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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to an agreement between the RAF and the State concerning Irish airspace defence, if the Defences Forces including the Air Corps, are party to this agreement; if specific training has taken place regarding this agreement; if so, the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Defences Forces, including the Air Corps are party to an agreement between the RAF and the State concerning airspace defence; if specific training has taken place regarding this agreement; if so, the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Commission on the Status of Women (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on trading with a country that has received international criticism over its treatment of women and minorities in view of the findings of the UN Comtrade database, which found that Ireland's exports to Saudi Arabia in 2016 amounted to over €800 million; the details of Ireland's relationship with Saudi Arabia particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Commission on the Status of Women (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current system in which voting on membership of certain bodies takes place in secret which was highlighted by the recent controversy surrounding the election of Saudi Arabia to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in view of his Department's role in UN human rights bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Question No. 267 of 28 March 2017, if he has raised the issue of China's classification of all Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, citizens fleeing the regime and entering illegally into China as economic migrants at the UN level or bilaterally with China, in view of the fact that this classification prevents the UNHCR...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Sanctions (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider an official boycott of goods from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in view of the UN position that these ongoing settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law and a serious obstacle to peace in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25827/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the imminent closure of three Elliniko refugee camps in Greece; if his Department is playing a role in the resettlement of the camps' inhabitants, in particular unaccompanied minors; if his Department has a presence on the ground in these camps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Trafficking (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to UNICEF's recent finding of a 500% rise in unaccompanied and separated child refugees since 2010-11 and the increasing dangers posed by traffickers; the steps he is taking to address the deteriorating situation for unaccompanied refugee children trying to reach Europe and Ireland in particular; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (30 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider sending officials from his Department to assist and to promote Ireland as a favourable destination for refugees and unaccompanied minors in particular, in view of the reports that fast-track migrant centres in Greece and Italy are overwhelmed; the details of discussions he has had to this effect with his counterparts...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: There are still no effective rent controls or taxes on landbanking. Airbnb is making the housing crisis worse and operates in a strange place legally. Last year, An Bord Pleanála upheld a Dublin City Council ruling that an apartment owner in Temple Bar needed to apply for planning permission if the owner wanted to continue renting the property out via Airbnb. The Minister, Deputy...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: This morning during Leaders' Questions, the Tánaiste stated that everyone wants to see the homelessness problem solved and every possible initiative is being taken. This statement is not supported by reality. According to Focus Ireland, in March last, 77 families in Dublin experienced homelessness for the first time, while in March 2013 five families became homeless. The 4% cap on...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: If I send the Minister of State the breakdown of Mel Reynolds' analysis, will he reply to it and counteract what Mr. Reynolds says in order to justify his own numbers?

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: It is outrageous that they might use international terrorism to defend the present Garda Commissioner. The house that is An Garda Síochána is falling down around her ears. While scandals, which can only be described as white collar crime, continue to escalate around Templemore, at the other end of the scale the plot thickens around the Garda involvement in the heroin trade in...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: But it is not.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Three years.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Yesterday, Kathleen O’Toole confirmed the suspicions of many, namely, that the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is a fig leaf to divert attention away from the crisis in Garda management. She said that the commission's task is not to scrutinise the performance of individuals and that Garda management inherited a poisoned chalice. However, she forgot to tell us that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the accuracy of official figures for housing completion here; the reason for the disparity between his Department's figure of 14,932 completions in 2016 with the number of building energy ratings certificates issued in that year which was in the region of 3,500; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of his Department's official 2016 housing completion figure of 14,932 under the categories public and private units, approved housing bodies units, local authority refurbished voids and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25021/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the policies of his Department could be contributing to rises in rents in view of the CSO's finding that there was a 30% increase in rents in Dublin city over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (25 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the disparity between his Department's official figure of 15,951 housing completions during the past census period with the findings of the CSO that during the same period the housing stock increased by just 8,800; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25022/17]