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

Mick Wallace: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any communication she has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the reported tapping of the underwater cable by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain; if she is satisfied that any such reported surveillance is entirely a matter of within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom; and if...

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

Mick Wallace: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 January 2015, if she has had any communication with the authorities in the United Kingdom, in response to the reports of tapping of the undersea communications cables by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain; if she has asked these authorities directly, in the interests of transparency...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 131. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 26 May 2015, the measures that are in place to ensure that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with mental health issues and who have also misused substances do not get discharged before they have been assessed, in view of the standard practice of postponing assessment until the patient is no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm reports that in 2009 plans for an acute ward in Wexford General Hospital were in the Health Service Executive south's capital plan, as mentioned by the executive's then manager of mental health and elderly services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22525/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 133. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that a person presenting with suicidal tendencies at Wexford General Hospital and in need of consultation with a psychiatrist would have to go through two accident and emergency departments, in Wexford and in Waterford, in order to see a psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 134. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's policy or plans for early intervention for psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any multidisciplinary teams in County Wexford which work on early intervention for psychosis or other disorders; if so, if these teams are fully staffed; if there are community-based interventions for such disorders in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide feedback of any communications he has had with the British authorities regarding the alleged tapping of underwater cables by the intelligence authorities in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has taken in response to reports in 2014 of the tapping of underwater cables for intelligence purposes on the part of the Government Communications Headquarters in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/15]

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: A key legacy of this Government will be the privatisation - or, as it is more politely called, the external service delivery - of our public services. In the four years since the coalition took the reins, we have witnessed the outsourcing of countless essential health care services, said goodbye to the State’s share in our national airline and stood over the privatisation of Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the plan for 19 new social housing units to be built in County Wexford over the next three years is adequate to meet the county's current housing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 20,000 new social housing units promised by 2017 his Department plans to build, to lease and to buy; the number of the remaining 15,000 promised by 2020 his Department plans to build, lease and buy; if he is satisfied with his Department's plans to lease a proportion of the planned new social housing...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact that Leitrim County Council recently unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in a company-led consortium of researchers (details supplied) commissioned to carry out Environmental Protection Agency research into hydraulic fracturing, in view of this company’s track record on this method...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: CDM Smith, a company that has led the fracking industry into Poland and Ukraine, is leading the EPA's research project on fracking. It is a little worrying that such a company would be given the job. The company's official line on natural gas is that "It is an abundant, reliable, clean and cost-effective fuel source." Surely, someone else should examine the matter?

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: Although I do not doubt CDM Smith's experience in the area and I understand why people would garner some information from it my point remains the same. The company is involved seriously at the coalface of fracking and would almost promote it. Recently, New York State changed its fracking moratorium into a full ban based on its department of health's review of the latest evidence. CDM...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: It was someone from the Minister's party who had the job before him.

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: Some science experts are climate change deniers and are well-known and are perceived to be very knowledgeable. People can form opinions and very often, sadly, some people have a vested interest in the opinion they form, even if it is based on so-called expert research. Natural gas is a fossil fuel which produces heat-trap carbon dioxide when combusted as well as generating other global...

Other Questions: Energy Conservation (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: An extraordinary number of houses in the country have been built with 9 in. cavity walls. Such a cavity can carry damp across. The outside walls may be pebble-dashed, but it makes such a difference to those houses if a 30 mm baton is introduced on the inside, with insulation and a new slab over it. It is possible to paint over the slab. If a builder does it properly it makes the house far...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his views on whether it is appropriate that the lead company, details supplied, employed to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency two-year study into hydraulic fracturing has been identified as pro-hydraulic fracturing by a number of environmental experts; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: This is much like the last question. I will try to avoid repetition, but it will be difficult. I will reiterate my point. The people who say fracking is not dangerous stand to profit from it, more often than not. A serious amount of research says otherwise. I appeal to the Minister to think seriously before even dreaming of allowing fracking to commence in Ireland. It is a no-brainer.