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Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: This is a poor direction for the Government to take. The decision that new teachers will earn 20% less than teachers who started in 2010 will have a disproportionate impact on new entrants to the profession and will create a two-tier system in our schools. A new teacher who starts on a salary of approximately €30,000 after training for four years could earn more by pushing a...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: It is said one should never waste a good recession. In this recession, a wedge has been driven between the private and public sectors. The recession was caused by the private sector, including people in my own business, but the public sector has been made a scapegoat for it. I still employ more than 50 people in the private sector and every time pay is cut to low paid public sector workers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the protection regime in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, which can see children locked up for up to 23 hours a day with little access to education, physical activity and association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate further resources to the Inter-Departmental Committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries in order to allow it to complete its work as soon as possible; if he will begin implementing a reparation scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/12]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (20 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: With a view to maximising and maintaining the security of the Irish troops in Lebanon, we would best serve them by ensuring we retain a neutral position on events in Syria. I would not for a second try to defend Mr. Assad and I have no sympathy whatsoever for his organisation; neither would I take sides with the rebels, who are being armed by Saudi Arabia. There is a civil war in the region...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (20 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: On both sides.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (20 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: I also condemn the violence on both sides. I take the Minister of State's point about the Irish being on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, but when I mentioned staying neutral, I was referring to the need for Irish personnel in Europe to maintain Ireland's wonderful neutral position when commenting on the situation. Our position has been well known for years and should be preserved.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if the option of voluntary relocation will be open to members of the Defence Forces as part of the reorganisation of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39523/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has opened discussions with the representative bodies in relation to the implementation of the reorganisation of the Defence Forces; his views on reports that there is much confusion over whether or not Defence Forces personnel will have the option of voluntary relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39524/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (25 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the submission of the newly formed United Farmers' Association in relation to reform of the common agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40442/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (25 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the proposals for reform of the single farm payment put forward by the newly formed United Farmers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40443/12]

Other Questions: National Play and Recreation Policies (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled "State Sanctioned Child Poverty and Exclusion: the case of children in accommodation for asylum seekers"; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40659/12]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: I, too, will be supporting the Bill, which is welcome, and commend the Minister on the work she has done on it. What is being done is both positive and long overdue. Observations or comments I may make should not be taken as criticisms of the Bill. I want to highlight the need for joined up thinking across Departments if the theory is to be put into practice. It is very good that the...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: I too commend Sinn Féin for introducing this motion. I also find it difficult to understand why the House is not in full agreement on the motion. I have no doubt that everyone in the House must find it difficult to read the stories of the people concerned, the survivors. The stark submission from the Magdalene group indicates that the State was involved in sending women and girls to...

Other Questions: National Play and Recreation Policies (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled "State Sanctioned Child Poverty and Exclusion: the case of children in accommodation for asylum seekers"; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40659/12]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: I, too, will be supporting the Bill, which is welcome, and commend the Minister on the work she has done on it. What is being done is both positive and long overdue. Observations or comments I may make should not be taken as criticisms of the Bill. I want to highlight the need for joined up thinking across Departments if the theory is to be put into practice. It is very good that the...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: I too commend Sinn Féin for introducing this motion. I also find it difficult to understand why the House is not in full agreement on the motion. I have no doubt that everyone in the House must find it difficult to read the stories of the people concerned, the survivors. The stark submission from the Magdalene group indicates that the State was involved in sending women and girls to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (26 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a report published by the Irish Refugee Council on 18 September 2012 which catalogues over ten years of enforced child poverty, malnutrition and social exclusion caused by the system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40660/12]

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister agree that the labour market has become much too focused on the short term and there is too little investment in training and apprenticeships, though which it takes time to reap rewards? Even prior to the recession in the construction sector, apprenticeship schemes had almost disappeared and we became reliant on eastern Europe for tradesmen. There has to be direct...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Mick Wallace: The depression of the 1930s in the United States was probably worse than the present depression. That country worked its way out of it by applying the philosophy of John Maynard Keynes. The top priority was the creation of employment which led to growth and eventually to a balanced budget. I know the Minister is focused on job creation, but does he not think the Government is putting...