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Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The public inquiry should have a criminal investigation running in parallel to it and this should be pursued by police from outside the country. Many bad things have happened. The Taoiseach said that everybody has the presumption of innocence. He has a short memory. For several years, according to the Fine Gael-Labour Government, Maurice McCabe was guilty until proven innocent....

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Everyone says the Garda Commissioner is innocent until proven guilty. That is grand. We are not saying lock her up and throw away the key, but for God's sake take her out of the police job because she is not fit for it. I am not throwing notions plucked out of the sky at the Taoiseach. I am throwing information and facts at him. In 2008, when Maurice McCabe first raised issues of...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Where has it been in the past two weeks?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The authority has no power over the Commissioner.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: My first question is to the Minister, Deputy Zappone. I commend her on her contribution. It struck me as being honest. Rian Counselling made a report on 9 August 2013, which turned out to be the false report. It rectified the matter, or amended it, on 14 May 2014. Does the Minister know the personnel involved on both ends on each occasion in August 2013 and May 2014? Is she aware of the...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: From the information the Minister can recall, is there any indication there may have been any interference on the part of An Garda Síochána in any way, as far as she knows?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the same question. Is she aware of any potential interference on the part of An Garda Síochána on either end of those two different correspondences? We are speaking about 9 August 2013, when a report was made to Tusla which made the false allegation about Maurice McCabe, and then the amended report on 14 May 2014. My question is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any study and research undertaken by her Department in association with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the damage to children affected by parental imprisonment and the way in which it could be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources, existing or additional, that have been allocated to Tusla to facilitate the arrival and integration of unaccompanied child refugees from the former Calais camp; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service Staff (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time probation officers employed in each individual prison from 2012 to 2016 and currently employed in each individual prison; if there has been a reduction in staffing levels in terms of probation officers between 2010 and 2016; and the number of prisons that currently only have one part-time probation officer. [7294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 2 February 2017, if chlorpyrifos is still approved for use here in a form (details supplied); the details of the acceptable exposure levels for chlorpyrifos-methyl; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mental health or counselling supports her Department is providing to the over 2,500 homeless children across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Justice Strategy (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the high number of young persons held on remand here which, according to her Department, reached 263 in 2015 and of whom 93 received detention orders; the measures her Department is taking to tackle the over-use of detention on remand for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7225/17]

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Trump is certainly a fascinating development and the level of media attention for his actions is probably unprecedented. His actions are so erratic, vulgar and tactless that the public is finally paying attention to things that have been going on for years, but under the watch of more polished and less transparent politicians. As a result of legal challenges in the US against Trump's...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: All right.

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Okay. The lack of honesty in politics is not rare and it is not confined to Trump. We have helped the American military to bomb Afghanistan for 15 years through facilitating them at Shannon Airport. We are horrified that Trump is introducing a ban on Muslims going to America - it is terrible - but what does it say about us that when Obama was bombing the living daylights out of the same...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am sure it is not easy being in government and I am sure we would not find it easy either. At the same time, we would be dishonest if we were to say that we had confidence in the Taoiseach's Government. The lack of fairness during the past six years and the failure to deal honestly with corruption in the hierarchy of An Garda Síochána and NAMA are too striking. However, this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Action Plan (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposed European Defence Action Plan put forward by the European Commission in November 2016, and in particular the provisions to focus on capability needs and support the European defence industry; his further views on the proposal to allow the use of European Investment Bank finances for investment in the defence industry;...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times aid to the civil power functions were carried out by Defence Forces personnel in Shannon Airport with regard to US military aircraft in 2016; his views on whether the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military could make Ireland, in practice, part of a military alliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a promised new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if the building will still be completed within the timeframe of the five year school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/17]