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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current management and conditions of direct provision centres here; his plans to initiate a review into the use of direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16536/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Diplomatic Representation (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of contact that took place between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and An Garda Síochána with regard to the recent expulsion of a Russian diplomat; if he is satisfied that all due process was followed with regard to the role of his Department and An Garda Síochána; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role his Department plays in An Garda Síochána's ICT governance board; the person that represents his Department on this board; the number of meetings they attend on an annual basis; if he is updated on the work of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large discrepancies in fees payable to the HSE and private nursing homes under the fair deal scheme in County Wexford; when the findings of the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 1397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544 of 8 March 2018 and 972 of 20 March 2018, the way in which customers with passports who collect their payments on a weekly basis in the post office authenticate identity to SAFE 2 standard for the purposes of enabling the collection of PSI data by post; and the location in which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 1432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an adoption certificate is still required for all public services card applications in view of recent media reports of a person who was awarded a public services card without an adoption certificate; if short form birth certificates are now acceptable for all applications; the impact of this on her Department's SAFE 2...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 1535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 13 February 2018, the number of applications made to An Bord Pleanála to date under the fast track planning system; the number of these applications that have been declared invalid; the number of applications that have been refused and that were successful, respectively; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility conditions that apply for separated or divorced applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme according to the credit policy 2018; and if the same credit policy applies across all local authorities. [15448/18]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Ceann Comhairle started by saying Peter was not a conventional politician.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I would like to think it was to his credit that he was not deemed to be conventional.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: He was a bit fancy with the dress all right. We all agree that he was incredibly idealistic, but it came as a bit of a shock that he was so idealistic that he would go to Fianna Fáil and think he could change the way it looked at things. That was a new one on me. I am amused that the Taoiseach was receiving the long text messages along with the rest of us. I do not know how he found...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: One could be forgiven for suspecting that the Government and some Departments simply either do not understand privacy and data protection issues or choose to ignore them. I say this because some things the State has been up to for the last years in the knowledge that the GDPR is on its way, including the public services card, PSC, the single customer view, CCTV schemes and the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Military Exports (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of export licenses issued to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with regard to the export of military and dual use items and with further regard to the latest figures in 2016 and 2017; if she has had consultations with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the export of military and dual use products...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for trade mission visits to the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia in 2018 and 2019; her further plans to highlight human rights issues at these trade missions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16788/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: On the same issue, not only is it unfit for purpose, it is costing a fortune and I wonder to what extent the Minister and the Department are on top of it. On breaches of public procurement rules, I acknowledge these figures are an estimate and I do not expect the Minister to know how many breaches will take place in 2018. Is there any indication that the issue is being addressed properly?...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister confident that there will not be breaches of procurement guidelines in the new year?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is incredible, given there is so much money at stake. Accenture was one of only two companies. Most of this expenditure relates to man hours. They were not even obliged to clock in or out and they were paid in advance. There are not many industries in which people are paid in advance, yet it seems to be difficult to hold anyone to account regarding what went wrong and who was...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: When we asked Ms Josephine Feehily about this, she said the Policing Authority found it frustrating that if the Garda wants to hire a clerical officer, it must get approval from the authority but if it wants to spend €10 million on ICT, it does not and that the authority has a narrow competence in respect of money. Should that change or does the Minister want to keep the authority...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: When we asked Ms Feehily why the person being audited was on the audit committee, she said it was out of her hands and she had no role in that regard. She was hinting that it probably requires a change in the legislation in order that the head of the Policing Authority would have a role. She was at pains to highlight that the head of the authority currently does not have a significant role...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: So until the report is published, the Government has no interest in dealing with what amounted to a complaint from Ms Josephine Feehily to the effect that she is powerless in this area because of the legislation and it was not her fault.