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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the procedures for height measurement and determination at entry to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3626/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times a person (details supplied) was measured during the recruitment and training process prior to discharge; the exact reading of each measurement; the number of Defence Forces medical personnel involved in measuring the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reconsider the discharge of a person (details supplied) and immediately move to reinstate the person in view of his acknowledgement that he is reviewing the procedures for height measurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is considering remeasuring all Defence Forces personnel in view of his acknowledgement that he is reviewing the procedures for height measurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3629/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials that are assigned to Rosslare Port; the start and end times of custom official shifts; and if customs officials are present for all ferry departures and arrivals. [3538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the open dialogue programme that started in Bantry, County Cork in September 2015; the way in which the programme works; if it has been considered a success; if it will be rolled out to other CHO teams and areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the advancing recovery Ireland initiative in counties Wexford and Waterford; the achievements the programme has had there; the number of meetings that have taken place since the initiative began; the number of service users that engaged with the initiative; the number of HSE staff that engaged with the initiative in counties Wexford and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the expenses claimed by HSE staff in connection with the advancing recovery Ireland initiative since its inception by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3633/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with his counterparts in the European countries that continue to sell arms and provide support to the coalition that is bombing Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4119/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the role the UN has played in terms of ending the war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I have two questions for the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: This is a war of resistance by the people of Yemen against the pillage of their country by global financial capitalism. Mr. Saleh was implementing neoliberal policies and the people were resisting them. He was thrown out and replaced by Mr. Hadi, who, when he ran out of rope, ran away. The war started in 2015. There is zero justification for the Saudi UAE bombing of Yemen, with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste said that Ireland cannot go out on a limb on its own and that it is tied to the EU. European countries sometimes take a separate stand. For example, prior to the latest slow walk to a coup in Venezuela, the Spanish Minister was backing Mr. Maduro and giving him a chance to work things out. In the past few days, the French and the Germans declared that if there are no...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Miscarriages of Justice (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he highlighted the case of persons (details supplied) at his attendance at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; if his attention has been drawn to the details of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49795/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (29 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to defer the withdrawal of the concessionary application of the zero rate of VAT to certain food supplements until an impact study has been completed. [3848/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the system regarding protected disclosures within An Garda Síochána is functioning properly, if he has had contact with the new Garda Commissioner on this issue since their appointment and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has told us that he has established a panel of counsel to assess disclosures made to him by members or former members of An Garda Síochána. Is he happy with the protected disclosures system? Has he discussed same with the new Garda Commissioner?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: GSOC was supposed to look after protected disclosures, but the Minister has now had to establish a panel. Does that mean that the workload is too much for GSOC or that there is a lack of confidence in its role in assessing protected disclosures? Section 41(1)(b) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 reads: "significant developments that might reasonably be expected to affect adversely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister stated that the protected disclosure system was working well, but Mr. Nicky Keogh first complained in May 2014 and, as the Minister knows, that situation is still not resolved. Has there been a change of policy? For example, the House will be aware that Mr. Pat Murray and Mr. Aidan Glacken were the subjects of Mr. Keogh's protected disclosure. They were never suspended, yet...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: Okay. Has the Minister discussed with the Commissioner Mr. Fanning's suspension? Has the Minister or the Commissioner any concern about the manner in which this information was leaked to the media so quickly? It obviously came from headquarters.