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Other Questions: Employment Rights Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The question refers to a programme for Government commitment which has still not been implemented after three years. Does the Minister plan to reform the law on collective bargaining before the end of 2014?

Other Questions: Employment Rights Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Ireland is probably the dearest little country in which to live and survive. Given that there has been a huge increase in what can only be described as precarious work, the great majority of the new jobs created in the last couple of years have been low paid and many of them are temporary as well, with very poor working conditions in many cases. It has reached a stage where the worker does...

Other Questions: Employment Rights Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Perhaps I do not have well-off friends like Deputy McGrath but for a large number of workers in the low-paid sector it has reached a point where people with jobs are suffering deprivation. The Minister states that the Government increased the minimum wage, and it was good that this happened, but the minimum wage is too low for people to have a decent standard of living in this dear country....

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons) Order 2014: Motion (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach said today that the commission shall exercise discretion regarding the scope and intensity of the investigations it considers necessary and appropriate. He also said that the commission shall have the discretion to decide to limit its investigation. Does he actually want the truth or the minimum? Mr. Justice Fennelly has not been asked outright to examine the issue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the EU-US negotiations on a transatlantic trade and investment partnership are sufficiently transparent; his views that the text of the EU's negotiating mandate and the initial position papers tabled by the EU should be published, in addition to other relevant documents; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Reports of the Ombudsman for Children (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the reports of the Ombudsman for Children into the Health Service Executive conduct, and the report of the Ombudsman under section 42 of the Garda Act 2005 into the Garda conduct, both relating to the Roma children controversy last October; if he will publish these reports before the Easter break; and if he will publish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 639. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the reports of Judge Yvonne Murphy and Professor Oonagh Walsh of which he has been in possession since last May; if he will publish both of these reports in their entirety; if he will, in accordance with the principles of equality of arms and procedural fairness, to publish both of these reports well in advance of July 2014, when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the officials. Mr. Boucher said he will be judged by his shareholders and that is understandable, as he has a business to run. Given the fact the bank would probably be out of business but for the taxpayer, does he feel any pressure to be a service provider to the people as well as a business or does profit remain the top priority because of pressure from shareholders? It goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The witnesses present an image, and they present it well, of having a strong interest in helping SMEs. However, it would be wrong not to point out that the majority of people I meet are finding it difficult to get finance, and I know many people in small business and others have come to me about it.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: There is no doubt that supply is a problem. However, price is also a problem. Rent supplement has been reduced, while rents are increasing. I know many people in Wexford who have been obliged to make up the shortfall which has resulted from this. In Dublin, rents are going through the roof. There is a good reason for this. Huge numbers of apartments - including a number I developed -...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: Yesterday, I was contacted by three young men in their early 20s who are seeking to rent an apartment in the docklands area of Dublin. They were asked to pay €1,800 for the privilege. This is because there is a cartel in place as a result of the fact that a small number of people own all the apartments that are available.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: I checked the position in Wexford last week and I discovered that there are fewer than ten boarded-up homes.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister said that diversity of content and ownership across the media remains an important part of a healthy democratic society and I fully agree with him. However, he also said that he was retaining the basic model of current laws based on the principle of avoiding intervention by Government in media ownership, except in specific circumstances following procedures determined by law. I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the Gateway scheme the reasons participation in the initiative is mandatory rather than voluntary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17692/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (16 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the research that was undertaken by her Department in advance of the introduction of the Gateway scheme to assess whether mandatory work schemes are effective in improving an unemployed person's prospects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (17 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the national cultural institutions are required to be in compliance with public sector pay and recruitment policy as set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, if it is acceptable for these institutions to advertise full-time unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (30 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is adequate external oversight and monitoring of Garda covert surveillance; the steps he has taken to address the level of internally authorised surveillance by gardaí under section 7(3) of the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009; if he will provide an itemised list of communications and-or correspondence...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (30 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: In light of the fact that at least two of the recent Garda controversies - the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission bugging allegations and the Garda tapes - have their roots in Garda covert surveillance practices and, arguably, both could have been prevented or minimised if covert surveillance had been properly overseen and monitored, the Minister needs to clarify to the House the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (30 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: The request for statistics does not threaten in any way or reveal any Garda methods or operations as they are general figures and do not relate to specific operations. I would appreciate it if the Minister would just answer the questions, please, and did not tell us about the legislation, because we have a good knowledge of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (30 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: We have heard that reply on at least two occasions previously from the Minister. He has not answered the questions that were tabled. A judgment in the Court of Criminal Appeal in January 2014 in the case of DPP v. Idah gives us one worrying example of Garda abuse of this section 7 power to internally authorise itself to undertake covert surveillance. As a result of an invalid approval...