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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1057. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in University Hospital Limerick for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Kilkenny central access scheme follow-up aquatic ecological report of October 2014, which indicated that dumping of unwashed limestone had resulted in 700 metres of ecosystem, including plant and macronvertbrate life, being eradicated; the authorisation that was given for the dumping of said limestone;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 11 March 2015, the specific measures, legislative or otherwise, he plans to assist Irish musicians and bands in accessing airplay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put speed ramps in place in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford particularly in view of complaints from residents regarding vehicles moving at high speed and endangering children and adults in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Wexford-Dublin railway line, with a view to attracting more people to rail travel as opposed to using private cars; his further plans to reopen the direct railway line between Wexford and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31890/15]

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister stated that everything that is happening is consistent with our foreign policy objectives. He stated his major concern is the safety of the aircraft and the personnel on them. If this is consistent with Ireland's foreign affairs policy, is the Minister comfortable with that fact? Perhaps a new policy is needed because there was a time when we used to consider ourselves to be...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister serious?

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: That is unbelievable.

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Unbelievable.

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: We have touched on this subject many times before. We raised the issue a few times last winter when Operation Mare Nostrum was cancelled and the attitude was that we were only encouraging refugees by pulling them out of the sea. We then discovered that when we do not pull them out of the sea they drown in it. It is to be welcomed that we have decided to take in some people. We did not...

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is actually very well connected to it. Another related issue is that the refugees do not come from nowhere. We allow Shannon Airport to be used by the US military, who bomb people's homes and create refugees. The amount of weaponry being used in the world in the last four years has risen by 16% compared to the previous four years, and we facilitate it. Right now, we are allowing...

Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Numbers (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is talking about us providing funding for aid which is all very well and good, but many of the refugees who are coming to Europe at present are trying to get to countries that have played a part in bombing their homes and killing their relatives, be it through the use of airports or through the sale of arms. Where is the logic in that? Why do we continue to allow Shannon to...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Whenever the Minister gets around to building metro north, he should ensure it passes by the Asti Restaurant on Russell Street, outside Croke Park.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Plenty of development levies were applied when I was building it and, believe it or not, we paid them. I realise that what is before us is technical legislation, but I welcome the occasion to address the issue it raises of public transport. There has been a serious lack of discussion of the Government's transport strategy. In response to one of my written questions last April, the Minister...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Okay. The Minister has the gist of my points. I would love to be able to get on a train to or from Wexford at weekends instead of driving in traffic that can be soul destroying. Rail is a beautiful way to travel. We must upgrade the system. It requires a great deal of investment. I have often stated how wrong it is that the EU does not have an arrangement under which governments can...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the exemptions granted by his Department regarding civil aircraft used by foreign militaries under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, if his Department undertakes any particular measures to ensure that, with regard to aircraft which secure exemptions to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (23 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any discussions he has had with the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Justice and Equality and-or Defence in relation to the system of oversight regarding the landing at Shannon Airport of civil aircraft used by foreign militaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/15]

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: I would like to share time with Deputy Paul Murphy. I will take 20 minutes and he will take ten minutes.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: Hello, Minister. How are you?

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: I would have liked to have an hour. Before the summer, we did a great deal of work on this legislation and went through the various sections. I will have time to cover just a few sections today. Generally speaking, I consider that the proposed authority is much weaker than the one we proposed in our Bill. It is clear that ministerial and political control over the authority, the Garda...