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Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: There are many bodies still not open to scrutiny. The Minister says exemptions are proposed in the public interest so as not to affect a body's ability to perform its core functions and commercial performance. I am not sure this complies fully with EU rules. We have been in a battle with Bord na Móna for several months regarding its employment of Accenture. It has confirmed to me...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister presumes the company is in compliance with the EU procurement directive. Will he check it for me because we are of the opinion it is not? We put in many freedom of information requests. Sometimes we get satisfactory answers; sometimes, we do not. Recently - a while back - I put in a freedom of information request about NAMA’s freedom of information system to see how it...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I did not ask the Minister to comment on individual situations but to review the legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Reports (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has issued yearly reports to the EU Commission for the Directorate General for Competition on the use of NAMA's post-acquisition powers; the number of yearly reports that have been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors over the past 15 years; the number of persons that are prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs for the same period; the total for each drug listed for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other professionals who have the authority to prescribe drugs are required to report their patients' experiences of adverse drug reactions to the HPRA; if this is a voluntary action on the part of the general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published HIQA inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can implement the proposed action plan in view of the volume of complaints from families and their lack of confidence in the board and directors of the organisation and other issues; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase Arts Council core funding by at least 20% in budget 2018, excluding oneoff commemorative events or Creative Ireland initiatives, in line with the calls from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40531/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: The national campaign for the arts has called on the Government to begin implementing a commitment to match average GDP spending on the arts and culture in the European Union. Will the Minister commit to increasing Arts Council funding by at least 20% in budget 2018, excluding one-off commemorative events or Creative Ireland initiatives, in line with the request by the national campaign?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister. As she is well aware, the increases of late have come from a low base. For seven years, the arts suffered severely. My understanding is that public funding for the arts and culture represents just 0.11% of GDP, which places Ireland at the bottom of the European league table. The average European level of funding is more than four times what we provide. While I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: The pilot social welfare initiative has been a good idea, but it is confined to writers and visual artists, which means that it excludes many people. In a place like Dublin, a large number of artists occupy studios that are now closing because of high rents. While the economy is recovering, it is becoming more difficult for artists to survive. This specific issue should be examined....

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the Sinn Féin motion. I mean nothing personal towards the Minister but I will be highly critical of the Government's handling of the housing crisis for the past six years. I was a little thrown when I heard Deputy Jan O'Sullivan tell the House that we should bring back affordable housing given that the Labour Party got rid of it. I was even more upset when she started to...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: Some 30% of the population will not be able to buy the private units that the Government's favoured developers will build.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department played in the design of the artist's social welfare pilot scheme; if artists were involved in the design of the scheme; if concerns have been raised with her regarding the provision whereby artists must prove that they are genuinely seeking other work, taking part in courses or classes such as CV...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the publication of the interim report into the Commission of Investigation on the National Asset Management Agency, under section 38(1) of the Commission of Investigation Act 2004. [40852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy; if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's (details supplied) campaign and its call for specific investment of €7 million in 2018 to address the underfunding of neuro-rehabilitation services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40842/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank Ms Feehily for coming into the meeting. I wanted to touch on some of the points Deputy O'Callaghan made but I note from the Policy Authority's recent report to the Minister that only nine of the 50 recommendations in the Garda Inspectorate's 2015 report, Changing Policing in Ireland, marked as complete and implemented by An Garda Síochána under former Commissioner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: According to section 11(1), the threshold for the removal of a Garda Commissioner is if the individual "has failed to perform the functions of the office with due diligence and effectiveness or, in the case of the Garda Commissioner, has failed to have regard to any of the matters specified in section 26(2)," including not having regard to priorities, performance targets, the policing plan,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: My final point is on Ms O'Toole's letter. Given that the Garda Inspectorate report of 2015 has outlined in wonderful detail exactly how we should run a police force, how can we justify not putting a new Commissioner in place for the best part of a year? Can Ms Feehily understand the rationale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank Ms Feehily.