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- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I will not agree with everything the previous speaker said, although I often do.
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: People might say I am putting on my developer's hat but I would argue that I speak from experience, given that I am not a developer at present but God knows what day I might start again. However, I do agree with Deputy Daly on several points. I am concerned because I am a little confused about what exactly will happen. From my understanding, the March 2007 recommendations which the city...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: It is not my phone. If we want to build two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom apartments in which families will be willing to live, we must change how we go about it. In the past, we did not build apartments that were fit for families. My company generally built apartments that were 15 sq. m to 20 sq. m larger than the norm but I still would not say they were fit for families. In...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the plan for the provision of social housing is the most effective option available in tackling the worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: 209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide long-term funding to the atmospheric research station at Mace Head in County Galway, given its importance in continuing to measure climate and air pollution data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/15]
- Coroners Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I welcome the Bill, particularly the new provisions proposed by Deputy Clare Daly to seek to make inquests mandatory in all cases in which a woman dies in the care of maternity services before, during or after giving birth. For far too long, the HSE has defaulted to defensiveness and denial when things have gone wrong. It has refused to engage with the causes of sometimes catastrophic...
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 29:In page 9, line 35, to delete "for nomination by" and substitute "to".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 31:In page 9, to delete lines 37 to 43, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 8.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 32:In page 10, line 10, to delete "Minister" and substitute "Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 33:In page 10, line 11, to delete "Minister" and substitute "Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 34:In page 10, line 12, to delete "Minister" and substitute "Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 35:In page 10, line 14, to delete "The Government shall, as soon as may be, inform the Authority" and substitute "The Authority shall, as soon as may be, inform the Government".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 36:In page 10, to delete lines 24 to 27 and substitute the following:" "11.(1)Subject to section 12, a person who holds the office of Garda Commissioner, Deputy Garda Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner may be removed from office by the Authority following consultation with the Government, but only for stated reasons, including because—".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 39:In page 10, line 36, to delete "Government" and substitute "Authority following consultation with the government".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 41:In page 10, to delete lines 37 to 41 and substitute the following:"(2) The Authority may, following consultation with the Minister, for the purposes of subsection (1) remove from office a person who holds the office of Garda Commissioner, Deputy Garda Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, if the reasons for the removal relate to policing services.".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 43:In page 11, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following:"(3) A person who holds the office of chief superintendent or superintendent may be removed from office by the Authority.".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 44:In page 11, line 14, to delete "Government" and substitute "Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 45:In page 11, line 23, to delete "Government" and substitute "Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 48:In page 11, line 29, to delete "Government or the Authority, as the case may be," and substitute "Authority following consultation with the Government".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 51:In page 11, line 32, to delete "Government or the Authority, as the case may be," and substitute "Authority".