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Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: Speaking of charges, there needs to be a reform of the system. It lacks consistency in how search and retrieval fees are estimated or applied across various State bodies or Departments under FOI. Certain Departments are looking to charge crazy fees and it acts as a deterrent. Even though the Minister is telling me that the numbers are up, I would like to see what exactly is being...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: Another area worth looking at is the recording of records. Neither the FOI Act nor the National Archives Act 1986, which covers Departments' records, specifically require Departments or State bodies to make records in the first place. We now have a situation where civil servants are recording less and less and are not taking minutes of meetings all the time or notes of calls. I was...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: The previous Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, gave permission for NAMA to destroy information a year after staff had left. Would the Minister consider looking at that, if he was not aware of it? I get the impression from the Minister's previous reply that he thinks information should be on record. It is in the public interest that it is available. NAMA is a public body. Would the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: Ireland is an unusual country.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: There is a lot of different legislation going through the House at different times and for different reasons. Neither I nor any other Member believe that people should be allowed to drive when over the blood alcohol limit. To do so is indefensible. No Member would try to defend such behaviour because that would be unfair to those who may suffer because of it. It is positive that a practice...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: -----to seek Government help because it did not materialise into anything worthwhile and actually placed restrictions on the individual as to how he would start his company and run it for the first few years. There is not enough help for indigenous industry in Ireland. If there were, it would be good for small communities. It would be good for small communities if we changed our mind about...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: It is all related. I live in rural Ireland. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle refers to traffic. If a village is on the wane, it is not attractive for any transport company to service it. If there is no transport in or out of it, no one can go anywhere. Are we just going to carry on as if this will work itself out or is it possible we might get a Government that will some day say that things...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied that the legislation governing the Charities Regulatory Authority is robust with regard to enforcement against certain bodies identifying as charities that may be in breach of the Charities Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1783/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the Minister on this, his first opportunity to answer questions. This question relates to the Charities Regulatory Authority which I understand is within the Minister's remit. Charities have come under some scrutiny in recent years, but much more transparency and accountability are required. Is the Minister satisfied that the regulator is capable of holding charities to account?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: We have a serious problem with some organisations that identify as charities when sometimes clearly they are something quite different. Let us take the example of Pobal. It has annual expenditure of more than €450 million. It is a private wing of the Government which was set up to provide administrative services and distribute payments for various Departments. It even states on its...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not know how Pobal operates. I am wondering whether the Government knows either. Does it offer value for money? An internal document from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated August 2014, states, "In particular, Pobal has not produced evidence to show how it specifically has promoted social inclusion or countered disadvantage through the implementation of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Regional Development (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: As I pointed out to the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, the 2014 internal document from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform pointed out Pobal had not produced evidence to show how it had specifically promoted social inclusion or countered disadvantage through the implementation of its programmes. It is not the Minister of State's fault. However, as Deputy Browne pointed out,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Regional Development (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister should try the back roads.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has met with or plans to meet with the members of the Charities Regulatory Authority; his views on the regulation of charity; his further views on the role of charity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1784/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Publican Licences (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of publican licences of all descriptions issued, by county in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [54512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of liquor licence special exemption orders granted by each District Court in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; in tabular form. [54508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions commenced for liquor licence offences by District Court in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and the number of these cases that led to convictions, in tabular form. [54510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 26 July 2017 and correspondence of 20 December 2017, the reason the figures he supplied regarding An Garda Síochána payments to a company (details supplied) amounted to €16,564,322 in 2016, in view of a Garda internal audit section report on ICT directorates...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2009 by An Garda Síochána; the costs associated with each contract; the details of the type of work of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1463/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I commend the Minister on his speech. I commend the work of the committee and the Citizens' Assembly. I was critical of the Government's decision to delegate these deliberations to the Citizens' Assembly. While I believe that any Government worth its salt should have taken responsibility itself for ending Ireland's cruel and degrading treatment of women, I respect the work done and...