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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (27 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the further investigations proposed into those cases selected from the independent review mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (27 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations of the independent review mechanism into historic cases of malpractice by An Garda Síochána, with particular reference to the number of cases where follow-on action was proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3025/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is taking to reduce the number of children who are in care but who have not yet received a written care plan, which according to the advocacy group, Empowering People in Care, currently stands at 604; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation at Waterford University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, including the person's place on the waiting list; if the case is considered to be high priority, as was recommended by a physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/16]

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: Yes. I am glad this is not being rushed through.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (28 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific measures he is taking to tackle child poverty; the targets he on his own and in conjunction with other Departments has set for reducing child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Remit (28 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will extend the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children in order that it can receive complaints from children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3210/16]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: 68. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to put a 24-hour acute mental health unit in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/16]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: I have raised this issue with the Minister of State before. One of the key messages of A Vision for Change was the need to reduce reliance on acute in-patient beds in cases of mental illness by strengthening early interventions by community mental health teams. Last autumn, In reply to my question, the Minister of State said the delivery of mental health services had been transformed....

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: It is not my job to be dissatisfied. The services the Minister of State is talking about may reap rewards in the future. I hope they will. I was contacted recently by a woman who lives five minutes away from me. She told me that her 24 year old son tried to take his own life in late October 2015, which was his second attempt in four years. He slit his wrists and came very close to...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: Before the Minister, Deputy Bruton, leaves the Chamber, I wish to inform him that, unfortunately, unemployment in Wexford is still at 22%. That is worth his attention.

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: I did.

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: During the ongoing controversy around this case, at least one manager with no experience and no professional qualifications relating to child abuse was appointed to the area. There was transparency in respect of the appointments process and the job was not advertised. It was an in-house promotion. That is a contributory factor in the case. The dysfunctionality of the HSE in general is...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: -----but that is not clear from the director general's statement today.

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister of State knows, Deputy Clare Daly and I contacted her almost a year ago about this and we did not jump all over it. It needs to be acknowledged that there is something seriously amiss with how the HSE operates. This is only one issue. We have been told other things over a period that makes us very concerned about the behaviour of certain members of the HSE in the south-east...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (2 Feb 2016)

Mick Wallace: 90. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent statistics from Health Consumer Powerhouse, which found Ireland to have the longest emergency department waiting times in Europe and placed Ireland second worst for access to specialists; the measures he is taking or planning to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/16]

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Mick Wallace: I also want to avoid repeating what we have been saying here for the past five years and I want to look at what we should do now. We should learn from our mistakes over the past five years. I remember on 15 January 2014 having a serious argument with the Minister for Finance about inviting and encouraging the investment funds to avail of huge tracts of property in Ireland, having to pay no...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (22 Mar 2016)

Mick Wallace: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a motor tax on foreign hauliers in line with recent moves in Belgium and in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4854/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (6 Apr 2016)

Mick Wallace: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on claims by the chartered accountants regulatory board, who have stated that accounting standard IAS 39 forces banks to portray an inaccurate financial position; his further views that his assurances, provided in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 18 February 2014, that banks have not systemically overvalued loans in their published...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (6 Apr 2016)

Mick Wallace: 220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has updated Regulation (EC) 1606/2002, an international accounting standard, to reflect Article 4(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/16]