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Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: This is the eighth budget since I became a Member. I suppose they have one thing in common in that they were very similar and none of them was inspiring. Little has changed in how budgets have been done over those eight years that I can remember. I heard some people saying today that this was an election budget. I do not think so. After listening to Fianna Fáil kissing Paschal's...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I declare that I have an interest in the restaurant industry. The Government does not understand how VAT affects the food and restaurant industry. Only the big restaurants will benefit from this. One could not defend the hotels given the prices they have charged for hotel rooms in Dublin for some time. However, I know many restaurants that will struggle to survive after this change. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the sale prices and dates of sale for each lot that comprised the former St. Senan's Hospital and associated lands in Enniscorthy; if the moneys achieved by the sales were ring-fenced for mental health services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport Infrastructure Ireland service station at the M11 site outside Gorey will open; the cost of building and maintaining the station to date by category and year; and the estimated lost revenue from the service station since work finished in 2015.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41047/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Environmental Protection Agency's figures from May 2018 that emissions from those sectors of the economy covered by the 2009 effort-sharing decision could be between 0% and 1% below 2005 levels by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the development of a liquefied natural gas facility here would be compatible with the State's commitment to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41175/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for their engagement, which has been very interesting. It highlights how incredibly challenging all of this is. In terms of the local partnership structure, a major issue for PSNI members is the job of working positively with the community. Assistant Chief Constable Todd mentioned service gaps several times. Children are falling through the cracks because of service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I get the point. I was not insinuating Mr. Todd's members should be able to do everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Todd would accept that too much is falling on his members' plates-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: -----because of problems in other areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Todd consider that the police force in the North has sufficient numbers and resources to do the job as well as he would like to see it being done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Todd spoke about visibility and the importance of bricks and mortar and that there is something physical which gives comfort to the community. He told us that half the PSNI police stations have closed. Does he think that some of the police stations should be opened or that it is okay the way it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Todd. Bringing some of the same issues South, when Dr. Geoffrey Shannon was here, he spoke very well of how gardaí were dealing with troubled kids when called to a scene, despite that there was a lack of training and education for the gardaí in dealing with problems that they were traditionally not expected to deal with as much as they are now. Do the witnesses think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Todd said that funding for policing is a political choice, which is a very strong statement. When he says that, I think he is saying that it is under-resourced. He is saying that it is a decision made by the political establishment and that he will work with that. I am not saying that he is outright criticising them. I cannot remember the Garda Síochána authorities being as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Leahy made the point that in order for community policing to be real and to exist rather than just to be a label, the members of a community need to know where they can get a garda and make contact with him or her without having to go the next town. Community gardaí should be available within a reasonable distance. Given that we have closed so many of the stations in the south, do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: To the best of my knowledge, approximately 65% of the prison population have mental health issues. I know the Garda do not put people in prison, that is the job of the Judiciary. It is incredibly challenging for the Garda to be able to link with the services in what Mr. Todd calls the local partnership structure. That will require a lot of work to help more people, especially young people,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: My last question is for Mr. Todd because we do not see him here too often. I heard a figure recently for the numbers of Protestants and Catholics in the PSNI. What are the percentages at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Would it be true to say that the communities in the North are still segregated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: In Belfast, for example, there are Catholic areas and Protestant areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is it a challenge for the PSNI to decide what members of the force can go into Catholic or Protestant communities or is that not a factor?