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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I wrote to the Data Protection Commissioner about this case. Her office seems to be the only wing of the State at present that has any interest in holding NAMA to account. The Minister might be able to help me with this. The Data Protection Commissioner asked me whether the information leaked by Mr. Pugh contained personal data. This is critical to allowing the DPP to investigate. Will...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We welcome Deputy Shortall's conversion and we look forward to Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party joining in on the issue also. We fought on the Government's side on this issue on Committee Stage so we are repeating an amendment that Senator Lynn Ruane first introduced in the Seanad and which we also proposed during Committee Stage in the Dáil. We believe that the...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I was going to speak in defence of Deputy Ó Laoghaire's amendment but, as he has withdrawn it, I would appear to be wasting my time.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will listen to the Minister first.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: There is some merit in Deputy Ó Laoghaire's proposal. We know that the Data Protection Commissioner has opened a section 10 investigation into the public services card and the single customer view, which is one of the biggest data sharing projects in the history of this State. As I understood it, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is also investigating the use of CCTV...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We have tabled amendments Nos. 20, 62, 79 and 81.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: That is fine.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: As we stated on Committee Stage, amendment No. 20 in this group advocates a small but possibly significant change. It appears from the current wording of section 37(4) that the processing of personal data in the public interest would be possible without being specified in regulations made by a Minister. In such circumstances, who would decide what constituted the public interest and who...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1:In page 15, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“ “scientific research purposes” means scientific research carried out by research staff who have full autonomy in determining both the object of study and the methods of inquiry;”.

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Israelis have adopted a dangerous mindset. They seem to think they can destroy the national aspirations of the Palestinians by military force. Israel is engaged in apartheid in its own country. What it is engaged in in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank is nothing short of genocide. The Minister knows that no one else would get away with it. The Israeli Justice Minister, Ayelet...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Tánaiste think the security of Israel would improve if it were to stop its illegal settlements programme, stop trying to destabilise Syria, stop trying to provoke a war with Iran and allow the many Palestinian refugees to return? They have a right to return. All of these things need to happen. Why are we tolerating the behaviour of Israel? Why are we still allowing Shannon...

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The interim report is ambitious in its scope but, I would say, cautious in its goals. The proposed staff and service provision increases are a no-brainer and, basically, no mental health care to speak of is provided by the HSE. There are three excuses for mental health provision in Ireland: locked up on drugs, drugged in the community and trapped on waiting lists. The report mentions these...

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the introduction this Deputy James Browne's Private Members' Bill. An increase in the provision of mental health care in this country is urgent to say the least. We should be very careful about how this parity between physical and mental health proceeds and we should be especially careful about how we frame the discussion. It is important to be conscious of the fact that the term...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Northern Ireland (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I too welcome the Tánaiste's response. He showed a clear understanding of the problems, the challenges and the injustice. The notion that allegations of wrongdoing could not even be raised against someone and they had to spend over two years in prison is soul destroying. This is a human rights issue. As the Tánaiste is aware, we go to Maghaberry Prison regularly and it is a...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Northern Ireland (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The arrest of Tony Taylor on the revocation of his licence in March 2016 was unlawful and did not conform to Article 28(2)(a) or (2)(b) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. Detention in the absence of lawful authority is contrary to Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This incarceration does not make any sense. It is not positive for Northern Ireland and...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I used to take a bit of land and-----

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I did. I had to do everything with it. I picked up 20 tonnes of loose beet off the field by hand after the machine was done, which took me a week. I was born on a 36 acre farm. Most small farms tend to be a mixture of different aspects of farming involving cereals and different animals, be they pigs, cattle or sheep. Small farmers tended to have a bit of everything and there was...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister told me that our emissions are grand and everything is rosy whereas the EU has told us that we are one of the biggest culprits when it comes to methane emissions. The EU would say that the Irish are not doing enough to address climate change challenges.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is starting to sound like Bertie Ahern. That is what he said in 2007. We have argued in here about the increase in the dairy herd. I do not think it is a good idea. Aside from the climate change aspect of it, we are making more problems for ourselves. We cannot have milk without calves, so we are increasing the beef herd, which adds to our climate challenges. On top of...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I apologise because I have not read the report and I did not hear the contributions of the Chairman or the Minister. I was caught at something else. People probably find me a strange visitor to the agricultural sector, especially the Minister. I usually come from an environmental perspective, but for the record, I grew sugar beet myself.