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Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: Point taken. Subsequently, the SIPO would not supply a copy of the inquiring officer's report.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I asked if I could send a letter requesting clarification of the reasons the matter was not one of significant public importance and was informed that the SIPO would not be providing any information.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: In view of the fact that the SIPO is being granted certain powers under the Bill, I believe it is relevant. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has stated his intention "to strengthen the degree of openness and scope for public scrutiny of the interactions and engagements between all sectors of society with the political and administrative systems. This...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I will not name him again.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Moriarty tribunal revealed a series of payments to representatives of Fine Gael who had assisted the gentleman in question to win a lucrative mobile phone licence contract for his company Esat Digifone. The profits from that contract assisted the individual to whom I refer to become a multimillionaire. This link between business and politics was still awaiting severance when the...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I have not mentioned anyone's name since the previous occasion on which I did so.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: How often was Fine Gael's proposed candidate for the Seanad by-election mentioned in the House this week?

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Acting Chairman is eating into my time.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Acting Chairman is deliberately eating into my time.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I did not do so. The Acting Chairman is preventing me from speaking.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Acting Chairman is interpreting those rules to suit himself.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: This is just ridiculous. Obviously, I am not allowed to speak on matters about which certain people do not want to hear.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am not being allowed to speak.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: Will I be given additional time?

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: This is crazy. We are discussing lobbying and how people involved in business who have close links with the Government of the day may gain favour. I am not stating such individuals will always gain favour, but they may gain it on occasion. Do we scrutinise matters to ensure everything is done in a proper manner? I do not believe we do. Will the Bill address that problem? Again, I do not...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: I thank Deputy Thomas Pringle for moving the motion. It is something that should have been addressed a long time ago. It is disappointing that the new Government left it so long to even think about it. In June this year, a representative of the Government, the former Tánaiste Deputy Eamon Gilmore, lobbied on behalf of 50,000 Irish citizens living and illegally working in the USA. He...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Government has boasted of late about the economic recovery. The media have acted as cheerleaders. For whom is the recovery? I attended a public meeting in Wexford on Tuesday. Many of those who attended wondered why the recovery had not touched their lives. There was much more a sense of fear than of recovery.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: The idea that the recovery is for everybody is not true for the majority of the people in this country. There is no doubt that there has been a recovery for some, probably about 20% of the population. People are genuinely afraid that they will not be able to pay for water. The Taoiseach's jobs-for-the-boys debacle has added to their disillusionment, making Fine Gael look as grubby as...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: Fine Gael has achieved an incredible feat by making Fianna Fáil look good through this episode.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Mick Wallace: No problem. A man who was angry about the McNulty affair telephoned me on Tuesday and told me about an appointment the Taoiseach had made, namely that of his good friend Michael McGarry to Sustainable Energy Ireland. Politics in Ireland has not changed. The people voted for change in 2011 but they did not get it; they got more of the same. Only last July the Tánaiste said this...