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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: There seems to be conflicting information. We all agree that farmed salmon escapes are very bad for our indigenous wild salmon population. There were 65 farmed salmon caught in rivers in Galway and Mayo in August 2017 and September 2017. The number is estimated to total 500 farmed salmon by Inland Fisheries Ireland, one of the Minister's own statutory bodies. There were many questions but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Inland Fisheries Ireland is saying something different. It states in its report that it gave the scales of something like 34 fish to be examined and that it was shown they were farmed fish. I do not understand what is going on. Some seriously destructive salmon farming practices are being covered up and are not being policed properly. Are there any sanctions against salmon farmers when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Very little employment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: More employment would be created by going the other way.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Regulation (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister indicating Inland Fisheries Ireland is not accurate?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if scientific advice on replenishing and maintaining fish stocks above levels capable of supporting maximum sustainable yield was taken into consideration during the negotiations on allowable catch for commercial fish stocks in December 2017 in the interest of sustaining the future of the fishing industry; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Citizens Assembly (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendations contained in the Citizens' Assembly final report on how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change; if the recommendations that refer to the agriculture sector will be included in the forthcoming sectoral mitigation plan for agriculture in particular that there should be a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied). [23872/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 51:In page 15, lines 15 to 17, to delete all words from and including “, the” in line 15 down to and including “determines” in line 17.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 52:In page 15, lines 23 to 25, to delete all words from and including “, the majority” in line 23 down to and including “determines” in line 25.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: In the interests of diversity, the amendment is good. I agree with it. I agree with the Minister that it is important to have experience but there are many different types of experience. The experience of life is every bit as valuable as any other. I imagine that where someone was appointed who did not have the experience of a barrister or solicitor, if he or she was considered good...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am not sure if the Minister, Deputy Ross, in his crusade to radically shake-up the way we appoint judges, is aware that the Government seems to be determined to hang on to the ultimate power to appoint judges itself. If he votes in favour of amendments Nos. 84 and 85, he would be voting to leave the status quo, which he has crusaded to change, essentially intact. As Deputy O'Callaghan...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not believe this is the way Fine Gael would have approached this issue. This is the greatest load of baloney driven by the Minister, Deputy Ross, and it does not stack up. It is irrational and it is poor legislation. The price of keeping the Independent Alliance on board is too high. The matter is too important. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, comes from a legal professional...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: On this issue, however, Fianna Fáil is looking more progressive than Fine Gael. The Government can thank the Minister, Deputy Ross, for dragging it down into a deep, dark hole in this judicial area. By God, Fine Gael will not be thankful. If there is to be any reform in how we appoint judges, how in God's name can we justify going through a lengthy and difficult process of setting...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is trying to undo what we attempted to achieve on Committee Stage. That is contrary to the requirement for transparency. The programme for Government committed to reforming the judicial appointments process to ensure it was transparent, fair and credible, but this proposal breaks with that commitment. According to the 2010 Council of Europe recommendation, any body being set...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: If having a lay majority is such an essential requirement in the process of selecting judges, the Minister might explain why a lay majority will not exist when the most important judges are being selected. It does not seem to stack up. Deputy O'Callaghan has made a relevant point in this context. If it is the case that the commission we are establishing, with the possible lay majority to...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: He is a Shane Ross fan.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 88:In page 29, to delete lines 28 to 40 and substitute the following:“42.(1) Where—(a) the judicial office of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal or President of the High Court stands vacant, or (b) the Minister reasonably apprehends that any of those offices will stand vacant,the Minister shall request the Commission to seek applications on the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 89:In page 30, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(4) In deliberating or making a recommendation to the Government pursuant to this section, the eligible members of the Commission who have made an application referred to in subsection (1)shall not sit as members of the Commission.”.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 90:In page 30, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“(5) In deliberating or making a recommendation to the Government pursuant to this section, the Commission shall have regard, in addition to the principles in section 7, to the objective criteria in the published statement in relation to this section.”.