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Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I also support the amendment. Any healthy functioning society will always look for an opportunity to welcome people back into the fold. All corrective action, all forms of discipline and punishment must be geared towards bringing people back in rather than excluding them forever. On the basic principle involved, I definitely support the amendment.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Is it possible to refer to something the Minister said yesterday evening?

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: The Minister stated: "The problem I face is that a large number of interest groups, including local authorities, county managers, Deputies, Senators and councillors, all want me to continue to spend lots of money on planning for projects that we cannot afford to build for perhaps ten or 20 years." The Minister noted a good suggestion from a Deputy that towns in need of bypasses that we can...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Working towards job creation in the immediate future, as well as making serious investments for the long term, would make very good sense in the current economic climate. Sadly, the Government has continued along the path taken by the previous Government in accepting the austerity package lock, stock and barrel. This neo-liberal agenda suits the markets. The notion that we introduce...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

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Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: In recent weeks the State spent millions of euro buying land for the New Ross bypass project, a project we cannot afford to build.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: According to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, the problem he is facing is that a large number of interest groups, including local authorities, county managers, Deputies and Senators, want him to continue spending a great deal of money in planning projects that we cannot afford to build for ten or 20 years. He could spend that money, but it would be at the...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I share the Minister of State's sentiments.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, am I not allowed to speak?

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is a pity the Government did not follow through on its commitment. Special needs assistant numbers are being cut, yet we are buying land on which we cannot afford to build roads. At a time when money is scarce, this beggars belief. Are the landowners friends? I do not understand it. It is beyond me.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I will give the Government credit when it is due. The only stimulus measure enacted in my time in the Dáil has been the one to help the restaurant and hotel industries. While the move was positive, it was unfortunate that pensions needed to suffer as a result. That was a bad move, but-----

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: We need stimulus measures to get the economy back on its feet and to get our society functioning normally again.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: If we are to continue with austerity measures and making ordinary people pay for the crimes of big business, it is a sad day.

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact he has had to date with the National Asset Management Agency regarding the use of NAMA buildings for cultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36583/11]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made any progress in commandeering some of the buildings held by the National Asset Management Agency for the benefit of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36582/11]

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: The amount of time we have been given to address this issue is crazy. The Government has referred to a €50 registration fee that is to suffice for five years. It is right to address the water contamination problem in the country and we should take the recommendations from Europe seriously but who will pay for the problems that exist? Reference has been made to 440,000 septic tanks. I...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I commend the motion from Sinn Féin calling on the Government to exempt children from shouldering the burden of recovery. It is a no-brainer and, I believe, the Minister of State opposite will not disagree with it. Most people agree that we have a responsibility to protect those who need our protection most. One thing that has come out of the current crisis is that most people accept that...

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Mick Wallace: I accept that the Government in 2008 was probably bounced into the bank guarantee, given the manner in which it was established. History will come down on the side of the view that the banks were pretty economical with the truth. The notion that they had a liquidity crisis no longer stacks up. Over the following three years, we have slowly learned more and more. Things were far worse than...