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Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach cannot hide behind Irish. The issues I have raised are important for everyone who lives on this planet. Matters have got out of control. There is no logic to how the US military machine is operating. They may be giving us jobs here through American business but it does not change the fact that we should have a problem with children being murdered and slaughtered in the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: -----and criminalises those who are brave enough to serve the public interest and expose the abuses of power. The Taoiseach has said in this House that whistleblowers should be respected and protected. Will he raise this point with President Obama and ask him to show Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden and others the respect they deserve rather than treating them as criminals for...

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: It was created by the US.

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: We would not have an ISIS if the US was not behaving-----

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (11 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take in to implement the recommendations of the recent report, The Socio-Economic Contribution of Music to the Irish Economy and, in particular, the promotion of arts within the context of employment creation and creative industries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (12 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures Department is considering in to prevent fracking here, in view of the recent US geological survey which found fracking waste to be the primary cause of a dramatic rise in earthquakes even in areas which previously did not experience earthquakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10513/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 127. To ask the Minister for Defence the protocol that exists when the Defence Forces are called upon to carry out aid-to-civil power duties, in terms of chain of command, with particular reference to whether it is the Defence Forces or An Garda Síochána that are responsible for decision making in relation to the duty. [11618/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: We agree that we need an honest debate on it. Recently in reply to a question the Minister stated, "When deployed in an ATCP role, Defence Forces personnel remain under the operational command of a Defence Forces officer at all times." He has said this again today. In the response he also stated, "For security and operational reasons, it is not considered appropriate to make any further...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I was surprised when the Minister said that, for security and operational reasons, he did not consider it appropriate to make any further comment on how such operations were conducted. It goes without saying there is considerable confusion about roles and responsibilities. Does the person in charge from the Defence Forces have the authority to decide to inspect an aircraft? Alternatively,...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: Can the Defence Forces take charge of the security of an aeroplane without Garda personnel being present? We understand from the defence in a recent court case in Ennis, taken by the State, that An Garda Síochána was not allowed to exercise discretion at Shannon Airport and that if, for any reason, it suspected an aeroplane needed to be inspected, it was not allowed to do so. The...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am not worried at all.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: In fairness to the Minister, I do not expect him to clarify whether the Russians are coming either. The two boys were worried though.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: Can the Defence Forces monitor the plane without An Garda Síochána being there?

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I propose to share time with Deputies Clare Daly, Catherine Murphy and Boyd Barrett. That departing Taoiseach spoke in glowing terms about TTIP, calling it an ambitious, comprehensive and mutually beneficial agreement. Recently, a legal document from the regulatory co-operation chapter of the agreement was leaked, which makes the Taoiseach's statement seem naive or willfully deceptive....

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is hard to be here some days. The Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, and my good friend, Deputy Dooley, seem to have forgotten that the trouble in Ukraine began when the elected government was overthrown, with serious financial assistance from the US. That was when most of the turmoil in Ukraine began.

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I do not recall interrupting Deputy Dooley when he was speaking. The Taoiseach referred to the fact that Russia has broken international law. I agree with him. Russia often breaks international law. However, I do not think it has had quite as many opportunities to break international law as the United States. If one considers the number of countries that have been invaded, bombed or had...

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The original invasion of Iraq in 1991 led to the death of more than 1 million people. It was horrific. Not happy with bombing the country, the US bullied the UN into introducing sanctions of such severity that Denis Halliday, who was in charge of the UN's humanitarian campaign, resigned on the grounds that his programme was complicit in genocide. The US invaded Iraq again in 2003, with...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State and I will both agree that Syria is in a terrible situation with 3.3 million refugees, 5.5 million displaced within the country and another 3 million who have left the country to look for work. This amounts to approximately 12 million people in total. The people are starving with four out of five people said to be living in dire poverty and suffering hunger. It is...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister and I agree that both sides in the Syrian conflict have been guilty of horrific crimes. The use of arms and bombing by both sides is not helping matters. When Pol Pot started his campaign he had an army of 5,000 men, yet within four years the actions of President Nixon and his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, through the use of B52 bombers, had increased this figure to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (24 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 139. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has undertaken an evaluation of the work of the Defence Forces in Afghanistan since being reassigned under the Resolute Support Mission on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11617/15]