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Topical Issues: Maternity Services (26 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I understand the Health Service Executive was due to deliver a report to Government last night setting out is proposals for achieving the required saving of more than €660 million next year. I also understand that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of the Taoiseach will be involved in assessing those proposals. The plan comes in the wake of a recent...

Topical Issues: Maternity Services (26 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I can only hope that the issue will be addressed in a positive manner. We are all wondering what sort of scheme the Government can come up with and how it can save so much money yet still provide adequate care. Perhaps there are some surprises for us. It will be interesting when we see it. I note that the HSE national director of quality and patient safety, Dr. Philip Crowley, has said...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (26 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the deadline dates for appeals to decisions made by the National Council for Special Education during special needs assistants reviews preceded the date on which some schools were informed of SNA allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50298/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the qualification requirements for teachers providing home tuition for children with autism spectrum disorder were recently changed from specialist training in autism to a general primary school qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50297/13]

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the purpose of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to remove the regulatory differences between the U.S. and European nations; his view on the the way it will impact on jobs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50563/13]

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: According to the bodies concerned, the main objective of the TTIP is to remove as many trade barriers as possible to ensure the freedom of movement of trade and investment, the argument being that there are too many regulatory systems on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Commission claims the agreement will lead to savings of moneys and jobs. One concerning aspect of the agreement is...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: While I do not have a problem with free trade or the free movement of goods and people, there is a bit more to this agreement than that. For example, it will allow corporations to sue governments when they are trying to protect their citizens from their activities. It allows a secretive panel of corporate lawyers to overrule the will of national parliaments and the legal protections in...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Recently WikiLeaks leaked information on the trans-Pacific trade agreement, which has much of the same mechanism involved in it. That agreement was found to be as much about extending monopoly rights of companies such as Monsanto rather than free trade. Of 29 chapters in that agreement, only five related to trade. There was much more concentration on patents, copyrights, trade marks and...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The debt incurred-----

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The debt incurred by the Irish people-----

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: -----through the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank debt was certainly questionable and there is a strong case to be made for the cancellation of this debt, especially as the State was essentially defrauded by Anglo Irish Bank. The bank guarantee was illegitimate, undemocratic and probably the worst political decision made in the history of the State. Why should the people of Ireland foot...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership might affect Ireland's sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50562/13]

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect the health of persons who may be affected by noise and shadow flicker from wind turbines; to give further effect to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1998; and to provide for related...

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to permit medical treatment leading to termination of pregnancy in situations where the foetus has a fatal abnormality such that it is incompatible with life outside of the womb.This Bill allows for terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities. Although the Government had a chance to include such cases in its Protection...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I broadly welcome the proposed reform of the jurisdiction of the courts in the examinership process. I note the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 has been amended by section 2 of the Bill to allow all companies to have access to the High Court examinership process and to allow small companies the further option of applying directly to their local Circuit Court. This is in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Abolition (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has abolished mortgage interest supplement in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50849/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made provision in her budget for the potential knock-on effects of reductions in maintenance payments owing to the abolition of the one parent family tax credit and the increased reliance on social welfare payments this might entail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50850/13]

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: I propose to share time with Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, John Halligan and Mattie McGrath. There is much concern across the country about EirGrid's Grid25 scheme. There is much worry that not enough is known about the project, especially from the point of view of the people in the country. EirGrid would like the cheapest option and this concern is of the highest priority, with the...