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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body or organisation with which the ownership of the six buildings being developed as part of the schools bundle 5 PPP programme currently lies. [6173/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that were commenced in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by district, in tabular form; and the number of these that led to convictions. [6087/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have tabled about seven or eight amendments in this grouping. The points are much the same and I do not want to go over them again. As Deputy Daly just said, the broader and more diverse the group that makes up the commission, the better it will be all round. A few of my amendments involve deleting stuff to facilitate a situation where the chair is picked by the commission. I am not...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is insinuating that we want to get rid of the authority of the PAS but the amendments I have tabled, for example, those that proposed to remove sections 15(7)(e) and 15(7)(f), were drafted to remove any requirement or desire on the part of the PAS for experience in public sector appointments, board membership and corporate governance. These proposals are made with a view to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 51:In page 15, line 7, to delete “each of subsections (2)and” and substitute “subsection”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 52:In page 15, line 11, to delete “either subsection (2)or” and substitute “subsection”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 55:In page 15, to delete lines 16 to 18 and substitute the following:“(2) As soon as may be after commencement of this section, members of the Commission shall elect a chairperson from the Commission's membership by way of a simple majority vote.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 58:In page 15, to delete lines 22 to 32.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is the spice of life.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: No.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Okay. We will do that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will not move amendment No. 65.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Fine.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Never.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: They have not gone away, you know.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: We are not talking about Sinn Féin now, are we? It is Fianna Fáil.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am confused on it as well.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: We will press amendment No. 67.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 67:In page 16, line 13 to delete “or administration, including public administration” and substitute “, civil society, trade union activity and academia”.