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Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: It depicts individuals in England who were trying to access what they were already entitled to. Is this an aspect of the system in Ireland? I do not know myself what the truth is, but is there a deliberate attempt to make it as difficult as possible for some people to access what they are entitled to or is the problem that people are not as well trained in this area as they should be?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the rent supplement system in line with calls from advocacy groups (details supplied) for rent supplement levels to be assessed based on individual circumstances and which recommend a range of administrative reforms which would make rent supplement more attractive to landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when it was stated in budget 2017 that there is capacity for one-teacher mainland schools to apply to the staffing appeals board for an extra teacher where the single teacher has children across six or more class groups, a school (details supplied) with one teacher and 17 pupils across eight classes, had its application for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated, with the subsequent outturn, for the implementation of Traveller health policy for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016; the allocation for 2017; if he will provide a calculation of any level of underspend for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national Traveller health advisory committee has not been convened since October 2012; the way Traveller health is being addressed directly within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the independent review of Traveller health policy undertaken in 2012 has never been put into the public domain; his plans to publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 463. To ask the Minister for Health the Traveller-specific actions that are being taken to address Traveller health inequalities in the HSE service plan in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 464. To ask the Minister for Health the new funding that is being allocated to Traveller health developments in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assessments of needs for children with disabilities are only provided to children who were born after 2002; his views on whether this cut off point is discriminatory; if he will consider extending the provision of assessments to all children under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36331/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, on his recent trade mission to the United Arab Emirates, he raised the country's role in the Saudi led bombing of Yemen earlier in 2016 with his counterparts there; if human rights concerns will have a future impact on Ireland's close ties with the UAE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (23 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the migration agreements currently being negotiated by the EU with third countries such as Afghanistan and a number of African states; if he has raised any human rights concerns regarding these agreements at the EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36230/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: First off, when the 20% rule was brought in a while back, some people criticised it, but I did not. I thought it was a good idea, as it would help avoid the pitfalls that so many people fall into when it comes to property. They spend too much to keep a roof over their heads. Of course, it did mean that it would be harder for a lot of people to get onto the property ladder. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: It will continue to be the case that no control will be exercised over property prices or rent levels. The measures are clearly designed to increase demand and will create price inflation. Was one of the factors involved in this decision the beneficial effect these measures would have on property portfolios held by investment funds, vulture funds, real estate investment trusts, REITs, and...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: In many ways the Bill could not be more timely. On Tuesday, the European Parliament backed plans to create a defence union by 369 votes to 255. The non-binding resolution states 2% of GDP should be spent on defence, the establishment of multinational forces and an EU headquarters built for crisis management operations, enabling the EU to act where NATO is unwilling to do so. The resolution...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the significant cuts to capital expenditure during the financial crisis, he is satisfied that the government's Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021 plan, which aims at a capital expenditure rate of 2.2% of GDP by 2021, is ambitious enough, particularly in view of the advice of many...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the formation of public expenditure policies, his Department carries out impact assessments of the potential effects these policies have on inequality rates here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36566/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent new complaints process and complex fee refund compensation scheme announcement for business customers that were part of a bank's global restructuring group (details supplied); and the access that customers that were part of a group will have to the complaints process and compensation fund. [36725/16]

Other Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons for the planned de-designation of 46 raised bog natural heritage areas; her views on the potential environmental impacts of the de-designation, as highlighted by environmental groups such as An Taisce; if she will provide details of her Department's role in carbon sequestration in peatland areas; and if she will make a...

Other Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: Despite the notable lack of prominence given to environmental matters in the programme for Government, there was a promise to publish new legislation to de-designate 39 raised bogs in natural heritage areas and partially re-designate seven raised bogs. The legislation, as I understand it, is formulated in such a way as to enable turf cutters to move from more important bogs to less important...

Other Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The 2011 bogland report by the Environmental Protection Agency noted 10 million tonnes of annual emissions from peatland degradation and burning, equivalent to Ireland's annual car emissions. We all know that there are many jobs tied up in peat and turf in the midlands now but we will not be able to continue burning peat like we are now. Is there any Government plan to start a job creation...