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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Correspondence (22 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 January 2015, if he will provide information on his correspondence with the UK authorities regarding reported tapping of the underground cable between Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2658/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (22 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested or his plans to request an unredacted version of the sections relevant to Shannon Airport in the recent US Senate intelligence committee report on CIA torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2659/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: He is supporting Deputy Mathews.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: I too will be brief----

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: Looking at this amendment proposed by Deputy Mathews, I would like to focus primarily on two points. The first relates to the role of the politician and his or her duty to the people, and second to the question of issues of conscience and their place in politics. Ireland's electoral system of single transferable vote proportional representation makes ours technically one of the most open...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: While the Whip system is not actually enshrined in our legislation, we see here that in practice it disincentivises questioning or criticising the status quo. Democratically elected representatives' principal relationship should be with the electorate rather than with the views of the party leadership. The example of the German system is worth noting in this regard, as it allows for parties...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: For repeated violations of this basic human right and the unjust interference of the State in the private lives and decisions of its citizens, Ireland has lost a number of high-profile cases at the European Court of Human Rights, notably Norris v.Ireland relating to gay rights, and more recently A, B and C v.Ireland, which attempted to deal with Ireland's draconian abortion legislation....

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015, which was published last Monday, is a serious disappointment. It is a further disappointment that much of the work done by the committee, which went out of its way not to be impractical, has been undermined. The Bill published last Monday is repetitiously vague throughout. At times the repetition looks as if it is a printing error,...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: I want to ask the Taoiseach a few questions about the motion regarding the proposed commission of investigation into matters considered by Mr. Seán Guerin SC. Given that a commission of investigation can only be established by order whereby the terms of reference must be discussed in the Dáil, am I to take it that the commission has not been established? Can the Taoiseach confirm...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: Is there a debate tomorrow then?

European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: The biggest story in Europe at the moment is the success of Syriza in Greece and I, too, congratulate it. The challenges it faces will be great given the powers that are stacked against it. It is a symbol that many people in Europe today are not happy with the powers of the banks and the wholesale sacrifice of our collective social good in the name of so-called free market forces. We have...

European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: I will try to be brief. I have two questions for the Minister of State, which I referred to in my contribution. Why is it okay to trade with Saudi Arabia, which cuts off people's heads every month, and Israel, which murders children in Palestine, but it is not okay to trade with Russia? If we were interested in having peace in eastern Europe, would it not be a good idea for the EU to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current system regarding guidance counselling services in second level schools, in view of the fact that since 2011 the guidance provision is managed from within the standard teacher allocation, requiring principals to use their individual discretion in balancing subject provision and guidance counselling needs;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out on the use of public private partnnerships to build schools; the number of such projects in the future that will include the management and maintenance of schools; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce financial transaction taxes and carbon tax on airline ticket levies in order to raise additional resources to fund sustainable development at scale, as encouraged by the UN Secretary General in his December 2014 Synthesis Report on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda (A69/700); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a 1% billionaires' tax as proposed by the UN in the World Economic and Social Survey 2012 the revenue of which could be used to aid Ireland in its commitment to a more carbon-efficient economy, particularly in view of the estimation by Princeton Environmental Institute Director (details supplied) that the 500 million richest persons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been or will be testing of greyhounds for the new and reportedly widely-used drug stanozolol, particularly in view of the fact that despite the annual €2 million spent on regulation in the greyhound industry the Irish Greyhound Board has yet to identify a dog with stanozolol in its system; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the move to replace five of the seven board members of the Irish Greyhound Board; if he will provide details of the five outgoing members of the IGB board; when they will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3543/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for interim measures to deal with rising homelessness here before the promised social housing is operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47081/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to provide and promote energy-efficient housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3886/15]