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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding his Department allocated in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 to Traveller specific initiatives and Traveller organisations around the country and specifically in County Wexford; if he has satisfied himself with the level of support his Department currently provides to cultural and heritage projects for the Traveller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I had better wish the lady well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I hope we never have reason to fall out over valuations. If there is a dispute when the revaluation process is going on and a figure is set, can one appeal that decision to the commissioner in the first instance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I spent about two hours in the Valuation Office a couple of years ago arguing over the rateable valuation of my properties. I found the system to be very strong and was very impressed by the workings of the office, although it lacked flexibility. While I found that properties were being valued fairly in good commercial areas, I felt we were treated harshly in others in which most business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: My experience is that it is not easy to run a small business in Ireland. People are struggling to pay rates. I do not know how the levels of rates payable here compare with those in other European countries, but I get the impression that we are being hit harder than the average small business elsewhere in Europe. Perhaps I am wrong, but that is my feeling. Let me give an example. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Therefore, large parts of the city will remain on the edge of dereliction. I thank Ms O'Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the witnesses. There is no doubt they have not been treated fairly, and if they were looking for a whole lot more money, they might have got more fairness by now. It is all very well to speak about fairness and justice, and the witnesses have been denied both, but they can be assured they are not alone in this. Many people have been denied fairness and justice in this country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Does the Garda Síochána have accurate access to these figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: It has not been very good at counting of late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: It is inconceivable that there is not a record of the number of gardaí and their names, and who retired before that particular date. That is available and the witnesses have not got it yet. It has to be available. It is unthinkable that there is no record. It is crucial to the witnesses' case that they get that information.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (13 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will designate Gorey, County Wexford, as a rent pressure zone, in view of continually rising rents there as a result of the fact that it is in the Dublin commuter belt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of a ban on surcharges on credit and debit cards in view of the decision by the Treasury in the United Kingdom regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the law firms currently working for or that have worked for NAMA; and the fees paid to each in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendation of the 2015 McMahon report, to allow applicants the right to enter gainful employment within nine months; if he is satisfied that the current system in place is not in breach of EU Law; if Ireland plans to opt into the EU Reception Conditions Directive; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 1 June 2017, if he will supply the details of the costs associated to the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2011 by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 12 April 2017, if he will seek an answer from An Garda Síochána relating to the cost of all Garda overtime and the overtime hours claimed for each of the years 2012 to 2016, respectively; and the checks in place to ensure gardaí have completed overtime claimed; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the reason transport services have not been provided for a person (details supplied). [35216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a budget submission by an organisation (details supplied) regarding investment in community supports for persons with dementia in order that they can remain active in their communities and continue to live in their own homes; his views on these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 1309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each inspection carried out on a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon on the River Slaney from 1 January to 20 June 2017; the date of each inspection; the authority that carried out each inspection; and if salmon were observed by the inspection team during each inspection, in tabular form [36258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 1645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing commencements for 2017, by all 31 local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35721/17]