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Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach mentioned Josephine Feehily and the Policing Authority. It does the Taoiseach no favours to try to defend poor and weak legislation on policing that has been implemented in the past number of years. In September, when Deputy Jack Chambers asked her at the justice committee if she was happy that the former Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, was gone, Josephine Feehily...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Three and a half years ago, Garda Nick Keogh made a complaint about Garda involvement in the drug trade in the Minister's constituency. Shortly after that, he made another report about harassment and bullying. One report seems to be incomplete and the other seems to have been buried somewhere. Nick Keogh's solicitor has written directly to the Minister on a number of occasions since he...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister might tell me why he has not dealt with the solicitor in this matter. Why has he not dealt with the people in the Department before now? On 22 June last, I asked the Minister if he had "complete confidence" in the Garda Commissioner. This was over a year after we found out what had gone on at the O'Higgins commission of investigation and what Nóirín O'Sullivan had...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: So the Minister is telling us that nothing is going to change.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in relation to providing 24 hour access to social work services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50184/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to address the issues raised in the special rapporteur on child protection's report on child protection processes and procedures of An Garda Síochána. [50183/17]

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am sharing time with Deputy Clare Daly. There is no need to revise the terms of reference for the Charleton tribunal and we will not support the motion. Paragraph (h) of the terms of reference states:(h) To investigate contacts between members of An Garda Síochána and: Media and broadcasting personnel, Members of the Government, Tusla, Health Service Executive, any other...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The fact that 90% of public pay will be restored based on the legislation is to be welcomed. The legislation will, however, compound and copperfasten the unequal two-tier system for new entrants. Nurses, gardaí and teachers in particular, and other hugely important front-line staff will not have proper pay restoration under the legislation. These public service workers deserve equal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has satisfied herself that the public service identity data her Department as data controller provides to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, as data processor, is processed with appropriate security and data protection safeguards. [50588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the high levels of underemployment and low levels of job quality in County Wexford; the measures she is taking to reduce live register figures there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50589/17]

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in two European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: We will not be supporting the motion. We do not agree with the strengthening of the links between the arms industry and national governments in Europe and we certainly do not think Ireland should have anything to do with any of them. In putting money onto any of these things, we have no idea where it will end up and what it will be used for. Obviously the whole focus of fortress Europe now...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA staff that have taken voluntary redundancy to date in 2017; the number of staff expected to take voluntary redundancy in 2018 and 2019; his views on the number of redundancies taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation change which allowed the deferring of tax assets against future profits by banks is having a negative impact on the Exchequer; if his Department has carried out an analysis of the change since it was introduced in 2013; is he has considered reinstating legislation in the original rule that a bank could only write off 50%...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his dealings to date with the EU director general for competition with regard to a State aid complaint regarding the use of NAMA funding for residential and commercial development; if his Department or NAMA has been in contact with the five developers that submitted the complaint; when a decision will issue from the director general on this issue; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the State's policy of adhering to EU fiscal rules under the stability and growth pact due to the urgent need for infrastructure investment throughout the State; if his Department has examined cases throughout the EU in which member states have broken the fiscal rules; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Will the Minister accept that in any business or organisation, in terms of value for money for costs and work output, the optimum is having people working approximately 40 hours a week? Would there be an acceptance that if overtime is spiralling out of control, more personnel should have been recruited? I accept recruitment is starting to increase again but is there an acceptance that the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has referred to an underspend in the area of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, as well as a recruitment issue there. We were aware this time last year, if not earlier, that there was a recruitment issue in this area. Why has there been a problem in getting the numbers required to deliver this service?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I remind the Minister that, while the national average might be at the 6% mark, the figure is over 15% in Wexford. If the Department is finding it difficult to recruit people, officials might go down to Wexford to look for some staff.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister referred to underspend in a number of programme areas. Can he identify other programmes where there is underspend?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I was not asking about that. The opening of a new police station and a new court house does not change the fact that we have 15% unemployment. I asked the Minister to identify other programmes where there was an underspend. Perhaps he cannot. I will move on to my last question.