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Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I wish both Ministers good luck. They will probably need it. It is not an easy job. Someone from Gorey contacted me recently to explain their situation. The maximum rent supplement for a couple or one-parent family is €530 and it is €565 for a parent with two children. The cheapest available accommodation on daft.ieis €760 and the next cheapest is €825. I...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: The proposed Government amendment to include restorative justice is a welcome development. Restorative justice can be an extremely valuable process for both victim and perpetrator, if done right. A victim being given the opportunity to confront somebody who committed a crime against them can be empowering. It can also have a profound effect on the perpetrator for the simple and obvious...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: We will go along with the Minister and withdraw our amendment No. 38 when we reach it.

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 12:In page 11, line 12, before "information" to insert "all relevant". I will break this group of amendments down into two mini-groups. I will discuss amendments Nos. 12 to 14, inclusive, first. They are pretty similar but slightly different. This first mini-group has the aim of ensuring victims are provided with all the information they need, including all the...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: We have made it clear that we are not saying all information should be given but "all relevant information". The Minister has asked whether that is all information relevant to the case or the victim. We say it is all information relevant to the victim to ensure he or she would receive all of the information he or she might possibly require. The Minister might say that is too cumbersome,...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 13:In page 11, line 23, before "information" to insert "all relevant".

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 14.In page 11, line 25, before "information" to insert "all relevant".

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 16:In page 13, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(p) where a person is granted bail, information regarding—(i) conditions of bail insofar as they are relevant to the safety and welfare of the victim, (ii) any breach of bail conditions, (iii) the procedure to be followed if any breach of relevant bail conditions by the accused occurs or is...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 17:In page 13, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(p) information on the procedures governing the issuing of anti-harassment orders under section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, where relevant; (q) information regarding any harassment order made or proposed to be made under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; (r)...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: We will let the Minister speak first.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the existing or planned measures to ensure that primary school teachers are sufficiently trained to deal with mental health issues that may arise with regard to their pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward the date of allocating SNA resources to schools to March-April as recommended by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31700/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces have been called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Shannon airport to date in 2017; his plans to make changes to the arrangements whereby the Defence Forces provide aid to the civil power at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Ireland, sadly, has been sponsoring the US war of terror and aggression in the Middle East, Afghanistan, northern Africa and beyond for 16 years now. Different Governments in that time have found it difficult to admit that we are complicit in what is happening. We cannot for one second say we are neutral any more, given that we are allowing Shannon to be used as a US military base for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: In March alone, US-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed at least 1,400 civilians. A US airstrike levelled a residential area in Mosul, killing as many as 200 civilians. Imagine if this was Dublin - to kill 200 civilians and say it was a mistake. How in God's name can we continue to allow one of our airports be used to facilitate their war of aggression? This is one of the worst...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Although the review is welcome, it concerns civilian aircraft, as the Minister of State knows. His Defence Forces are going down to Shannon and minding military aircraft that are not supposed to have any guns or munitions on board, for which we do not actually search. Is there any way that the Minister of State's Defence Forces could be used to make sure that those planes are keeping within...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Question No. 7 of 29 March 2017, the details of the engagements he has had at UN level regarding the ongoing deployment of Irish peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, particularly regarding the merits of this operation and its long-term effects on the region; his views on whether the UNDOF peacekeeping mission could be facilitating the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been or will be a change in the mandate of the peacekeeping force posted in the Golan Heights, particularly in view of the recent ongoing fighting between Syria and Israel in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: The rationale behind the original UNDOF deployment to the Golan Heights in 1974 was to maintain the ceasefire between the Israeli and Syrian forces and to supervise the implementation of the disengagement agreement. Today, we are facilitating the ongoing illegal occupation of the Golan Heights by Israel. The Israeli Government recently called for an increase in settlements by 100,000 over...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: According to al-Marsad, the Arab human rights centre in the Golan Heights, the 23,000 Israeli settlers in Golan occupy 95% of the land, leaving just 5% for the 25,000 Syrians living there. In 1989 only 600 Israelis lived there but now there are 23,000 and there are plans to expand further. Given the recent reduction in US funding to the UN, is the US undermining UN missions? Does the...