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Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Calleary pointed out that the Bill has closed certain gaps, and it has done so, but not all of them, unfortunately. I believe it will probably be revisited in the coming years and that is perfectly doable. The race to the bottom in how we structure much of our business activities will be addressed in the coming years and I believe that changes will have to be made. Deputy...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I also think it is a disgrace that the Minister is not here. It is more game playing. He said that the crisis is not of his making, or rather, the crises, and I agree with him but his handling of them has been disastrous, defensive and has lacked any appetite for truth, transparency or accountability. We have spent 18 months dealing with one issue after another, pointing out the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (2 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests made by aircraft from the United States in 2013 for a permit to transport munitions through Shannon Airport; the number of these requests that were refused and the grounds for those refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I raised some of these issues this morning in the Dáil with the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. It is unusual that Ireland and the UK are unable to come to a more amicable and common-sense arrangement. The Minister was at pains to point out that the UK was governed by some EU regulations - the cabotage rules - and he was making the point that the EU regulations were the reason. If the road...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis for his assertion that the use of Shannon Airport by the US military is not in breach of Ireland's policy of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15684/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste has previously stated that he strongly supports neutrality and that it is a central element of Ireland's foreign policy. Given this clear commitment to the idea of neutrality, why does the Government continue to allow Shannon Airport to be used by the US military?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: In 2006 the Tánaiste, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, said "not knowing is not good enough". He also said "Why has the Government not complied with the request from the Human Rights Commission to inspect the aircraft through Shannon?" I do not know how he can have that position when in opposition and have a different position when in power. Now we do not want to know if there is anything on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Were a boat to land in west Cork and were the Garda to suspect there were drugs on board, would gardaí ask the person who owns it whether he had drugs on the boat or might they search it to ascertain for themselves whether there were drugs on board? The same point applies to the aeroplanes. One will not know whether the law is being upheld and whether America is doing what it states it...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to Ukraine, his views on whether a more balanced approach from the European Union is required as further moves to integrate the country with the West may lead to increased social and economic chaos for Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15400/14]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I feel that the self-righteous stance taken by the US and the EU beggars belief. We listened to John Kerry tell us that this is a completely unacceptable breach of international law for which there will be costs. It was interesting to read Seamus Milne in The Guardian last week. He said:That the states which launched the greatest act of unprovoked aggression in modern history on a...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I find both of them have behaved abysmally. I remind the Minister of State that when Gorbachev agreed the deal on German unification, the cornerstone of which was that a united Germany would remain in NATO, US Secretary of State Baker assured him that there would be no extension of NATO's jurisdiction one inch to the east. Gorbachev repeated that any extension of the zone of NATO would be...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State is telling people what he wants.

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Egypt where 529 persons have been sentenced to death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/14]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Over 1,000 people have been killed in Egypt since a military coup overthrew Morsi's elected Government. How many people have been killed in Crimea? When it was suggested that the United States might stop sending military hardware to Egypt because it was not being used in a very nice way, that proposal was blocked by the arms manufacturers. The manufacturers in question have a vested...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State has said that we are going to monitor the elections. It seems that we were okay with the military takeover. The head of the military is going to stand in those elections and will probably win. The EU will oversee that. When the majority of the people of Crimea voted to join Russia, the EU had a huge problem with that. The Minister of State mentioned that he was in...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: America abandons those processes most of the time.

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had recently with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice, Mr. David Ford, MLA, regarding prisoner issues and security in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/14]

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The question relates to prisoners in Northern Ireland. Deputies Clare Daly, Éamon Ó Cuív and Maureen O'Sullivan and I have visited Maghaberry and other prisons on many occasions. We would be very wary that problems are developing. A more rational approach needs to be taken to dealing with prisoners. We are not showing any sympathy for any mad republican notions. We are...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I also deplore attacks on PSNI officers and prison officers. We should avoid giving oxygen to dissident IRA groups, which is what is happening. Treating the prisoners badly aids the more extreme elements and gives them oxygen. Certain prisoners, including Mr. Paul Duffy and his brother, Shane, have been released only on condition that they do not live with their families or even in the...

Current Crisis in Ukraine: Motion (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“calls on the European Union and the United States to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine”. I too am surprised that the Minister of State is giving such wholehearted support to the new, unelected government of Ukraine. Is the Government...