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Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Nobody is asking the Minister to throw families on the scrap heap. In regard to his comment that what we are talking about is people's lives, according to a report by the European Environmental Bureau, alongside others, the delay in dealing with the problems of air pollution at Moneypoint is having a direct impact on the health of asthmatic children and results in scores of premature deaths....

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Biomass is unsustainable.

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Nobody is suggesting that. That is unfair.

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Okay. There was €90 million spent on a biomass plant in Mayo. It has been abandoned.

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am only trying to make a couple of points to the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the expected fines Ireland will be subject to if the EU 2020 climate change mitigation targets are not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 115. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide the necessary funds to open a facility (details supplied); the length of time the facility has been sitting idle; when funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32153/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for attending. Politicians probably tend to disappoint in the way we represent people but it is obvious from listening to the witnesses that we, and those who came before us, have not done enough for them. It is good to hear their side of the story. I have heard it many times and I accept that we have not done enough from our end. To follow up on Deputy O'Callaghan's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: If Ms Joyce were a TD, how would she go about addressing the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Ms Joyce spoke about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In terms of Travellers, does she believe there is a lack of international recognition of what has gone on here since the foundation of our State?

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: God no, I would not be into that at all. I will take the 20 minutes. Following the crash, Ireland has become a tax haven for property investment funds which like multinationals pay very little tax but unlike multinationals they supply very few jobs. There is not a lot of logic to the generous tax exemptions afforded to these funds. To put it in perspective, our taxation rules for...

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I too welcome the Bill. We all accept at this stage that the dangers of fracking are beyond dispute. It is a barbaric method of fossil fuel extraction. The impact on the surrounding environment, water table and wildlife is devastating. On top of all this, gas is probably not the clean fuel the Government and energy corporations are spinning it as. Fracking gas is even worse, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (27 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the growing problem in the beef industry whereby it is reported there are more than 140,000 extra beef animals between 12 and 24 months old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (27 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the level of compliance by Irish beef vendors with EU Parliament and Council Regulation 1760/2000 and SI 435 of 2000; if these labelling regulations apply to loose cuts of beef as well as pre-packaged beef; the measures carried out to enforce these regulations with regard to individual butchers; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been any changes to visiting hours in Irish Prison Service prisons in 2016; if so, the details of these changes; her plans to change visiting hours in any of the IPS prisons; the details of these planned changes; her plans to provide evening visits; if there have been changes to the visiting schedule in any of the IPS prisons; and...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: It is not agreed. Since the business was agreed, there was a development over the weekend as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, was more or less signed off. This is something that should be debated in the House today. The debate on legislation regarding sex workers could be put off until tomorrow. CETA is a very important issue and it concerns many people in Ireland.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: May we have the debate on CETA today?

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: Since the Taoiseach addressed the issue last week, the agreement was signed over the weekend, with Belgian opposition stepping aside, leading to the agreement. It is now a matter of paramount importance that we discuss it here.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: Not agreed.