Results 4,001-4,020 of 7,404 for speaker:Mick Wallace
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. To answer Deputy McDonald's question, these are the four letters-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: Sorry?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: Nicky Keogh wrote to the Minister four times and she replied once. When he told the Minister about the harassment and that he could not have been suffering without the Commissioner's knowledge, the Minister wrote back to him to say she was looking for an urgent report from the Garda Commissioner. That was May this year. The Minister says she follows things up quickly. May was a long time...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: The idea there would be an investigation while she is in place is nuts.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: It must not be working then. The Tánaiste spoke about returning letters. I wrote to her a year ago, giving her evidence about the massaging of crime figures in the same place.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: Why is the fellow at No. 14 on the promotion list? Let the Minister tell me. Another guy was reported by the whistleblower down there and he got promotion. However, the people who stood by that man in that station did not get promotion. The Commissioner said in a statement yesterday that she wishes to reiterate that "any employees in An Garda Síochána who bring forward any...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: How in God's name can the Minister leave her in position after that?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: As long as the Minister leaves the Commissioner in position, there will be allegations coming in against her. It will only get worse. The Minister would be better off making a decisive decision now.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: I did not get it.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason construction of a new building for a school (details supplied) has been delayed; the stage of the design, planning and build process the project is currently at; when construction will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (11 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which have been taken to appoint a new autism liaison nursing councillor in the Wexford area following a recent retirement; when a new autism liaison nursing councillor will be appointed; the interim measures being taken in the Wexford area to support families who require urgent support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/16]
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: I might be, with this quare one.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: This was the first budget of the Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition, and there were very few surprises in it. It was much like one would have expected, given the neoliberal position of both groups. There was a serious lack of mention of inequality in the budget. I do not think it was equality-proofed and I am not aware of any Government analysis of what the effects of the budget will be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Availability (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: 65. To ask the Minister for Health if public respite care spaces will be funded and made available as a matter of priority in south Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Funding (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is funding available for a wheelchair bus service in south Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/16]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: The Commissioner said that everything might not be perfect, but in her opening address she painted a pretty picture as if everything was excellent and that we should not be worried about too much. However, Garda indiscipline and underperformance at management levels and senior rank were identified by both the Guerin report and the Garda Inspectorate report last year. The O'Higgins report...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: The Commissioner talks about cultural change. There was much talk about cultural change when the former Commissioner, Martin Callinan, and the former Minister, Alan Shatter, went, but many people in the Commissioner's organisation, and we communicate with many of them, would argue that not only has the culture not changed but, if anything, it has deteriorated. What does the Commissioner say...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: Has the Commissioner ever taken steps to promote someone who had a complaint made against them by a whistleblower?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: I am asking the Commissioner if she has ever taken steps to promote someone who may have had allegations made against him by a whistleblower?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Mick Wallace: Does the Commissioner deny that she has a strong influence on how promotions take place?