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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I spent about two hours in the Valuation Office a couple of years ago arguing over the rateable valuation of my properties. I found the system to be very strong and was very impressed by the workings of the office, although it lacked flexibility. While I found that properties were being valued fairly in good commercial areas, I felt we were treated harshly in others in which most business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: My experience is that it is not easy to run a small business in Ireland. People are struggling to pay rates. I do not know how the levels of rates payable here compare with those in other European countries, but I get the impression that we are being hit harder than the average small business elsewhere in Europe. Perhaps I am wrong, but that is my feeling. Let me give an example. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Valuation Tribunal: Chairperson Designate (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Therefore, large parts of the city will remain on the edge of dereliction. I thank Ms O'Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the witnesses. There is no doubt they have not been treated fairly, and if they were looking for a whole lot more money, they might have got more fairness by now. It is all very well to speak about fairness and justice, and the witnesses have been denied both, but they can be assured they are not alone in this. Many people have been denied fairness and justice in this country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Does the Garda Síochána have accurate access to these figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: It has not been very good at counting of late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Pensions: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: It is inconceivable that there is not a record of the number of gardaí and their names, and who retired before that particular date. That is available and the witnesses have not got it yet. It has to be available. It is unthinkable that there is no record. It is crucial to the witnesses' case that they get that information.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the unit set up within An Garda Síochána to liaise with the disclosures tribunal, in view of reports of personal ties between the Garda Commissioner and members of the unit and questions raised both in the media and in Dáil Éireann over a potential conflict of interest in this regard and that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 in order to increase the powers of the Policing Authority with regard to monitoring transparency, providing oversight and ensuring accountability, particularly in view of the ongoing crises within An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reform (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the Garda Commissioner can deliver the reforms necessary for a well functioning, transparent and accountable police force in view of the recent controversies within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in order to make the Garda Commissioner accountable to the Policing Authority and to empower the authority to remove a garda commissioner from office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the receivers working for NAMA and the fees paid to same in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [33273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (12 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding his Department allocated in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 to Traveller specific initiatives and Traveller organisations around the country and specifically in County Wexford; if he has satisfied himself with the level of support his Department currently provides to cultural and heritage projects for the Traveller...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will take the middle ground and press the amendment without calling a vote.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I had initially planned to call a vote on the amendment but I am taking a middle course instead.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 20:In page 10, line 33, after "include" to insert ", but is not limited to,".

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 21:In page 10, line 34, to delete "any of".

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 23:In page 10, line 37, before "procedures" to insert "where relevant,".

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 19:In page 10, line 33, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. The Bill contains no minimum training standard or protection for the designation of mediator. I proposed amendments relating to minimum training standards on Committee Stage and I note that Deputy Madigan is proposing the insertion of a reference to minimum training for mediators...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: We are trying to ensure that the code or codes of practice published under section 9 incorporate certain basic elements that clearly apply to all mediation, such as continuing professional development requirements for mediators, ethical standards to be observed by mediators, procedures for redress and so forth. I also have proposed amendment No. 23. I note that the Law Society of Ireland...