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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not wish to personalise this or to blame any one Minister for the problem. I had a pint with Kenneth Rowe a few weeks before he died. He is gone and he need not be. I note the services mentioned by the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. The people of Wexford are of the view that there are not adequate services available to them. Young people are dying because the help they...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the company employed to conduct the independent review with regard to the review of the charitable status of Pobal; the estimated cost of such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the review by Pobal into its charity status will be published; if he has been in contact with Pobal since September 2018 regarding the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51840/18]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Ladies first. One of the few ladies in the whole place.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Last Thursday we discussed legislation introduced by Senator Colette Kelleher on family reunification for refugees. Before we could even start debating it, we were told the Government would not provide a money message for it. I am concerned that the Government would take such an approach. Migration is on the agenda for this week's European Council meeting. The background notes strike a...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have listened to the debate and do not accept many of the arguments put forward by the two Government parties. I welcome the Bill from Solidarity_PBP and agree with enhancing the rights of tenants. Currently, if a tenant is in situin a property for six months or longer, they automatically receive security of tenure for six years in what is known as a Part 4 tenancy. This Bill seeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to promote the use of natural gas as a fuel source for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52109/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 6 November 2018, the number of applications related to the transport of munitions of war categorised as dangerous goods, that is, munitions of war that contain material that is explosive, corrosive, flammable, toxic and so on; the meaning of the phrase very few; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not have many questions. We teased out many of the issues with Kathleen O'Toole. The Minister stated our existing oversight arrangements are confused and lack clarity. He stated the commission also views the lack of distinction between the responsibility of An Garda Síochána for its own management and governance on the one hand and the roles of some of the oversight bodies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister believe it is a good idea to take the appointments area away from a body like the Policing Authority? Was there a problem with how it was doing that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We saw in the past there were times where the Garda Commissioner of the day promoted friends and cronies around him and now we are moving back to a position where we are going to give more power to the Commissioner again. It is all very well if the Commissioner is good, and perhaps Drew Harris will be very good, and that is fine if it works well, but if the Commissioner has a tendency to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I wish to comment on amendment No. 5. The Minister was clarifying the exact responsibility and how it is defined. The Minister is saying the Governor would be tasked with reporting the matter rather than the individual. For example, if a prison warden is the first to find out about a death, the onus falls to the Governor. Is that right?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Let us suppose a garda put a person in a cell after arresting that person. Is it for the sergeant in charge or would the superintendent be tasked with reporting in that situation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It would not be a matter for the individual who put the person in the cell. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We are trying to do the same thing as the Government only in a different way. The Government's wording creates the possibility that a coroner could go against the family's wishes and decide not to hold an inquest, but that would not be possible with our wording. Equally, the Government's wording creates a situation where it is possible for the coroner to start the ball rolling in terms of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays making applications on behalf of minors by social workers in Tusla; and if she will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: The question relates to the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays by Tusla social workers in making the minors' applications. Does the Minister have concerns about this, and has she spoken to Tusla since the report's publication?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We know there is some good care for the kids under 18 years of age. So far this year, however, 105 children have arrived in Ireland seeking asylum status without a parent or guardian, yet to date this year only 15 have been granted international protection, while last year only 11 children were granted protection. These are low figures. I remind the Minister of some of the contents of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We know the children cannot get their status before the age of 18. Family reunification is gone; they are generally going into direct provision. We are not saying that everything about the system is wrong, but there are serious problems with it. We know a number of young lads who are waiting for interviews. More resources are probably required. We know there are some good things...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Bill seeks to provide that An Bord Pleanála will be the appeal body in respect of aircraft noise regulation. Under the legislation, an appeal against a relevant regulatory decision may be lodged together with the appropriate fee before the board at any time before the expiration of the appropriate period by the airport authority or a relevant person. This appears to be a...