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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am referring specifically to the case of Lee Walker from Wexford town. Originally, he passed the test in Cork but did not make the final list at the time. When he went for the test last year he passed the interview, fitness test and medical test but on the second occasion it was deemed his tattoo was too high, even though he showed me pictures in a still position and with his head tilted...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister. I received a letter from Lee Walker and if it is okay with the Minister I will forward it to him.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 138. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason Defence forces personnel were stationed in front of US warplanes at Shannon airport on 22 February 2014 and 2 March 2014; and if any inspections of the aircraft took place. [12966/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: It is difficult for us to know if the airport is being used at all times in an appropriate manner when we do not search the aircraft. It defies all rationality that we assume that what the Americans tell us is true. Any keen follower of foreign affairs would know that the same people would say mass. The recent revelations about the National Security Agency, NSA, and what the Americans have...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: We know no military aircraft has been checked, despite the fact that the Government jet, when used by the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, was searched at Dulles Airport in Washington a while back. The Minister has indicated that I should come up with the evidence to prove ammunition is passing through Shannon Airport that should not be. I am not the Minister for Defence. If the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 135. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that the surveying, listing and ongoing monitoring of protected buildings in the Defence property portfolio falls within the remit of the local authority, the number of meetings and level of engagement that took place between the Defence Forces property section and Kildare County Council in relation to these matters over the past five...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battle Groups (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 144. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No.12 of 6 February 2014, relating to Ireland's participation in EU battle groups, his views on whether the triple lock has been substantially weakened by the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006; and that if Irish troops are committed to take part in a war it is highly unlikely that they will only be involved for 120 days. [12967/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 146. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the progress of the technical assessment of dwellings in the Curragh Camp; when the report is expected; if he will convene a multi-departmental meeting with representatives of the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Kildare County Council to discuss the way...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 809. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the technical assessment of the Curragh Camp dwellings; if he will consider organising a cross-departmental meeting to include the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in addition to representatives from Kildare County Council, in order to discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 153. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the withdrawal of the seven Army personnel remaining with the NATO ISAF forces in Afghanistan, in view of the fact that most other European countries have withdrawn their troops. [12965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 766. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of allegations that more than 40 Traveller families, including a Traveller baby, were registered on the PULSE system, if he will set out in detail the specific enquiries he has made and assurances he has received from the Garda Commissioner regarding same; if he will publish any relevant correspondence; and if he will set out in detail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 767. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that he will extend the terms of reference of the section 42 inquiry into the Roma children controversy to now include an examination of Garda racial profiling practices and any impact on the Garda conduct and decision to remove the two Roma children from their families; if he will examine the wider question of whether and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 768. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the findings regarding Garda racial profiling as set out in the European Commission on Racism and Intolerance report of February 2013; and if, in accordance with the strong recommendations of that report and of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, his programme for legislative reform...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Planning Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 810. To ask the Minister for Defence if planning permission was sought to demolish dwellings at the Curragh Camp as required by Schedule 2, Part (1), class 50 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001; and if not, the reason for same. [12970/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (25 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 811. To ask the Minister for Defence the circumstances in which deductions are made from the gratuity or pension of former serving soldiers in relation to outstanding payments for rent or ESB on Defence Forces dwellings; and the legislative basis for same, particularly where the person no longer resides in the dwelling. [12971/14]

Other Questions: Fishing Communities (26 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the scheme of assistance for pot fishermen is capped at 50 pots for boats under 12 metres, rather than 100 pots as is the case for 12 to 15 metre boats in view of the fact that the vast majority of vessels affected by recent events are under 10 metres in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/14]

Other Questions: Fishing Communities (26 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: My question refers to the fact that the smaller fishermen who work from the coastline out to the six-mile limit are being penalised because their boats are too small, which seems unfair, given that they are in most need of the Minister's help. I ask him to give his views on the matter.

Other Questions: Fishing Communities (26 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: Fishing boats between 12 m and 15 m are practically non-existent in Wexford. The fishermen who got on to me reckon there are 50 boats working inshore, but only one of them is between 12 m and 15 m. Most of the 12 m to 15 m fishing boats work off County Donegal. However, the fishermen who have suffered the most are those with smaller vessels. They claim they have lost between 200 and 300...

Other Questions: Fishing Communities (26 Mar 2014)

Mick Wallace: I realise the Minister has a limited amount to spend and that €1.5 million will not go far among the many fishermen affected. Will he, however, prioritise giving the maximum help to those who most need it, namely, the smaller guys? It looks to me that the guy who is better off with his larger boat and who can probably better take the knock is getting more help than the guy with the...