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

Mick Wallace: Is there much of a working relationship between the PSNI and the Northern Ireland Prison Service?

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

Mick Wallace: Would Mr. Todd say there is a philosophy in the PSNI that is very aware that drug problems are more health than crime issues?

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

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Todd think that it would be a good idea to decriminalise the use of some drugs with a view to addressing the problems we have been talking about?

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

Mick Wallace: I will finish with the boys from the South. We accept that people have to be kept safe and that requires enforcement of the drug legislation. Would the witnesses say that there is an effort among their members to stress the point that drug use is a health issue as well as what they see sometimes as a crime issue?

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

Mick Wallace: I do not want to argue with Assistant Commissioner Leahy about the issue. If he is interested, I would like to send him some material to read and we can have a debate by email. Deputy Clare Daly and I opposed legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex introduced. The Act has been in place for more than a year now. It is now a crime on the part of the purchaser rather than the sex...

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

Mick Wallace: While I had the opportunity, I wanted to highlight that sex workers feel less safe. It is much more difficult for them now and more of them end up getting hurt because of the legislation. As I said, I accept 100% that it is not An Garda Síochána's fault that the legislation was introduced. I was curious as to the way in which it was falling on the Garda's plate. I thank the...

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am not going to try to defend the mistakes made by former Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten. One of the most nauseating aspects of this strange place is the head-hunting that takes occurs. More often than not, it is linked to political expediency rather than the serious problem of how the system operates. Personal attacks in the context of head-hunting, when there is so much more to an...

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Government threw Deputy Fitzgerald under the bus. We were very critical of her as Minister for Justice and Equality but we did not go after her head. The third interim report of the disclosures tribunal was published earlier by Mr. Justice Charleton. It is an excellent report. It does no harm to Deputy Fitzgerald or to the Comptroller and Auditor General - the same Comptroller and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of agricultural land here used to grow vegetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (11 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the use of glyphosate will be reconsidered in view of the findings of the DeWayne Johnson court case in California; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/18]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: There was a Foreign Affairs Council meeting yesterday. Not surprisingly, there was talk about Mr. Khashoggi and his terrible disappearance from the Saudi embassy. It is in no way surprising. I am not surprised that the Saudis are misbehaving or that western media are now so exercised about the same thing. There is no excitement among the western media about what is happening in Yemen,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: A number of Deputies in their Second Stage contributions have claimed that the people voted in the referendum earlier this year with the heads of this Bill in mind and that, therefore, we should stick to the draft legislation that was published before the referendum. While some, or even a majority of people, may have voted with the heads of the Bill in mind, we have no idea to what extent...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have read the report. I would like to have an hour to make my contribution but I have only a few minutes. On 8 June, Mr. Justice Peter Charleton said "I know that an awful lot of people haven't been telling me the truth". I welcome Mr. Justice Charleton’s report. He had a very difficult job. He said it was a dreadful struggle, but he has done incredibly well. We attended...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is an over-reliance on An Garda Síochána with regard to incidents surrounding mental health; if he is satisfied that members of An Garda Síochána are receiving adequate and up-to-date training in the area of mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress of the transfer of sentenced persons for cases outside of the UK that were reactivated earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the proposed Garda Síochána board as recommended by the Commission on the Future of Policing; his further views on whether this will lead to a decrease in external oversight of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recommendations by the Commission on the Future of Policing to establish two new oversight bodies for An Garda Síochána; his further views on the fact that two members of the commission noted their disagreement with these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports by an organisation (details supplied) that there has been an increase in violence towards workers in the sex industry; his further views on whether the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 may be contributing to these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm escapes have been reported from 1 January to date in 2018. [42677/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the delegates for coming before the committee. One of the first issues about which Mr. Kennedy spoke was of a crime incident which had happened approximately 1 km from a Garda station but gardaí from a Garda station 22 km away ended up dealing with it. Did he seek an explanation from An Garda Síochána as to the reason for this?