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Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Last April, both Deputy Clare Daly and I raised the issue of unaccompanied minors in Calais. We pleaded with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to send officials to Calais and Dunkirk to process some of the people there and to see if it was possible to take some in. This would not have cost the State a penny given Irish families were prepared to take them in. I promised to take one...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department is taking to facilitate the transfer and resettlement of refugees here; if she is satisfied with Ireland's contribution to the refugee resettlement programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will introduce a humanitarian visa programme along the lines of the one in place in Belgium for those displaced by war in order to facilitate asylum applications and allow more legal migration route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with consistent criticisms from the UN in relation to the violation of prisoners human rights as a result of prolonged use of solitary confinement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27427/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with allegations that have been repeatedly brought to her attention that gardaí who have made protected disclosures have been the subject of sustained bullying and harassment by Garda management. [27429/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an Irish asylum application processing facility on the ground in Calais in order to fast-track applications by unaccompanied minors for resettlement here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27428/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Sign Language: Irish Deaf Society (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I will not ask any questions. I thank the witnesses for the powerful presentations. From the start, I have felt sorry for Mr. Byrne, the interpreter. I find the pace that they go at incredible. I found the comment of Dr. Conama about the power of visual language very interesting. It is something I had not really thought about but it reminded me of something. I remember being in Italy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witness for her presentation. I am conscious of the fact that the Policing Authority is at its infancy stage and I would be the first to admit that I feel that it does not have as much power as it should have. I argued very strongly for as much in the Chamber when the legislation was going through the House. In the witness's statement of strategy, she pointed out that she is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is Ms Feehily saying that if she looks at the O'Higgins report, no matter how damning she may or may not find it, it is outside her remit to address any difficulties it throws up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is the Commissioner's performance, as outlined in the O'Higgins report, outside Ms Feehily's remit?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a specific assessment of the educational outcomes of children with special educational needs, as recommended by the Children's Rights Alliance, to complement the promised assessment of special needs assistants as outlined in the recently published Action Plan for Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an assessment of the effectiveness of current laws, policies and spending on special needs and disability supports in the education system, with a view to publishing a roadmap to meet the rights of children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28374/16]

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: This is a short time in which to cover such a large subject. In the past year, there has been a different level of awareness among Members of this Chamber than was the case previously. People are waking up to how there are some huge challenges in Ireland in the context of mental health. I was made deeply aware of this during the election campaign. Given that County Wexford has the highest...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I would like to look at a couple of sections of the Bill. Section 8 refers to payments made under schemes for individuals disabled following the thalidomide tragedy that took place in the 1960s. The Health Products Regulatory Authority has a role in this context. Thalidomide was marketed as a sleeping pill and morning sickness cure in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It led to the deaths...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I will be opposing this Bill. I disagree very strongly with criminalising the purchase of consensual sex. If this Bill is successful, I believe it will signify the reinvolvement of the State in the private sexual lives of adult citizens for the first time since homosexuality was decriminalised over 20 years ago. It seems that the Turn Off the Red Light campaign has turned many heads. Many...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding emergency accommodation in County Wexford which at present is full to capacity with the result that persons in dire need of accommodation are being turned away from its doors and left to fend for themselves; if he is taking specific action to address this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a refurbishment grant scheme for properties that require refurbishment in order to make them habitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28639/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has carried out, or plans to carry out, a cost benefit analysis of the promised rapid build housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28640/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is talking about a number of areas here where things can be done better, better organisation, etc. I was surprised the Minister did not address the issue that the CSO statistics showed there has been a serious massaging of crime figures. That was highlighted by it. It reminds me that I gave the Minister evidence of the massaging of crime figures in the Athlone area almost a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister might have forgotten my question about the evidence I gave her about the massaging of figures in Athlone about a year ago. Whatever happened to that?