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Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I again ask the Minister to set out the specific legislation within which members of the force exercise discretion for the termination of fixed charge notices. What legislation permits a senior officer to terminate more than 1,000 fixed charge notices, most of which came from outside of his district? This is unfair to the many honest gardaí who work really hard and whose profession is...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: It was not him.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I have not named him either.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: What is the specific legislation? The Minister still has not told Members. This is crazy.

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: How does this all look to the people of Ireland who may be watching tonight? Do they feel that they have a say in the way things are done in this country, in how their lives are organised? The people have come to understand that the big important decisions are now made by people who do not live here. Financial markets, financial institutions and auditors are the people who make the big...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems in relation to the manner in which data is collected by the Gosafe system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6016/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops will participate in the European Union Training Mission due to be launched in Mali in mid-February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if any decision has been taken in relation to the deployment of Irish troops to Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Given the total lack of democracy in Mali at the moment and the ongoing discrimination and human rights abuses against Tuareg people in north Mali, is it appropriate for Ireland to be interfering? Should a small independent country, such as Ireland, not stay neutral and not send troops to support one side in a civil war, which is pretty unlikely to be confined to Mali? The French have been...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am not talking about moral superiority and I do not approve of any of the violence on behalf of the jihad rebels at all. I am not a fan of war of any type. We have seen the disasters of interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Military intervention by outside forces exacerbates the problems. The past decade has demonstrated beyond doubt that such interventions do not necessarily solve...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am all for keeping the peace. However, I believe what we are seeing is a growing militarised European Union. The production and export of arms is growing in Europe, with countries becoming dependent on them and too often making decisions which promote their arms industries, which is worrying.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Arms exports in Europe are growing.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Human Rights Watch has raised serious concerns about atrocities by Malian troops also.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: They should leave their guns at home.

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is agreeing that the scheme was very good, encouraged best practice in farming and brought about significant improvements. While he says there is €10 million available, he must admit the funding is not nearly as attractive as it was. Sadly, it is the smaller farmer who is actually getting hit. The smaller farmer is forever wary of the fact that the IFA probably speaks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Authority Inspections (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent instances of horse meat found in Irish burgers, his views on whether greater scrutiny of the food processing industry is needed in view of the fact that traceability seems to be adequate up until the point that the animal is slaughtered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give any indication as to when the appropriate assessment will commence on Bannow Bay and Waterford Estuary in view of the fact that the application was first made in 2010 and is now delaying job creation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/13]

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Paying for Anglo Irish Bank's problems over a longer period rather than up-front is certainly a help. The Government says we are saving €20 billion over the next ten years but we should never have been paying €20 billion now or at any other time. Ashoka Mody, a former IMF economist who is now at Princeton University, argued this week that it is a pity "that the 'debtor'...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I heard he was not coming.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: He is probably out on the plinth. My first worry is that Irish Water is being set up to be fit for sale. The Minister of State is shaking his head. I hope this is not the case because I firmly believe utilities such as water need to be kept under State control. It is a public service and I would fear for it if it went into private hands. It goes without saying that if a private company...