to work forward.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Government thinks it is a good idea to pay €1.25 billion to unsecured bondholders. It is of the view that it is not a good idea to upset the ECB or the financial markets. However, it appears to be okay to upset people who depend on one-parent family payments, carer's allowance, the fuel allowance and the rent allowance and parents whose children are losing their guidance counsellors....