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Other Questions: Industrial Development (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Figures the Minister previously provided in respect of the years 2012 and 2013 show that 116 new jobs were created in the Wexford area and that 111 were lost. This means there was a net gain of five jobs. Am I missing something? The figures to which I refer were provided by the Minister in reply to a parliamentary question tabled on 23 April 2013 and they relate to 2012. Is he now stating...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Although there is always much talk about transparency here, as under the previous Government, secrecy seems to be the order of the day. Last week, I asked the Taoiseach about surveillance being carried out by the British Government's communications headquarters, GCHQ, on cables in the Irish Sea. I asked whether the Government had sanctioned it; if so, under what legislation; and if not,...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I did not say they all were.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I have plenty of information about it.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: WikiLeaks has revealed a considerable amount in the past couple of years regarding the same subject. Amnesty International also has done so.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: If the Taoiseach thinks not enough information has been brought forward already, I expect to have a former United States marine come forward in the new year who has passed through Shannon on a regular basis. He will give evidence to the fact that Ireland is in breach of international law in respect of things that have gone on in Shannon and how the United States has used the place.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Given the assurances the United States has provided to different people around the world about what it does and does not do and given the extent of the CIA torture programme, has it any credibility left in this area? Since the events of 11 September 2001, the United States has completely contravened human rights law. It has abandoned it and has lost its moral value in this area.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Torture is illegal.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: The murder of innocent civilians in foreign countries is illegal. Unwarranted surveillance of the Irish public is illegal in this State. Is the Government really serious about doing things differently than its predecessor? I ask because some transparency is needed on this entire area.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: If Members bring more evidence to the Taoiseach in the new year, would he consider establishing an independent investigation on what has gone on at Shannon?

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: In this country we talk about abortion as if it is a political or legal issue, something to be regulated by the majority and decided by consensus, informed by religion and morality and opinion polls and something to be debated on the airwaves, with an automatic requirement for balance, when groups with competing viewpoints can have their say. That is not how it should be. Terminating a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the latest round of talks between the EU and the US on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership scheduled for December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48150/14]

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is not currently the standard practice in the Irish dog racing industry to make public the results of all doping tests, positive or negative, as is the usual practice in other sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48418/14]

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister of State is aware there are many people in Ireland who are very passionate about working with greyhounds in different facets but we have a serious problem with greyhound racing in Ireland. As the Indecon report stated the IGB was unfit for purpose. I am aware some changes have been made recently and some new people have been put in place to deal with the drug problem which...

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State. Given the way the matter is being dealt with, I am glad to hear a review is about to take place because stakeholders, small owners, who are concerned about how things have gone on up to now have approached me. There is little doubt that there have been people involved in controlling how things are regulated in the greyhound industry who should not be involved...

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I did not say that.

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am not saying all dogs in Ireland are drugged, they are not. In actual fact, the view on the street is that it is the bigger trainers and owners who are the most guilty in this area and the small guys have far less access-----

Other Questions: Bord na gCon Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Why have we allowed a system to prevail where it takes three weeks to get a result back from Limerick whereas in Britain results can be back in 48 hours? Surely that does not make for great transparency. The fines have been larger in Britain. The suspensions have been much clearer and enforced to a greater extent. We have been very lax in how we have done things here. The small trainers...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: I understood that the terms of reference for the commission of investigation in response to the Guerin report were to be published this week. I have tried to raise this matter on Topical Issues on a few occasions, without success. Can this be done today to allow speaking time here? It would be very disappointing if the terms of reference were published after the Dáil closes.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht), 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: First Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.This Bill sets out to have Ireland's neutral status affirmed by adherence to the provisions of the 1907 Hague Convention (V) respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case...