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Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: In that case, some of this does not make sense to me.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I will have another look at it.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: That is what I said.

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I happened to hear the discussion on Leaders' Questions this morning when Deputy Adams argued that the Central Bank, rather than the Government, was running the State. The Deputy asked whether the Government would legislate to give the Central Bank powers to act on mortgage interest rates and stand up for Irish mortgage holders and called on the Taoiseach to answer his question with "Yes" or...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: When we had our first discussion on these amendments before the break for Private Members' business, the Minister of State tried to tell me that the Government is doing what I have been recommending. That is not true, however. The Government is not following my recommendation. Section 33(1)(a) of the Bill proposes to amend section 96 of the 2000 Act "in subsection (2), by inserting "prior...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to take measures to reform or regulate the guardian ad litem system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Reports (8 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority's compliance monitoring inspection report on a designated centre for persons with disabilities operated by the Health Service Executive in County Wexford, carried out on the basis of an inspection on 28 January 2015, which found significant non-compliance with some...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (9 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the differences in mental health spending per capita in the various regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/15]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (9 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister is aware, I have raised this issue previously but as nothing has changed on the ground, I have to continue raising it. Why is it that in 2015 mental health spending per capitain the Wexford-Waterford region is €148 compared to €223 in Carlow-Kilkenny-south Tipperary, €198 in Mayo and €206 in Galway-Roscommon? Will the Minister explain the regional...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (9 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister. I am aware there is more positive thinking about how this issue should be dealt with. In 2006, A Vision for Change was launched on the basis of 8% of the health budget being spent on mental health when in fact it only reached 7.2%. It has since been cut back to 5.2%. According to the World Health Organization, mental health illness accounts for more than 15% of the...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (9 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: In 2010, before Wexford was merged with Waterford, there were 31 acute beds in St. Senan's hospital and 44 in Waterford, giving a total of 75 beds. Today, there are just 44 because St. Senan's has closed and the population has increased by 20,000 in the region. I am aware there are five beds in Newcastle in north Wicklow. It appears that the service in Wexford has decreased. Most of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the roll-out of service delivery reform in the area of mental health as envisaged under A Vision for Change, particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in respect of discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the urgent need to implement the recommendations following the stocktake of the Maghaberry Prison agreement and, in particular, that the forum would be constituted under terms of reference that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister knows, a group of cross-party individuals has been going up North to Maghaberry Prison for a few years. The second-last time we were there was in November, and we were there again recently. Sadly, we have found that despite the Stocktake agreement supposedly being in place things have deteriorated. Does the Minister have any concerns in this area?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am informed of the issues. The Minister referred to trust. If I was the principal of a secondary school and there was a breakdown and things were not working out, many people would be pointing the finger at the principal, at me. I see no serious willingness in this area. We have met the prisoners, the governor and assistant governors. I do not see an honest engagement from management...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: We, too, welcome the involvement of the Red Cross, but the terms of reference will be crucial. The question of whether the Red Cross individual will have the power to be a decision-maker is paramount. We have also met the Minister of Justice, Mr. Ford. Forgive us for feeling he is either unable or unwilling to implement his decisions on the ground. We have serious worries that there...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Convention on Cluster Munitions (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent reports of Saudi Arabia using United States of America-supplied cluster munitions in its air strikes in Yemen, particularly in view of Ireland's profile on the banning of such weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the Irish Consulate in Scotland regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied), who has been on trial at the High Court in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that Ireland is taking every action at its disposal to further the cause of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Naval Service Operations (14 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on developments at the May and June 2015 European Union Foreign Affairs Councils in relation to the European Union Naval Force Operation - Mediterranean Mission, and since; if there are any related common security and defence policy measures he is opposed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter....