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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will formally recognise Traveller ethnicity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22572/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Investigations (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 486. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns regarding the recent reports by Human Rights Watch (details supplied) documenting serious human rights abuses including physical and sexual violence and extrajudicial killings as a direct result of the EU's efforts to stem migration from Libya, and, in particular, Operation Sophia. [22390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures for State spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for persons under 18 years of age; the number of persons under 18 according to the latest data that are currently prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 June 2016, and his comments in respect of Ireland's commitment to United Nations sustainable development goal two, end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, and in view of the fact that red meat is the most carbon-intensive source of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of kilograms of CO2 emissions generated in the manufacture of 1 kilogram of Irish beef protein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 5 July 2016, if his Department, in preparing for issuing the licences in the Atlantic Margin oil and gas exploration licensing round, carried out an environmental impact assessment of the potential effect that further oil and gas exploration could have on climate change; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Exploration Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 812. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 5 July 2016, his plans as to the way the energy mix is to be organised per annum up to the year 2035; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22841/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 813. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of energy his Department estimates will be generated by renewable energy by 2020 given current policy and current trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22842/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 814. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether keeping Moneypoint coal-fired power station open is compatible with meeting commitments to climate change mitigation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22843/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to phase out coal-fired power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22844/16]

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the impact of the regulatory co-operation chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in view of the concerns raised by a number of groups regarding the potential privileging of corporate interests in decision making that will affect public policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22538/16]

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I raised issues concerning the TTIP many times with the Minister's predecessor but we are not getting much more satisfaction than we were at the start. My question relates to concerns that many people have about the potential privileging of corporate interests in decision making that will affect public policy. The potential absence of the precautionary principle is also very worrying, as...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: The report to which the Minister referred is based on an economic model that assumes nothing can go wrong and everything will go well. There is no real evidence whatsoever that Ireland will benefit from the TTIP. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan raised the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, with Canada, which seems to be an attempt to get a foot in the door before the TTIP is...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry, but my question refers to concerns about the potential privileging of corporate interests in decision making that will affect public policy. That is exactly what I am referring to.

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am not throwing stones at the Minister. She is new in the job and I do not expect her to be-----

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: When Greenpeace released the document in April there was a lot of denial about its contents. I went to the reading room in the Department and compared the released document with a similar document in the agreement. I was not allowed to bring anything out of the reading room but I was able to make comparisons. I discovered that the Greenpeace document was 100% accurate, which is even more...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the precautionary principle, which the EU currently applies as part of its obligations under the Lisbon treaty, will be preserved under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22537/16]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, after line 28, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act 3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection:“(2A) That possession of the substances listed in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Schedule not be subject to prosecution for amounts equating to personal use.”.”. This...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am glad to hear the Minister of State has promised legislation in the autumn on safe injection centres. I have listened to her points regarding our amendments, but I remain of the opinion that if the amendment is not included, the Bill represents socially damaging legislation which will allow gardaí to lock up some desperate people with no gain for anybody, left, right or centre.

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: We will agree.