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Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Based on my experience in business, I support the points made by Deputy Tóibín. There has been a significant focus by the Government and the European Union on reform, deregulation and the flexibility of the labour market, but the biggest challenges are still energy costs, upward-only rents and rates. There was much talk about rents and rates before the election but we have not really seen...

Written Answers — Media Mergers: Media Mergers (12 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline his discussions with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources as regards the media mergers aspect of the Consumer and Competition Bill; when he plans to publish this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33968/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he plans to publish the Consumer and Competition Bill and introduce it to Dáil Éireann before the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33967/12]

Written Answers — United Nations Conventions: United Nations Conventions (17 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will publish its next report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in view of the fact that the report is now seven years overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/12]

Written Answers — United Nations Conventions: United Nations Conventions (17 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay by Government in submitting its next report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; when he plans to publish this report; if he will enter into a consultation process with civil society organisations in relation to any draft report and give them sufficient time to...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: This is a massive body of work. It is complex and it is hard to know where to start. It will be significant. If it works out well for the people and the State, no doubt it will be a considerable boost for Ireland. A few years ago we could not have imagined that the problem with debt in the country could be so bad. There probably has not been anything like it in the history of the State....

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: It was not. People should not be allowed to enter a farmer's property in the middle of the night and take machinery or anything else. That should not happen in a civilised society. Some serious thought should be put into the regulation of debt because things can be done in a much better fashion. While I will not get to address all of the issues, I would like to draw attention to the case...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: It was a great system. Before we get out of the hole we are in we will have to engage in some form of debt write-down. I know it is difficult. The main argument put forward on many occasions is the moral hazard argument but as many others have stated, far be it for the banks to talk about moral hazard given the way they have behaved. In general, if the structure the Minister is putting in...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the consent application to build on the historic site of 14-17 Moore Street which requires his approval in order to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35438/12]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any further contact with the National Asset Management Agency with a view to incorporating some form of historical area connected with Moore Street and the 1916 Rising and the proposed adjacent commercial development now under the control of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/12]

Renewable Energy (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: The National Competitiveness Council report to which Deputy Clare Daly referred indicates that Ireland is among the countries in Europe most dependent on oil as a source of energy consumption. The latest figures show that in the first quarter of this year, exports increased by some 2.5% while imports rose by 5%. The price of oil, over which we have no control, is a huge factor in that....

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possibility of making post offices more sustainable by allowing them to provide the facility of motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35736/12]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposals put forward in the Grant Thornton report commissioned by the Irish Postmasters' Union to make motor tax payable at post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35735/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered undertaking an equality audit of Budget 2012, with a particular emphasis on gender, in order to assess the ways in which the budget has impacted upon different sections of Irish society; if such an audit will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to follow international best practice by undertaking gender impact assessments during the development of Budget 2013; if gender impact assessments of Budget 2012 will inform Budget 2013; if such assessments will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36526/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the tax increases and public expenditure cuts which made up Budget 2012, impacted differently on men and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report by the Expert Group on the A, B & C vs. Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights; when this report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36239/12]

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister agree that a more democratic and autonomous local government system would be in our best interests if we are to get citizen participation in local communities? We need a bottom up approach rather than top down, which is what we have had for a long time.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water is set up, which body or person will take responsibility for outstanding European Court of Justice cases in the field of environmental water quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way he plans to fund local government in 2013 if he manages to implement the property tax proposed for next year; if he will provide a breakdown per annum of the sources and amounts of local government funding between 2006 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/12]