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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: No, I am fine. We have discussed it already, but I will press the amendment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: We could become friends yet.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 12:In page 10, lines 14 and 15, to delete “a copy of any code of practice to which he or she subscribes in so far as mediation is concerned” and substitute the following:“a copy of the Code of Practice to which he or she subscribes in so far as the mediation is concerned. The subscribed Code of Practice shall incorporate, in full, the terms of the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I accept the point regarding amendment No. 12 and I bow to the cleaner version set out in amendment No. 14 in the name of Deputy Daly. I will therefore withdraw amendment No. 12. Amendments Nos. 21, 22, 24 and 27 are also in my name and they also pretty much overlap with what is provided for in Deputy Daly's amendments. Amendment No. 21 seeks the substitution of the word "may" with...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: We feel strongly about this but we will let this go until Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 21:In page 11, line 1, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 24:In page 11, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(a) minimum standards of education and training for mediators;".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 27:In page 11, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:"(g) a clear definition of misconduct.".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: My amendment No. 35 reads: In page 16, to delete lines 33 to 37, and in page 17, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following:“(b) where the mediation took place, the content of a report to the court, if any, by a mediator shall be limited to a neutral summary of the outcome of the mediation.” We have tossed around the importance of confidentiality. The requirement in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will let amendment No. 35 go to Report Stage to see if we can come up with a better arrangement.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 42:In page 21, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(f) establish an independent, transparent system for handling complaints and disciplinary proceedings.”. In the public interest mediators should be subject to some kind of system of statutory regulation which is set out clearly and provides for an independent complaints handling system and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Mediation Bill 2017: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will look at it. If I see fit, I will bring it in to Report Stage and we will look at it again. I will withdraw it for now.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Chairman said "short notice". Will we be told of the deadline for when we must have the amendments in?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary question number 71 of 22 March 2017, the status of the report on the consultation process on the current and future role of rail transport here; his plans to open an express train service from Wexford town to Dublin, in order to facilitate commuters and increase the number of passengers using the service; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent projections of the EPA that, rather than reducing, transport emissions are expected to increase by 10% to 12% between 2015 and 2020; in view of the fact that road transport accounts for 95% of total transport emissions here, his further views on whether Government transport policy heavily favours the road system...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that primary school classes have on average four to five more pupils than those across the EU; his plans to reduce class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grant for primary schools by €20 per pupil, which according to research carried out by an organisation (details supplied) would cost €11.6 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore support services for DEIS schools; the measures in place to ensure a maximum class size of 15:1 in DEIS band 1 junior classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Panel Rights (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore supply panels of teachers at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received regarding general practitioners charging for routine phlebotomy services each year since 2009, in tabular form; the number of refunds issued for routine phlebotomy services in each of the CHO areas each year since 2009, in tabular form; the total value of these refunds per CHO area for each year since 2009, in tabular form;...