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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Documents (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 187. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE appeals procedure in relation to circular 17/2013 was first issued; the steps taken to ensure compliance with this appeals procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fish Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 20 June 2018, if Inland Fisheries Ireland has received a comprehensive report from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine regarding the farmed salmon escape from an operation at Glinsk in Mulroy Bay, County Donegal in July 2017; if Inland Fisheries Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fish Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is possible the farmed salmon stock captured in the western river basin district in 2017 had the potential to originate from a jurisdiction other than that of Ireland or Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fish Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the relationships between Inland Fisheries Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Marine Institute in relation to the licensing and regulation of salmon farming; if he is satisfied with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's response to the discovery...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fish Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is still possible for Inland Fisheries Ireland to provide the Marine Institute with samples of the farmed salmon stock captured in the western river basin district in 2017; the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has to date not provided samples of same to the Marine Institute as requested; if he will request Inland...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Broughan and Connolly.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: The purpose of the Bill is to disincentivise land hoarding or land banking. There have been many proposals relating to housing since 2011 and we have become a bit blinded by them all, but land banking has not been addressed. Economists say that since 1950, the 80% increase in the price of housing is linked to the land price and that is a significant issue. Between 1963 and 1971 alone,...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: My Bill does not deal with compulsory purchases. Under my proposed arrangement, a developer who was willing could agree a sale with a local authority at approximately 60% of the market value instead of paying the 25% tax rate. At 50% over two years, it would be cheaper for the developer to sell the property if he or she were not in a position to hold it and pay the tax. This would have...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability to include funding for equipment for the extended space such as sensory equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28837/18]

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: We were not.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: And we will not be.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I put it to the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, that while the Irish were campaigning for a seat on the UN Security Council, we did not hear a lot about neutrality. The fact that Ireland was competing for the gig with two NATO members - Norway and Canada - might have had an influence in that we were probably more eager to align ourselves with the US than with neutrality. It could have...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have some questions and it would be good to get answers. While I do not want to pin the Minister of State down to providing the answers today, it would be great to get a response. To put things in context, I echo the words of Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. We are also of the opinion that we should not be taking sides in any war. It was unfortunate that Syria had to seek the help of...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Europe does not want them. I can understand why Europe does not want to flood the EU with mad jihadists but what is the EU plan to deal with the jihadists in Idlib who nobody wants but who the EU was actually involved in funding and arming? My final question is as follows. Does the EU have any concerns around Erdogan's relationship with the Kurds and the threat of genocide against the...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, lines 10 to 25, to delete all words from and including “(1) Where” in line 10 down to and including line 25 and substitute the following:“(1) Where a person who holds a relevant licence (in this section referred to as “the applicant”) duly gives notice of his or her intention to apply for a licence under this section in...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Where is the logic in that? People who have not been in a craft brewery will want to do tours but if a person has had the tour, bar a change in the premises, he or she is unlikely to want to have a tour every time he or she goes in looking for a six-pack. The long and the short of it is that we are dancing around issues here for God knows what reason. I presume it is to placate the...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am, yes, and I have not gone off subject. Does the Minister think I have?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guarantees will be sought from the remaining partners of an organisation (details supplied) that it will pay subcontractors for work already carried out on the schools bundle 5 PPP project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29370/18]