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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Dáil discussion relating to special educational needs on 19 April 2012, if he will confirm whether the right of parents to appeal the decision of a special education needs organiser in relation to special needs assistants allocation for their child has been removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25925/12]

European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: One of the weaknesses of financial regulators is that they must lie. Central bankers and treasuries must swear there will not be a devaluation or default until such time as they suddenly agree there will be a devaluation or default. Each time they lie, they damage their credibility. However, even as they continue to lie, they must also be trusted to control events behind the scenes....

Private Members' Business. Building Control Regulations: Motion (6 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thank my colleagues in the United Left Alliance for bringing forward this motion. Having spent my whole life in the building industry, it is my view that the building regulations are very good. The problem is that their enforcement has been extremely poor. If the rules in place had been properly adhered to, the problems at Priory Hall and in developments like it would never have been...

Private Members' Business. Building Control Regulations: Motion (6 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: It should be remembered that some of the worst work was done by the largest builders.

Controlled Product Exports (7 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the information that will be made available to the public in relation to the end use of controlled products exported from here; his views regarding the human rights records of some of the countries to which these goods are exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/12]

Controlled Product Exports (7 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister for his reply. The first report indicated that Ireland had authorised €90 million of equipment for ammunition and arms use, including gun and weapon sensors, between 2008 and 2010, and that €10.6 billion of dual use product licences were also authorised. In that period we gave licences for sales to countries including Libya, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Pakistan,...

Controlled Product Exports (7 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Will it include the information on end users and end use?

Written Answers — Exports of Controlled Products: Exports of Controlled Products (7 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has begun publishing summary data regarding the export of controlled products committed to in the annual report under the Control of Exports Act 2008, covering the period 2008 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27302/12]

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: I acknowledge, a Cheann Comhairle, that the manner in which you dealt with my request to make a statement was correct. It was due to my lack of understanding that I did not apply in the right manner. If I apply under Standing Order 57, will I be facilitated with an opportunity to make a statement?

Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of his proposal to use funds realised from the sale of State assets for job creation, his views on European research which shows that privatisation has a largely negative effect on employment and working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26482/12]

Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: The research to which I referred in the question was an EU funded project entitled Privatisation of Public Services and the Impact on Quality, Employment and Productivity. It examined the impact of privatisation and liberalisation of public services in five European countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Case studies across six different sectors found that...

Sale of State Assets (13 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree with the Minister with regard to the Great Island power station. However, I disagree with the notion that we should sell assets because the troika thinks we should do so. This is not healthy and it will not create jobs in the long term. The Great Island power station was lying idle and selling it to someone prepared to get involved at a commercial level was a good idea.

Personal Explanation by Member (14 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: I would like to thank the party Whips and the Government for giving me the opportunity to speak today. In relation to my company's under-declaration of VAT in 2009, M & J Wallace Limited sold apartments in 2008 and 2009 and the proceeds from the closings of the sales were pledged to the bank. Normally, the business cash flow would have allowed us to deal with the VAT liability but not on...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (28 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish his response to the recommendations contained in the Mahon Tribunal report; if the appointment of an independent planning expert (details supplied) means that he will now not proceed with the establishment of an independent planning regulator as recommended by the report of the Mahon...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jun 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an overhaul of the composition of the Building Regulations Advisory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31204/12]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the development of her credible, bankable plan for Scandinavian-style childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31764/12]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that, in the intervening period before the introduction of a system of Scandinavian-style childcare, no parent who moves from the one parent family payment to jobseekers' allowance will have their payment cut because they are deemed not to meet genuinely seeking work requirements if they cannot source childcare;...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (3 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date on the development of a case management approach to the pathways to work scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31765/12]

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree that the decision to allow the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, to fund banks directly rather than go through the sovereign could be beneficial for Ireland; it will definitely benefit Spain in the short term. I am sure the Minister of State will agree that it is a step in the right direction. The ESM fund will have to increase and we will still probably end up with eurozone bonds....

Semi-State Sector Remuneration (4 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: I can explain that much better than the Minister knows only I have not done so yet.