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Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has confirmed that the HSE will make 550 additional home care packages available over the winter. Obviously, this is welcome, but it is not nearly enough. There are more than 6,200 older people waiting for home care packages nationally. The 550 additional packages would not even clear the 578 waiting in Wexford alone. The Fine Gael-Labour Party Government - it is interesting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The defence team could not cross-examine witness M. If that happened down here, we would be shouting from the rooftops about it. PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll was murdered and we entirely condemn those who did it, but it is no justice for that family that the wrong people could be in jail for it. It was highlighted at the Commons committee that Amnesty International has not got involved in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: Brendan McConville and John Paul Wooton were convicted of a murder under the controversial joint enterprise doctrine, which holds that a person who assists or encourages a crime can be held just as legally responsible as the perpetrator of the crime. The lack of evidence in this case is frightening. Central to the prosecution case was the evidence of a man identified only as witness M, who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach can talk about legislation until the cows come home, but until the Government starts engaging in enforcement, it is a waste of time. The Taoiseach made an unfair comment that I would make a judgment before I actually read the report. No, I did not, and I would not accuse him of it. What I will ask the Taoiseach to do is that I will give him the judge's statement on the day...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: Before the Taoiseach became leader of the country, he spoke a lot about addressing white collar crime but we have not seen much progress on that yet. We recently unearthed another example of NAMA breaking its own rules when, almost like magic, it sold loans belonging to Avestus, with €352 million owed on them, back to their original owners through a shell company in Luxembourg that was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: They also are dying there.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: We applauded the work of the Naval Service in the early years when it was actually saving thousands of lives. It was a wonderful achievement. Now its job is to make sure refugees do not reach Europe and the lawless Libyan coast guard intercepts them before they drown because if they set foot on one of our boats, under humanitarian law, we will be obliged to bring them to Italy. As we know,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State referred to a safe place. Operation Sophia is pulling people back to a place of violence and human rights violations. Only yesterday, authorities used rubber bullets and tear gas to force more than 90 refugees to disembark a cargo ship docked in Misrata. The stand off lasted ten days. The refugees, including children, said that they would rather die than return to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons rescued and brought to the EU by Naval Service vessels to date in 2018 as part of Operation Sophia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48214/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State should stop wasting time.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: There is 15% unemployment in Wexford.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste said earlier that Ireland buys into the UN collective decision-making process. However, he has accepted that Germany has made the decision not to sell any more arms to the Saudis, given what is happening in Yemen. Could Ireland take a similar role and stand up and say that we support an embargo on all arm sales to Saudi Arabia while it is involved in the conflict in Yemen?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: I think Deputy Broughan is first.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not agree with the manner in which the Tánaiste presents this war. The Minister described it as the Saudi and UAE administrations backing the internationally recognised government against the Houthi, who are recognised by Iran. The Minister referred to the internationally recognised government there. Hadi was put in place in 2011 as a puppet of the US-Saudi alliance....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (15 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the measures she plans to take to address the recent figures published by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, which show that while average earnings here have increased by 7% in the five years to June 2018 earnings for those in the arts sector decreased by 3.5% in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (15 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: Figures published recently by the CSO show that while average earnings increase in Ireland by 15.7% in the five years to June 2018, earnings for those who worked in the arts sector decreased by 3.5% in the same period. The 13.5% increase in arts and culture spending overall in the budget this year is welcome. The Taoiseach has given a commitment to double arts funding by 2022. A greater...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (15 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: We are out of synchronisation with European Union norms for arts funding. The arts continue to be funded at barely above austerity levels. The National Campaign for the Arts movement represents artists and art workers. The movement's pre-budget statement this year asked for the Government to provide a detailed roadmap on how the Taoiseach's commitment to doubling arts funding by 2022 will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (15 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: It has to be pointed out as well that the artist tax exemption scheme is not helping the vast majority of working artists. In reality, only a few artists earning far higher wages are benefitting from the scheme. Under the scheme, artists can apply for an exemption from income tax on earnings from an approved work for one year of up to €50,000. My good friend, the former Minister for...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: I also wonder where the Bill is coming from. I initially wondered if it was about promoting Mary Fitzpatrick or was it another version of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA, or had Fianna Fáil experience a conversion on their road from Damascus. The authority's main function is the regeneration of the local area and the implementation the recommendations of the Mulvey...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: This is a very interesting area and I am glad Fianna Fáil has brought the subject forward. It is definitely an issue that has been neglected. The area I am most familiar with is the construction industry where there is a serious problem now. The most essential trade in construction is probably carpentry. If a young man wanted to serve his time as a carpenter 30 years ago, he would be...