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Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister should keep in mind that most of the initiatives to which he has referred are directed towards Waterford. Wexford has a much faster growing population. It is one of the country's fastest growing populations. Many of the issues I raised are of a social nature and outside the Minister's remit, but the lack of jobs feeds into them. For example, Gorey community school is the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister stated earlier that financial hardship would not be imposed on anyone who needed to have his or her septic tank adjusted in any way. Can I take it that people will not have to pay for adjustments where it is not their fault? If there are costs involved in remedying a tank to meet the new regulations, the Minister has stated no one will suffer financial hardship. I take it...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister will probably agree with me that it would be very unfair if people had to pay for something for which they were not responsible. I agree with the Government that this is a problem which must be addressed but under no circumstances should the cost fall on those who are not responsible for the fact that their septic tank does not measure up to the new regulations to be applied....

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I have three queries for the Minister, two of which I have raised before and which he refused to answer. First, when he says there will be no financial hardship for householders, does this mean grants will be available to assist them in bringing their septic tank up to the necessary standard? I trust this was not a throwaway remark by him. I am sure he would not speak loosely and that it...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister told us that-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has still not answered my question.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I am not guessing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív mentioned that figure.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree with the Deputy. In fairness to the Minister, he seems to be working in the dark. He does not seem to know what he will do with septic tanks, how many will need work, what it will cost and how much he has to spend. We seem to be doing things backwards. It would be a great idea to take a look first. Surely it would have been much easier for the Minister to work forward.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Government thinks it is a good idea to pay €1.25 billion to unsecured bondholders. It is of the view that it is not a good idea to upset the ECB or the financial markets. However, it appears to be okay to upset people who depend on one-parent family payments, carer's allowance, the fuel allowance and the rent allowance and parents whose children are losing their guidance counsellors....

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I have an impression and I am possibly wrong so I wish to check it. When the Minister has reached the point where he has finished his inspections and when the remedial work is done, will it be true to say that some tanks in Ireland will still be contaminating the water table?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Shane Ross, Clare Daly, Richard Boyd Barrett and Seamus Healy.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: A lot has been said about what this fiscal compact means for us and the rest of Europe. I would like to quote from Martin Wolf's article in the Financial Times today. He puts it pretty well when he states: The ECB has saved the eurozone from a heart attack. But its members face a long convalescence, made worse by the insistence that fiscal starvation is the right remedy for feeble patients...

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of statements that our recovery will be export-led, the country's financial situation is unlikely to improve until we deal more directly with the problems facing the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/12]

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister must surely agree that the relationship between the export figures and the number of people involved looks unusual. For example, I believe the top three export companies in Ireland at the moment are Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and Google. They export over €24 billion in products and services and account for 15% of our exports. Given that they account for 0.3% of the...

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Incentives for people investing in small businesses would be a help as well.

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I assure the Minister that I am not a doom and gloom merchant.

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: However, indigenous industry would be far more likely to create secondary industry, given that many of our multinationals bring in much of their material from abroad. There is not quite as much the same spin-off from that. I saw a statement today from Mark Fielding of ISME, who said "How many more people must we lose to emigration and unemployment before we see some action from this ......

Tax Code (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Boyd Barrett will give the Minister tea.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Clearly, many decisions are being made on the basis of how numbers and money add up. Unfortunately, life is not like that and there are many other factors to consider. Although it may seem rational to make these cuts on the basis of numbers and money, the impact these cuts will have on the community reduce the merit of what is being done. We have seen so much of this same thinking applied...