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Building Regulations (8 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Am I to understand that the Minister is thinking of going back to the idea of requiring a clerk of works on-site - someone who represents the council and can make sure the architect, engineer, fire safety officer and builder are doing things according to plan? That would be great, and it would be money well spent. Some badly built developments are known to us, but I would say there are a...

Burial Grounds (8 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I support the concerns expressed by Deputy Dowds on this issue. A few people who make gravestones and from whom I used to buy granite told me how unlevel the playing field has become in terms of their having to compete with the Dublin Cemeteries Committee. These people have set up a substantial stone business and they supply the stone that goes around a grave and the headstone. Unfair...

Written Answers — Rights of People with Disabilities: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the lack of consultation with local networks in advance of the removal of funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland; if he will provide a breakdown detailing where this funding has been reallocated to and for what purposes; his further views on whether funding to the local networks, rather than the head office, could...

Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish defence forces personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/12]

Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Most people would agree that the war in Afghanistan is one of the madder ones in which anyone has got involved. After 11 September 2001, the Americans were looking for someone to bash and even though no one from Afghanistan was involved in the bombing of New York, they decided to pick on Afghanistan, leading to tens of thousands killed, millions displaced, society destroyed, billions of...

Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Having a UN mandate does not change the fact that it is completely immoral and is an absolute disaster - it does not make any sense. At the moment the British and Americans are clamouring to get out of the place, which is more unstable than ever. World security has reduced because of the experience in Afghanistan and nothing has been gained. The Taliban is stronger now than it was ten...

Defence Forces Personnel (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: With regard to personnel serving abroad, I would like to put a question the Minister of State may have forgotten to answer previously. Is the Government concerned about the safety of Irish personnel in Afghanistan, particularly given the current climate there? Aside from the 16 civilians, including nine children, killed this week, last month US troops were caught burning copies of the...

Defence Forces Personnel (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: There is no logical reason for them to be there.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thought I heard it said here a few months ago that no people would be thrown out of their houses, but perhaps I misheard that. There is no funding available for small and medium-sized businesses. I do not understand how this is. We heard so much about a strategic investment bank, but there is still no sign of it. Patrick Honohan said this month: "A key societal function of banks and...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Whoever said the world was fair?

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I do not have anything new to add to what has been said. It is very hard to talk about this. It is so horrific. It is clearly another example of men trying to control women's bodies. We have a male-dominated Parliament doing little about this, just as it failed to legislate for the 1992 Supreme Court judgment in the X case, which ruled that abortion is legal in Ireland where a woman's...

Written Answers — Fuel Costs: Fuel Costs (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that generally speaking agriculture is doing well at the moment but not all farmers are finding it so easy, and high fuel costs are certainly a major factor in the difficulties they are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/12]

Written Answers — Agricultural College Places: Agricultural College Places (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to look at the issue of agricultural college placements when demand far exceeds supply in view of the strong emphasis being placed on agriculture at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 709: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the cardiac and cancer services at Our lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, in view of the outdated nature of the current facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 710: To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports of cramped conditions and a lack of privacy at Wexford General Hospital due to wards catering for more patients than they are designed for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15721/12]

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: There is a spectre haunting Europe. It is the spectre of mass unemployment. At the moment, there are 16.9 million unemployed people in the 17 country eurozone and 24.3 million unemployed in the 27 countries. In Spain alone, there are 5.3 million unemployed. In Greece, one in five people are unemployed. There has been a 40% rise in suicide rates in Greece. Austerity is literally killing...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: That is a big "if" though.

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will discuss with the Adoption Authority of Ireland whether the body will process current referrals from recognised bodies in India in advance of an AAI delegation visiting the Indian National Central Authority, known as CARA; if she will acknowledge the undue hardship faced by couples in Ireland trying to adopt from...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date and the action she plans to take in order to address the difficulties that prospective parents currently engaged in the international adoption process are encountering with the Adoption Authority of Ireland due to both the level of applications received by the authority and the fact that the...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women affected by the PIP breast implants controversy in view of the recent revelation that PIP implants manufactured prior to 2001 may also have contained industrial grade silicone; his views on reports that some women are being obstructed by private clinics from obtaining their medical records in order to get confirmation of...