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Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will withdraw it.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, line 9, after “practice” to insert “published or approved under section 9”.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I appreciate that the Minister has taken many of the arguments made on Committee Stage on board. Amendment No. 9 is dependent on amendment No. 13, and vice versa. The substitution of "shall" for "may" here makes it imperative that the Minister publish or approve a code of practice. The Minister and Deputy Clare Daly both have the following amendment No. 12 to delete "may" and substitute...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, line 9, to delete “any code of practice” and substitute “the code or codes of practice published under section 9". Deputy Clare Daly sends her apologies. She is attending the abortion committee meeting and I am moving amendment No. 8 on her behalf. Amendment No. 9 is in my name and that of the Minister. Deputy Daly's amendment is...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I had better not start to presume to be allowed to speak on behalf of Deputy Daly.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will not go there.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: That makes it more interesting.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: The rationale behind the original UNDOF deployment to the Golan Heights in 1974 was to maintain the ceasefire between the Israeli and Syrian forces and to supervise the implementation of the disengagement agreement. Today, we are facilitating the ongoing illegal occupation of the Golan Heights by Israel. The Israeli Government recently called for an increase in settlements by 100,000 over...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: According to al-Marsad, the Arab human rights centre in the Golan Heights, the 23,000 Israeli settlers in Golan occupy 95% of the land, leaving just 5% for the 25,000 Syrians living there. In 1989 only 600 Israelis lived there but now there are 23,000 and there are plans to expand further. Given the recent reduction in US funding to the UN, is the US undermining UN missions? Does the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Question No. 7 of 29 March 2017, the details of the engagements he has had at UN level regarding the ongoing deployment of Irish peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, particularly regarding the merits of this operation and its long-term effects on the region; his views on whether the UNDOF peacekeeping mission could be facilitating the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been or will be a change in the mandate of the peacekeeping force posted in the Golan Heights, particularly in view of the recent ongoing fighting between Syria and Israel in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces have been called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Shannon airport to date in 2017; his plans to make changes to the arrangements whereby the Defence Forces provide aid to the civil power at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Ireland, sadly, has been sponsoring the US war of terror and aggression in the Middle East, Afghanistan, northern Africa and beyond for 16 years now. Different Governments in that time have found it difficult to admit that we are complicit in what is happening. We cannot for one second say we are neutral any more, given that we are allowing Shannon to be used as a US military base for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: In March alone, US-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed at least 1,400 civilians. A US airstrike levelled a residential area in Mosul, killing as many as 200 civilians. Imagine if this was Dublin - to kill 200 civilians and say it was a mistake. How in God's name can we continue to allow one of our airports be used to facilitate their war of aggression? This is one of the worst...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: Although the review is welcome, it concerns civilian aircraft, as the Minister of State knows. His Defence Forces are going down to Shannon and minding military aircraft that are not supposed to have any guns or munitions on board, for which we do not actually search. Is there any way that the Minister of State's Defence Forces could be used to make sure that those planes are keeping within...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 29 June 2017, the source data that her answer was based on; the version of the CETA trade agreement that she was referencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 29 June 2017, the source data that her answer was based on; the version of the CETA trade agreement that she was referencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, the sectors and sub-sectors that Ireland and Germany have each included in their negative list and reservations in the CETA agreement; if she will provide the detail of reservations for existing measures and liberalisation commitments and reservations for future...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, the detail of the CETA trade agreement, that is, page number and section that specifies that the water supply sector here will not be subject to the terms of the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Wallace: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, if her understanding of Article 1.9(3) of the CETA trade agreement means that Ireland's water sector will be subject to the terms of the agreement in view of the fact that Irish Water charges for water and this permits the commercial use of water sources (details...