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Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Housing is a massive issue. It always has been a big issue but the problem now is that the goal posts have moved dramatically in the last number of years. The Minister of State is responsible for housing and may God help her. She has a very difficult task and if the Government is not prepared to give her any money, that makes it even more difficult. A media outlet in Wexford contacted me...

Topical Issue Debate (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Yes, I wish to defer it until next Tuesday when a Minister or Minister of State from the Department of Health will be able to come to the House to deal with it.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views, in relation to rendition flights, on whether relying on diplomatic assurances from the United States is sufficient to comply with the State's obligations to prevent torture or prohibit ill-treatment taking place in its territory or airspace and to ensure its territory is not being used to facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has taken any action at European Union level in relation to the release of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti; if he has raised this issue with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had ongoing contact with the United States Embassy since a US military aircraft landed in Shannon Airport in September 2013 with a fixed weapon; if he has sought further assurances since this incident that no aircraft involved in extraordinary rendition has transited through Shannon Airport; his views on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a matter of public expenditure. [15691/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I wish to discuss a case with which the Minister of State, Deputy White, might be familiar, that of Mrs. Eimear Lynch-Rowe who is based in Gorey, County Wexford. Eimear suffers from a very aggressive and rapid form of motor neurone disease, MND. Her symptoms first became apparent in January 2013, and she received her diagnosis last October. Between January last year and now she has...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: My second question related to a breakdown of the cost. I accept there are many issues at stake. The Minister of State referred to equipment and trained staff and where the financial resources would come from. Has anyone estimated the potential cost to provide such a service in the home? Does the Minister of State have even an approximate figure? Is it the case that the HSE will meet...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Debt Statistics (8 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on figures from the Central Bank of Ireland which show that the total lending to Irish households fell back to €106 billion in February, the lowest level since July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16061/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for a global tax on individual net worth; if he has had discussions at an EU level on the feasibility of a global wealth tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16060/14]

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I have not had as much time as I would have liked to go through the Bill. The merging of the two bodies was cited last week in the Government’s amendment to the motion of no confidence in the Minister. This disappointing Bill could have been more progressive and reforming. Improvements have been made to the first draft provided in 2012. The Bill lacks substance if it is to provide...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the fact that the Government is not opposing the Bill. Hopefully the reason is genuine and is not connected to the local elections. Its agreement to the set back distances and the provisions relating to noise and shadow flicker are welcome. We do not seem to have a developed energy strategy - not that it is easy to have one, given that so many things have been changing so fast in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the case of a small school (details supplied) in County Wexford which is due to lose one of its teachers despite having 87 children on roll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16445/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (9 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's requirements in relation to child protection are being implemented and monitored by his Department at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick following the constructive dismissal of the school principal and the resignation of the school board of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/14]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I will give Deputy Cowen a minute.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the Bill. The idea of this House being unavailable to those who have run into financial problems in this climate and in this day and age is a bit on the harsh side. Bankruptcy is very strange. We have had an economic collapse of a sort in Ireland, and some people who have lost hundreds of millions, and some who have cost the State hundreds of millions, will not go bankrupt while...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (10 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16817/14]

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: In recent months we have seen how section 39 of the Broadcasting Act has been exploited by individuals and organisations seeking to further their own agendas and define the terms of the upcoming public debate on marriage equality. As the barrister Mr. Brian Barrington pointed out at the time of the Pantigate scandal, by its censorship of Mr. Rory O'Neill RTE has undermined confidence in its...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I did not say that I would. I am saying that the Bill is welcome because we need to discuss this whole area. In the opening part of his speech, I found the Minister was very derogatory towards the Deputy's Bill. I thought it was over the top. Another prominent misconception is that the right to freedom of expression somehow carries with it an entitlement to a platform. In this regard,...

Other Questions: Employment Rights Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when stakeholder discussions on collective bargaining are expected to conclude; if he will reform the current law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17417/14]