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Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Will the investment bank be set up?

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: It would appear that improvements are being made in this area. However, I am not sure just how good the rights a worker working for an agency will have. As building contractors, we used to sometimes employ agency workers, for a number of reasons. We generally kept our own direct employees but, if we were under pressure and needed them, we hired agency workers. They were paid at a rate...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister would be surprised by the number of people who remain on a full-time basis with agencies. I assure him that during a building boom a few years ago, most of the large building firms in this city had many more agency workers than direct employees on their books. This was because it had become somewhat more attractive to employ the former. I have not seen the figures - I would...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Will the Minister clarify one point? Am I right to think that if a person registers with an agency and is in full-time employment, he or she is guaranteed? I refer again to the construction sector. If the labour rate in that area is €14.80 per hour, as it was, will the agency worker working full-time for the agency who goes on to the site full-time be guaranteed the same rate or can the...

Written Answers — Strategic Investment Fund: Strategic Investment Fund (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to introduce the relevant legislation to allow the strategic investment fund to use funds from the National Pensions Reserve Fund for productive investment in the economy in view of the fact that it is now five months since he announced the establishment of the strategic investment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Strategic Investment Fund: Strategic Investment Fund (22 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance when the appropriate legislative changes to the investment policy of the National Pensions Reserve Fund will be introduced in order to allow the strategic investment fund to channel commercial investment from the fund towards productive investment in the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9936/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will look at the case of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford and its loss of guidance counsellors and reverse the decision; if he will consider re-examining the new policy in relation to this school in view of its extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10286/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the decision to remove guidance counsellors from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; his views that the school is dependent on the services of guidance counsellors because of the number of students in the school and the social make up of same; his further views that it is almost impossible for a school...

Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister told us there will not be a fire sale. He said he will get full value for the State. Would he agree that is not likely to happen in the next two or three years given that the price of everything has gone so low? It beggars belief for him to think he can get real value for this in the next two or three years. Will there be a detailed cost benefit analysis to weigh selling...

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that any sale of State assets at this junction is unlikely to achieve the best possible outcome for the State; his further views that the sale of State assets may bring short-term gain but will have seriously negative consequences for this country in the long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the fact that the sale of State assets will inevitably lead to job losses in these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/12]

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Boyd Barrett and Ross.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: When the Taoiseach goes to Europe for the European Council meeting, if he gets the opportunity I urge him to ask Chancellor Angela Merkel if she believes that the latest Greek bailout will work, given that it will probably deepen the recession, cause greater unemployment and social unrest. The European Union's prediction is that the Greek economy will only contract by 4.3% this year, 0% next...

Redundancy Payments (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is dead right to say that much of the behaviour of companies that leaves a lot to be desired is not illegal. However, I wish to raise a different point, that much of the behaviour should be illegal. Too often what companies do is legal but it should not be.

Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when the development capital scheme outlined in the action plan for jobs will be operational; the way Enterprise Ireland will identify indigenous companies eligible for the scheme; if consideration has been given to targeting indigenous companies operating in unemployment blackspots such as the south east; and if he will...

Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if priority will be given to indigenous companies located in unemployment blackspots such as the south east in addressing the funding gap for mid-sized, high growth indigenous companies with significant prospects for jobs and export growth, as per the development capital scheme outlined in the action plan for jobs; if he...

Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: We are all aware that Ireland is organised in a centralised fashion and it is not easy for the Minister to address counties individually. Instead, he must discuss the south-east region. County Wexford's population is 145,000 whereas County Waterford's is 113,000, yet no town in Wexford could even dream of having the benefits enjoyed by Waterford city. Wexford loses out due to the...

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

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

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I am not convinced selling State assets is a good idea, especially at the current time. The Government has assured us it will get value for money but it is obvious that getting a proper price for anything is practically impossible. The short-term benefit will be outweighed by any long-term damage. There are many reasons that a state should retain some control over its assets. I was...

Written Answers — Child Poverty: Child Poverty (29 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the rates of child poverty in Ireland, with more than 19% of children at risk of poverty and almost 9% of children living in consistent poverty; her views on the fact that measures introduced in Budget 2012 may result in an increase in these rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8085/12]