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Other Questions: Driver Licences Data (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I commend the Minister on refusing to make promises given that the Government is probably not going to last very long anyway, especially given that the loss of a second Garda Commissioner is imminent. Fair play to the Minister and credit where it is due.

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will make a few general points, many of which were discussed this morning at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. We are very interested in how the prison system works and will visit prisons all over the island, North and South. The most striking aspect when one visit prisons on a regular basis and meets prisoners and staff is the realisation that prisons do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role of heavy and light rail transport in Ireland's efforts to meet the EU 2030 emissions targets; the steps his Department is taking to ensure rail transport plays a key role into the future of transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Maintenance (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider investing money in the Dublin to Rosslare harbour rail line in view of the fact that over €700 million has been spent on two upgrades to the M11 from 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the proposed organ transplant opt-out scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the specific factors involved in determining priority for patient waiting lists for organ transplants. [6242/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing: Irish Penal Reform Trust (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have a couple of questions for them. Deputy O'Callaghan made the point that we should probably concentrate on a couple of areas rather than a wider range of areas. The witnesses have touched on so many problems with how policing is done. When we present a large number of issues to a Department or to the Government, much of it gets lost. Many would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing: Irish Penal Reform Trust (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The first was on how we can drag the Department and the Government out of the stone age into the real world.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing: Irish Penal Reform Trust (8 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I agree that the media have the potential to be an incredibly positive influence in a society. It would be great if we had independent, positive media. Regarding community service, I understand that in Europe much of it is done through the local authorities. People are given so many hours to do within the local authority and it is managed through the local authority system. The witness...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I have submitted 12 written parliamentary questions since 11 October regarding issues such as assessment of needs, respite care, residential care etc. On each occasion the Minister concerned has informed me that, "The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in...

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Daly and I are sharing time.

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: We need to start the clock again.

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The time allocated should be returned to ten minutes. The time is short enough as it is.

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: We proposed three amendments to the terms of reference. One of them, which was similar to that proposed by Deputy O'Callaghan of Fianna Fáil, concerned investigating information that might have come within the Minister's remit. The second concerned the need to include the other whistleblowers. Central to what this commission of investigation is about is ascertaining how the former and...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department has planned in County Wexford in respect of the goal of increasing foreign direct investment in regional areas by 40% with regard to the recently launched Action Plan for Rural Development; her views on the low number of site visits made by IDA Ireland to County Wexford in the past two years; and if she...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister said we should be talking about jobs created rather than visits. At the end of November 2016 the unemployment rate in Wexford was 18.4% and it rose to 18.7% by the end of January 2017, so it is getting worse in Wexford while the national average is improving. The Minister might be planning to tell me about the 200 new jobs in the south-east but they are in other counties, not...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: As I told the Minister, the figures show unemployment is rising in the county. The Minister spoke about seven site visits, which is the lowest number of visits to any county in the south-east, even though Wexford has the worst unemployment in the south east and the second highest population. There are ten FDI companies in Wexford, which is low. From 2010 to 2015, there were 12 IDA site...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister can quote the figures. The point is that the unemployment rate in Wexford this week is 18.7%. Where in the country is there a worse rate. There is no point even talking about the youth unemployment rate. It is way up in the high 30s. It is madness. The Minister is living in cloud cuckoo land if she thinks the problem is being addressed. It is not. I am not saying it is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 8 December 2016, if she will provide a breakdown by county of the 13,000 jobs created in the south east since the start of 2015; if she is satisfied with job creation efforts by her Department in County Wexford to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6351/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff (9 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalent Residential Tenancies Board minimum rental standards inspectors currently employed in County Wexford. [6454/17]