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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Has a process commenced whereby somebody will be made accountable for the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not know how the witnesses have remained sane. Since 2012, this committee has dealt with many different policing issues. We, as committee members, have found it mind-boggling that nobody has been held to account for what they did. People just say, "We will learn from that and now we will move on." It is incredibly worrying that there is no accountability. Let us say that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: What engagement have the witnesses had with Chief Superintendent Matt Nyland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Did the witnesses have engagement with Deputy Commissioner John Twomey and, if so, of what nature?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Was their engagement with those individuals satisfactory?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: They are not obliged to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thought I was being polite and discreet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Did the witnesses feel they had the 100% support of Dr. Singh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Chair is interfering with the witnesses. Perhaps he might leave them alone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They are two powerful women. Fair play to them.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (8 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been offered public services cards each year since 2011 that did not go through the SAFE 2 registration process; the way in which this offer was made; and the number of public services cards issued to persons in this category in each year since 2011. [10839/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: I support the Bill and I support the repeal of the eighth amendment. Should the referendum pass I will support the recommendations of the committee and, for the most part, the contents of the Government’s policy paper. The first step, however, is dealing with the eighth amendment and this needs to be differentiated from the legislation to follow should the referendum pass. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 826. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if asylum seekers are entitled to driver licences; and the legal basis for this decision. [11964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (20 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 972. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 8 March 2018, the way in which and with whom a person might authenticate his or her identity in another face-to-face engagement; and the way in which the existing photographs utilised to complete the SAFE 2 process are acquired. [12578/18]

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the proposed participation of Defence Forces members in the German-led EU battle group; the rationale for same; the expected number of Defence Force participants in the battle group; if Army Rangers will be deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10382/18]

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Again, we are facing the prospect of Irish troops taking part in an EU battle group. It has been reported that the Army Rangers will be taking part in their first overseas deployment since the peacekeeping mission in Chad in 2008. Will the Minister of State outline the range of military equipment that our forces will be using? How does he consider that such training and activity is...

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: Many Members of the Dáil have been raising the issue of Ireland's participation in EU battle groups for a while now and how our involvement is in accordance with our stated principles of neutrality, but the Government's response is to always hide behind intentionally opaque language. Last month, we even had the Taoiseach translating the term "battle group" into the French term "force...

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: That vote does not give me any comfort given that the two largest parties in the State are both of a hawkish nature. The Minister of State is saying that the term "battle group" is unfitting. That reminds me a little of PESCO. The Government pretends when it comes to this but the Europeans do not pretend in the same way. They are a bit more open about it. They do not call it a battle...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces engaged in aid to the civil power duties with regard to US military aircraft present at Shannon Airport during 2017; the number of Defence Forces personnel involved; the cost of these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/18]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: I remind the Minister of State of a definition of democracy, that we can say what we like but we will do what we are told. When Alan Shatter was Minister for Justice, he claimed that the Garda Síochána had no role in the inspection of foreign state or military aircraft at Shannon or other airports because they enjoy sovereign immunity. In effect, this means the Government allows...