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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I agree. We all make mistakes every day. Not a day goes by that I do not make mistakes. The problem with our police force and our health service is that an incredible amount of energy has gone into denying that the mistakes were made.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: Yes, but it is-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: The structure needs to change.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I have one reply to that. I am a born optimist as well.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: There are some powerful people working in the HSE and An Garda Síochána.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: It is not the foot soldiers who are the problem; unfortunately, it is the hierarchy. I again refer the Minister of State to the Patten report. We could improve both these organisations so much, and the Minister of State's philosophy and ideas would work and flourish in the organisations if we could get rid of the hierarchies in both.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: We are afraid of the Chairman.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: Very right.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (4 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the decision to cut all funding for counselling services in the school completion programme; her views on whether this could have serious negative consequences for the children and young persons currently availing of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31175/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (4 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the withdrawal of funding for the school completion programme's counselling grant scheme and instead significantly increase the scheme's budget to allow the scheme to be opened up nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Data (4 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that are registered here with the Companies Registration Office in 2017 that are deemed to be an external company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (4 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale to appoint a second auditor to NAMA with regard to the recent announcement by NAMA of the appointment of a company (details supplied) as statutory auditor; the advice sought regarding this decision, by both NAMA and his Department; if legal advice was sought from the Attorney General; if the decision is in breach of section 57(1) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of June 2017, if a projection has been carried out by his Department in relation to emissions reduction from the agricultural sector in 2020, 2030 and 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31303/17]

Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister appears to tell us about the changes to section 110 and the fact that some of the investors will actually pay some tax, but he is ignoring the fact that the REITs, provided they share 85% of the dividends with their investors, pay no tax on their rental income, nor do they pay any capital gains tax if they stay for at least five years. In January 2014 I challenged the then...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by NAMA of the appointment of a company (details supplied) as statutory auditor, the role played by his Department in this decision; the advice his Department and NAMA sought on this decision; if the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General was consulted about the decision; if he has satisfied himself that the...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: My question relates to the appointment of a second auditor to NAMA arising from the EU audit directive. I have some questions about the process involved. When did this matter first arise? Will the Minister outline the advice his Department and NAMA received on the decision? Was the Comptroller and Auditor General engaged at all times in decision-making? If legal advice was sought from...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: According to the NAMA Act, the overall objective of NAMA was to bring stability to the banking system by removing impaired loans from bank balance sheets; it was never set up to make a profit. It would have to get back over €74 billion to make a profit. The Minister is saying the EU directive requires that certain companies, including NAMA, must be audited by a statutory auditor...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Speaking of Mazars, this morning Professor Richard Murphy of University College London called for greater regulation of the big four accountancy firms because of their ongoing facilitation of tax avoidance. We all know the names of the four firms: Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young and KPMG. Mazars is probably No. 5. The goal of the European Union with the directive was to reinforce the...

Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 3 May 2017, if the debtor involved in Project Shift was one of the seven advised by a person (details supplied) as reported in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Project Eagle; the reason Project Shift was not discussed at any NAMA Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: This question deals with Project Shift, which relates to the sale by NAMA of the loans of a Northern Ireland debtor associated with German shopping centres and Cerberus, the same Cerberus that bought Project Eagle. Until some months ago, little was known about Project Shift. However, from two previous replies to parliamentary questions we have established that it was not discussed at any...