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Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: There are many bodies still not open to scrutiny. The Minister says exemptions are proposed in the public interest so as not to affect a body's ability to perform its core functions and commercial performance. I am not sure this complies fully with EU rules. We have been in a battle with Bord na Móna for several months regarding its employment of Accenture. It has confirmed to me...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Minister presumes the company is in compliance with the EU procurement directive. Will he check it for me because we are of the opinion it is not? We put in many freedom of information requests. Sometimes we get satisfactory answers; sometimes, we do not. Recently - a while back - I put in a freedom of information request about NAMA’s freedom of information system to see how it...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: If the Taoiseach examines the vacant site levy, he will see that the penalties for not building are so minuscule that it will pay the people to continue to sit on land and watch the price increase. Every time the price of a house goes up by 10%, the price of the land goes up by a minimum of 30%. In the past three years, 26 houses have been built in Wexford; that is seven per year. It is...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: And the developer did not build it-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I do not know how much the Taoiseach knows about how housing is supplied in this country or about how the construction industry here works.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I do not hold the Taoiseach personally responsible for the fact that the Government has failed to deal with the housing crisis for six years, but he is the boss now and it is on his plate. If the Taoiseach is interested in doing this country a massive favour by deciding to tackle something that no one before him has tackled, he should start by no longer listening to those who have a vested...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Reports (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has issued yearly reports to the EU Commission for the Directorate General for Competition on the use of NAMA's post-acquisition powers; the number of yearly reports that have been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors over the past 15 years; the number of persons that are prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs for the same period; the total for each drug listed for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other professionals who have the authority to prescribe drugs are required to report their patients' experiences of adverse drug reactions to the HPRA; if this is a voluntary action on the part of the general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published HIQA inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can implement the proposed action plan in view of the volume of complaints from families and their lack of confidence in the board and directors of the organisation and other issues; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns over the ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia; his views on whether Ireland's growing trade relations with Saudi Arabia could be interpreted as tacit support of the Saudi led war, in view of Ireland's stated policy of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on the current situation in Yemen; if he will propose that the UN Human Rights Council carry out an investigation into possible war crimes on the part of Saudi Arabia in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39697/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Child Protection Audit: Dr. Geoffrey Shannon (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witness for coming in. He is probably bored of being told how wonderful his report is, but if I do not compliment it, he will be giving out about me. It is incredibly comprehensive and covers so much that is relevant. Hopefully, it will not suffer the fate of many of the reports which are prepared in this country and then allowed to collect dust without being acted upon. Given...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific legal basis for withholding or denying social welfare payments, including pensions and child benefit, in cases in which a person entitled to such payments fails to register for a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a cost benefit analysis was carried out by her Department regarding the public services card; if so, the date on which this will be published; the amount her Department has saved by preventing social welfare fraud through the roll-out of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 487. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to every person on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (11 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 May 2017, the three bidders and the corresponding portfolio that were successful following their reverse inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (11 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for gallbladder removal surgery nationally and in Wexford general hospital and University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and the date in 2017, in tabular form. [38942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2078. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have left the Defence Forces in 2015 and 2016 and to date 2017, not including mandatory retirements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2079. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons within the Defence Forces who have taken mandatory retirement in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the number estimated to take mandatory retirement in each of the years 2018 to 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36781/17]