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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (12 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 523. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's track record of working for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the discussions he has held with the Department for Finance, regarding the introduction of a legal prohibition on the investment of public money in the manufacturers of nuclear weapons, similar to those currently in place, regarding cluster...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I would like an hour to speak about housing because it is hard to know where to start. Ireland is facing a massive housing crisis. The Government did nothing about it for four years and I do not think it is doing anything serious about it now. It is simply sticking a plaster on the issue while ignoring the underlying problems. We do not have a housing strategy. The Government must not be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the chapters of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership regarding regulatory co-operation; if he will provide a progress update on the latest negotiations at European Union level in relation to the Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18405/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the concerns raised in many corners regarding the human rights implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, including the recent call, reported in the British newspaper, The Guardian, from a former senior official in the United Nations, Mr Alfred de Zayas, calling for the suspension of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Funding (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2013 accounts for Bord na gCon will be published; if he will provide details of the way the additional €2.8 million allocated to Bord na gCon in the last budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18749/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the former internal auditor of the Irish Greyhound Board was made redundant in 2013; if he will provide details of the circumstances and arrangements surrounding the redundancy; if he will confirm that his redundancy was in line with Government guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the equipment for the detection of prohibited substances in racing greyhounds, located in the National Greyhound Laboratory in County Limerick, is up to date and adequate in preventing doping; if he will provide details of when the latest drug testing equipment was purchased; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the skills gap identified by the Indecon Report 2014, in relation to the Irish Greyhound Board, has been filled; the measures he has taken, or is taking, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18752/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the legal status of greyhounds registered and racing, whose registration was in breach of the Artificial Insemination of Greyhounds Regulations 2005, in view of the fact that they were conceived by frozen sperm more than two years after the death of the stud sire, and before the 2014 amendment to these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the decision-making process regarding the loan of €250,000 that Bord na gCon provided to the Davis Road Greyhound Stadium; if Bord na gCon had an internal auditor at work at the time this loan was agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the process of appointments to the Control Committee of Born na gCon; the measures in place to avoid any conflict of interest in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (13 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the enforcement of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011, and in particular the provisions limiting the number of litters that may be registered from any one greyhound bitch; if he is aware of breaches of these particular provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18756/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Funding for ACCORD (14 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: Deputy McGrath is watching too much television.

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (14 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: Hundreds of thousands are trying to get across the Mediterranean, not because they are chasing wonderful welfare benefits in Europe, but because their lives have been destroyed in the countries from which they have come. Sadly we do not seem to have a problem with the US using Shannon Airport as a military base to cause severe destruction in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (14 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is good that Ireland is taking in some people. It has been one of the better countries at providing aid in some crises in which people are suffering badly. Rather than just examining the symptoms and trying to help in whatever way we can, it is surely time that we took on board the serious causes of the serious crises around the globe. As I stated before, the migrants did not just...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (14 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that Bord na gCon is following through on its commitments to attract more owners, breeders and trainers to the greyhound industry, particularly in view of the recent 20% cut to prize money, and the deductions from race grants for breeding incentives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18672/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drugs in Sport (14 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the types of sanctions imposed on greyhounds that tested positive for banned substances in 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that consisted of fines; the amount of each fine; the names and quantities of the substances found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18671/15]

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I find it difficult to recognise the Minister's offering as a housing strategy. On 5 April 2015, the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey, stated in the Dáil that funding of €312 million announced by the Government would provide 1,700 homes by the end of 2017 and would be used for direct builds, meaning not for leasing or buying. This represents accommodation for fewer than...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: The waiting list in Wexford is 3,600 and 19 units will be constructed in the next three years. Where, in God's name, is the common sense there? We talk about tackling domestic violence. The Minister may be interested to hear that the women's refuge centre in Wexford turned away 338 women and 259 children last year. This is directly linked to the housing crisis in Wexford because there is...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: Housing is too expensive in Ireland in the private sector and social housing is not available. Renting accommodation is too expensive. In the housing sector land-banking and land speculation take place and nothing has been done about it. The Kenny report is still being ignored. The Government is ignoring the elephant in the room. A two-bedroom apartment in Dominick Street today is...