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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: On the issue of good ideas and to pick up on-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: To pick up on Deputy O'Dowd's' point about transport, I am a bit mystified as to why he was part of a Government that showed zero interest in rail. I would suggest that the Government change its tune in that regard.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The section has already damaged the effectiveness of the Bill. Earlier today, six amendments were ruled out of order as they involved a potential charge on the Exchequer. The section states the need to achieve the objectives of a national adaptation framework at the least cost to the national economy and to adopt measures that are cost-effective and do not impose an unreasonable burden on...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The point the Minister made about flooding becoming less predictable is a good one. That is why Irish Water wants nothing to do with it.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: I can understand the Minister's point because he is pretty sure just changing the name will not cost him anything and it will not go against the grain.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: Even Shell or Topaz would not object to the change.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Government can state such and such a timeframe is not sufficient. However, it is a case of priorities and things can be made to happen very quickly when one chooses to do so. There is a general feeling among those who have serious concerns about climate change that there is a massive element of kicking the can down the road. Not providing for an early review seems to be an extension of...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: To ask the advisory council to look at certain items and to address them in a certain way is not to cast aspersions on any member of the advisory council but it brings greater clarity. One does not have to tell it what to do or say but to ask it to take certain points on board. I do not think that is unreasonable.

Other Questions: EU Directives (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation or with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the possible introduction of a specific training grant to assist small steel fabricators affected by European Union Directive EN-1090-1, who are now obliged to undergo CE...

Other Questions: EU Directives (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: In July 2014, EU Directive EN-1090-1 came into force requiring all structural steelwork in the European Union to be CE-marked. The training, testing and certification costs involved in the CE-marking process can cost a business anywhere between €20,000 and €30,000. The only State assistance available is a 20% discount on training costs through Skillnets which amounts to about...

Other Questions: EU Directives (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State essentially said the Department is not structured to help out in a serious way. Too often when different Departments are involved in a matter like this, it just ends up being pushed around a bit. The firms in question generally employ between four and five people. They will not be able to come up with the kind of money in question. While regulation is good, this is...

Other Questions: EU Directives (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The majority of the cost is the actual training. Does the Department subsidise the training? The certification comes after one passes the testing of the weld. The testing of the weld is done after one does the training; then one gets a certification if one passes. Is the Department subsidising the training end of this? It would beggar belief if we cannot find a way to keep these people...

Other Questions: EU Directives (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The actual grant the Minister of State referred to is actually €200. Companies that have checked this out are looking at having to pay between €20,000 and €30,000 to get this done. Many of them are going to England because it is much cheaper there. One can get it done there for as low as €15,000. If one had a British passport, one could get a 75% subsidy from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional grants or financial subsidies for training courses available under Skillnets, SOLAS or the education and training boards, which many steel fabricators are now obliged to complete, at considerable cost to themselves, in order for their products to be in line with European Union, Conformité Européene,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the third section of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 was passed in December 2014, six years after the passing of the rest of the Act; the measures that were taken to update this particular section of legislation, to ensure that it would adequately reflect the developments in technology and digital rights...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an assessment was carried out on the recently enacted section 3 of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 to ensure that it is in full compliance with the European Charter on Fundamental Rights, following the 2014 ruling of the European Court of Justice, which found the European Data Retention Directive to be invalid, in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any other Irish Governmental officials were aware if the British authorities were monitoring Irish telephone and internet communications for years, via underwater cables, as uncovered by a person (details supplied) in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the revelations of a person (details supplied) in 2014, which alleged that billions of Irish communications, telephone and internet, were and are being intercepted, recorded and stored through a series of underwater cables by the Government Communications Headquarters in Britain; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions or investigations that were carried out, or are being carried out, by her Department on foot of the Wikileaks reports in 2014 that large numbers of Irish telephone and-or Internet communications were being intercepted by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain, and were then shared with other intelligence agencies; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Government authorised the British monitoring or tapping of undersea cables, as reported by a person (details supplied) in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22626/15]