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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The State should buy an element of the private housing in the development to use for social housing in order to tackle ghettoisation. The idea that we would set national standards rather than leave it at the whim of the Minister of the day is not rocket science. It would be a very sensible way forward. The standards need to be set for the entire country. The point was made on Second...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: It will not tackle all the problems in the housing game or the construction industry. There are many problems but it would be a great start.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1b:In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“3. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (5) by inserting the following after “Oireachtas.”:“Each House of the Oireachtas shall be called upon to debate and vote upon approval of these guidelines following the laying of these guidelines before the Houses.”.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with his role in upholding the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973 in relation to the use of Shannon Airport by civil aircraft used by foreign militaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of soldiers of the United States of America who have passed through Shannon Airport; the number of permits he has issued for civilian aircraft to land in Shannon Airport or overfly Irish airspace while carrying munitions in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will amend legislation on the State pension (contributory) so that the calculation of average contributions only takes into account the number of years actually worked, rather than the number of years since the person started working, given that the current system unfairly penalises women who took breaks in their...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: In March 2003, a backbench Deputy stated here: "How can anyone say that an aeroplane loaded with military equipment flying through Shannon Airport to a war situation in Iraq, without a UN mandate, does not contribute to, if not represent, participation in that activity?" He went on to add that "one of those possible consequences is the possibility that Shannon and Ireland will become targets...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: When she started in politics, did the Tánaiste think she would be deputy leader of a Government that promotes a war campaign that has led to the deaths of almost 2 million innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq alone? Is the Tánaiste prepared to take any action to stop Shannon Airport being used to facilitate the war-mongering and violent ends of the US war machine? Across the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste has said she is in favour of peace. She has been in government for five years. When Labour were in opposition, they were in favour of searching US military planes in case they were carrying arms and munitions through Shannon. Not one plane has been checked since the Government came to power. How can the Tánaiste say she is promoting peace and not war? Last year...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 3 November 2015, if he is satisfied that our stated foreign policy of neutrality is not compromised by the use of Shannon Airport by the United States military, which has landed over 343 military aircraft there since March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45413/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 3 November 2015, if he has considered reviewing Ireland's long-standing arrangements under which the United States is granted blanket permission for overflights by unarmed military aircraft, particularly in view of the concerns raised in a number of quarters regarding Ireland's neutrality; and...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Government is not directly responsible for the rain, but it does have responsibilities in dealing with it. There have been many calls for the dredging of rivers and there have been statements from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the provision of the greatest response ever seen to the flooding crisis. There has been something of a panic attack...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 16 December 2015, if she will introduce measures to ensure equality in the calculation of contributory pension entitlements, for example, by speeding up the introduction of the promised yearly average system with a total contributions approach and by allowing such a system...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (13 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the time limits for Community Employment Schemes, particularly in cases where there are no new applicants for positions vacated as a result of the time limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1136/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (13 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines or rules he has in place for mortgage lending institutions regarding the methods of calculation of tax relief at source for individual mortgage holders, or if it is the case that lending institutions can use their own discretion in this regard; if he is satisfied that the current procedures in place regarding the repayment of mortgages...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (13 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has in place to assist members of the public in being made aware of their entitlements and rights under the tax relief at source scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1171/16]

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: Most people agree that there are problems with our health service. Indeed, it would be a surprise if there were none. The Taoiseach came to power with a revolutionary plan for changing the health service. Fine Gael's big idea was for universal health insurance, free general practitioner, GP, care for all, the slashing of hospital waiting lists, the abolition of the HSE and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering measures to introduce a tax on sugar sweetened drinks, particularly in view of the related information released under freedom of information in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (14 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has analysed the impact of real estate investment trusts on the Irish rental market and on property portfolios; if so, if he will provide details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (14 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will lower the starting age for the State pension to 65 years of age to bring it in line with the general age of retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1716/16]