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- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach heard correctly.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if discussions took place prior to Ireland joining PESCO between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Attorney General regarding the constitutionality of Ireland's involvement in PESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3363/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the Citizens Information Board to be categorised as a charity and to have a charitable status; her views on whether theboard's status as a charity may be in breach of the Charities Act 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3512/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: They are as guilty as hell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I did not expect the two organisations before the joint committee to agree, just as members do not always agree. There will always be different views on legislation of this nature. I have employed a few thousand people in my time and I personally did most of the interviews for employees. I see the challenges that will arise in areas such as this. Although I now live in Dundalk, I lived in...
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the planned trade missions for 2018 and 2019; if it is policy not to raise human rights issues on specific trade missions; if restrictions are put in place by the host country regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/18]
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: In November, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, stated in the Dáil that Ireland has a reputation for being consistent and vocal on humanitarian issues. However, the facts do not support his declaration. According to Amnesty International, we are facilitating a racist system of abuse and exploitation of refugees and migrants by the Libyan coast guard, detention authorities and smugglers in...
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I would be the first to admit that our boats have done some good work down there, although I disagree with the military aspect of Operation Sophia. Let us go back to the trade missions. I had a debate here with the previous Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, in 2014. He actually said that trade missions were not the time or place to raise human rights abuses....
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I am glad to hear it. I do not doubt the Tánaiste's integrity. The mission statement of his Department's national plan on business and human rights, which was brought out in November, states that it aims to promote responsible business practices at home and overseas by all Irish business and enterprise, in line with Ireland's commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights...
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: When he sat down with Mr. Netanyahu, did the Tánaiste raise the fact that Israel has an apartheid regime at home and is engaged in genocide in Palestine?
- Other Questions: Trade Missions (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: Is the embassy in Dublin being closed?
- Other Questions: Arms Trade (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: My question-----
- Other Questions: Arms Trade (25 Jan 2018)
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- Other Questions: Arms Trade (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I did not realise how officious the Acting Chairman is-----
- Other Questions: International Sanctions Application (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the EU's agreement in December 2017 to continue sanctions against Russia into 2018, the position of Ireland on the sanctions; his views on whether Irish involvement in the sanctions is having a negative effect on particular industries here; if he has had discussions with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or...
- Other Questions: International Sanctions Application (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: My question is linked to the previous one. At the time of the imposition of the ban, Russia was the second most important destination for agrifood exports from the EU which were valued at some €12 billion in 2013. Almost half of this trade is subject to the ban. These sanctions highlight the partisan and hypocritical nature of the international sanctions regime. Highly politicised...
- Other Questions: International Sanctions Application (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: We should act evenly but that is not happening. In February 2014, the US and the EU supported an illegal and unconstitutional neo-Nazi led coup in Kiev. According to the constitution of Ukraine, the constitutional court of that country was supposed to review the case for the removal of President Yanukovych and certify that the constitutional procedure of investigation and consideration had...
- Other Questions: International Sanctions Application (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste said in response to Deputy Clare Daly's question that there is no consensus in the EU regarding an arms embargo on the UAE. Can he honestly stand over the European Union view that it is not necessary to consider imposing an arms embargo on countries such as the United Arab Emirates, UAE, and Saudi Arabia given what they are doing in Yemen? There may be two sides to the...
- Other Questions: International Sanctions Application (25 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I am asking the Minister for his opinion.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I am sure the Taoiseach is familiar with Accenture, the IT management company. It has positioned itself as one of the top earners of external contracts from Government Departments and State agencies. Various Departments are availing of its services, but its number one contract in 2016 was with An Garda Síochána, which paid Accenture €26.5 million, and as astonishingly high...