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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: There is a biennial conference in Templemore, a think-in, every two years. Did the deputy commissioner give presentations on road traffic statistics at any of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: Will the deputy commissioner help the committee by identifying who did? Is it possible for us to be furnished with copies of the presentations? They would be useful to this committee. Is my request a runner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: On a number of occasions, the deputy commissioner issued press releases around holiday time and at bank holidays. These gave the impression that the Garda was taking praise for the high numbers. Have any of these press statements been withdrawn or is Mr. Twomey happy for them to sit on the record still?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: As head of the traffic bureau-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: As head of the traffic bureau, how many times did Mr. Twomey meet representatives of the Road Safety Authority, RSA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: The RSA was able to go to the then Minister, now Taoiseach, with information on this. Even though Mr. Twomey was head of the national traffic bureau, he did not seem to know what was going on. However, the RSA did and was able to go to the then Minister with information. Given the responsibilities Mr. Twomey had, how in God's name did he not know what was going on all that time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: The common trend in all Mr. Twomey's replies to me is that senior management is not taking responsibility for what happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: The deputy commissioner has not identified where the problems are. He and his colleagues are kicking the can down the road in saying they are looking at various things. Surely senior management has to carry the can. If I build an office block and the first floor falls in, the courts will not going looking for the fellow who poured the concrete or shuttered it. They will go looking for me....

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: The budget was a serious damp squib and particularly disappointing in view of it being the first budget of the new Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and the first during the Taoiseach's time in charge. I was at the Ireland versus Wales football match in Cardiff last night and I can assure the Minister that the spirits and well-being of the people of Ireland got more of a boost from that...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: It has no experience in the property game or in housing. There is no one on the board with any experience in this area. Between late 2016 and the first five months of 2017, 91 of NAMA's staff have left. Anyone who is any good is getting out of the place because its name is muck now and they do not want anything to do with it. I will outline part of the problem. Tallaght Cross West...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Reports (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the seven yearly reports regarding NAMA's use of post acquisition powers submitted to the European Commission and Irish competition authorities in each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore subsidies for student teachers attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses which would help to alleviate the burden of these expenses on students. [42274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of doping tests undertaken out of competition at kennels since the introduction of such testing; the number of disqualification orders issued for greyhounds involved in anti doping breaches in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and the number of licences that have been revoked for trainers found to have committed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of BER certificates issued to date in 2017; the type of dwelling related to each BER issued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42641/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his commitment earlier in 2017 to conduct an internal review in his Department of the international legal implications of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order SI 224 1973, the details of discussions he has had on the timeframe and scope of the review; the progress made to date...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider investing in an express train service between Wexford town and Dublin to facilitate commuting and help mitigate climate change; if his Department has carried out a cost benefit analysis of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the joint ventures NAMA has entered into with house builders and developers; the name and location of each development; the corresponding developer in question; the number of units developed on each site or plan to be developed; the amount of capital supplied by NAMA for each site or development, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witness for her presentation. I apologise that I do not know as much as I should about this issue. Ms Farrell has painted a pretty bleak picture of the whole system. On her last point about a lack of transparency and accountability - this will not be of much comfort to her - that seems to be a predominant theme in how we do things in this country. I get the impression from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: Would I be right in thinking that Ms Farrell believes there is a very strong case for an independent oversight body to examine the way financial matters are dealt with or would she see it as another bureaucratic layer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: Are they challenging the fact that the Committee of Public Accounts has not been engaged in this area?