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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: From our point of view, one of the main problems with the public services card is that the aim of it and the SAFE 2 registration process is not limited to verification. As I said, it is also to coerce consent to data-sharing. Perhaps the Minister is now denying it, but section 262(6) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act states:(a) Where a specified body has a transaction with a person,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is withholding payments in circumstances in which a person entitled to same declines to register for a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 51 and 52 of 31 January 2019, the specific elements of Defence Forces height standards being reviewed; the specific timeline for the review; when it will begin; when conclusions will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces is considering reducing the height requirements for all recruits and cadets at entry; if so, when a decision on same can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Licences Data (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences for gaming machines issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and the amount of fees collected from the issue of such licences in each year. [7657/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions in each of the years 2016 to 2018 when An Garda Síochána intervened to cease the unlawful operation of gaming machines. [7735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 4 December 2018 and Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 15 January 2019, if he stands over his statement in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 4 December 2018 that all lawful gaming in amusement and gaming arcades here is confined to areas in respect of which Part III of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the services and funding provided by the Health Service Executive for persons that suffer from addiction to gambling; and the amount of funding allocated to such services in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [7817/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach and Tánaiste told us there was a gross underestimate of the cost of building the hospital. Who underestimated it? Was it BAM? The contract was awarded on foot of a competition. BAM told the Government what it would cost. If there was a scope change, then the price would obviously go up, but if the scope was not determined, why did the Government go for a fixed price...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, seek to overturn amendments which were submitted by Deputy Clare Daly and myself and successfully passed on Committee and Report Stage in the Dáil with the support of Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and others. The Bill went back to the Seanad the week before last and Fianna Fáil Senators very strangely voted to overturn our amendments, despite...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: We really hope that Fianna Fáil Deputies will not do a U-turn on this and that they do not hide behind this wonderful contraption called confidence and supply. The public services card project is a ticking time bomb for the Government as far as we are concerned. If by chance Fianna Fáil Deputies were to do a U-turn on it, it might not look great on their record when the trouble...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: We accept and are not querying the need to verify people's identities, but the process will enable the creation of a massive database of citizens' data. That database may well improve the administration and delivery of public services, but it is also important to state that increased data sharing does not necessarily lead to increased data quality. The streamlining of services and the...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am not arguing against that.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build social houses delivered by all 31 local authorities in 2018 excluding those built by approved housing bodies and Part V; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the changes introduced in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018, specifically the removal of provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2018 relating to reduced rates of vacant site levy being applied in situations in which a site loan exceeds specific percentages of the market...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that the Land Development Agency is not accessible under freedom of information; if information relating to the work of the agency to date on the number of staff employed, external advisers employed and fees associated with both staff and external advisors will be published; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether legislation allowing developers to deliver 10% of social housing units required per development off site is acceptable in the housing emergency in Dublin and nationally; if the legislation relating to this exemption will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff he expects to be seconded from NAMA and the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, to the Land Development Agency; if he has had discussions with the Minister for Finance and his officials in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8473/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for the contributions but I think I am more confused now than I was at the start. I am sure after listening to the witnesses and the other groups coming in, we will have much food for thought. It looks like it will be very difficult to make things as good as we would like them to be. The witnesses seem to agree that resources will be a big challenge and it will cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of the Family Law System: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: Despite the existence of Article 42A, the voice of the child is still not being heard. Deputy O'Callaghan has made the point that it will be very difficult to bring it about. It is a huge challenge. Under the 2015 Act, the appointment of a child's view expert is entirely at the discretion of the court. There is no guidance in the Act on what should happen in cases in which the court...