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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the analysis which has been undertaken by the standing scientific committee on salmon on water abstraction from the River Slaney for domestic, agricultural and industrial use; the effect this is having on salmon stocks in the River Slaney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15289/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reopen the salmon hardship scheme for the remaining 35 salmon net licence holders on the River Slaney in view of the fact that draft net licences on the river have been suspended for ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider directing Inland Fisheries Ireland to carry out a full salmonid habitat survey of the River Slaney to develop a habitat map for the catchment. [15291/17]

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I too welcome Deputy Kelly's Bill. Fair play to him for bringing it forward. It is a breathe of fresh air. It is a straightforward and logical Bill that will be of great benefit to Ireland's burgeoning microbreweries, distilleries and cideries, tourism throughout the country, Irish industry and exports. Currently, if one visits a brewery, it is illegal for the brewery to sell its own...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I know this is not her responsibility but the truth of the matter is that not only are psychology services in Wexford poor and not only is the HSE's approach to the problems that prevail in Wexford very poor, but there is not near enough emphasis on psychology. I am not even sure if there is a psychotherapist on the books of the HSE. Perhaps...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: In the past month alone, my office has been contacted by four different families regarding services for suicidal children and teenagers in Wexford. We were contacted by a 14 year old girl and her mother. She has presented to the HSE twice with suicidal thoughts. Her father committed suicide when she was younger and her uncle also committed suicide. She wrote a letter to the office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 7 march 2017, her views on whether her Department's focus on regions rather than individual counties might mean that some counties get neglected in favour of their more developed or profitable neighbours; the initiatives she has planned to combat economic stagnation and underinvestment in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the discrepancy between County Wexford's unemployment rate of 18.5% and the rate for the south-east region as a whole, which has fallen to 9.4%; the measures she is taking to bridge this gap and bring more job opportunities to County Wexford specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14428/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Eacnamaíochta, Sóisialacha agus Cultúir), 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: We again propose to incorporate the covenant in the Constitution, something we should have done a long time ago. The Labour Party introduced two Private Members' Bills which proposed to do the same thing as Deputy Pringle's Bill, one by Ruairí Quinn in 2000 and a second more recent one by the then Deputy and now Senator Kevin Humphreys in 2012. The Labour Party voted against the Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Carroll for his presentation and for all the good work his organisation is doing in this area. These seems to be a broad consensus that prison does not work and that we do not do things as well as we should or make the changes that we should. Has that more to do with ideology or with cost? Many of the initiatives that I would like to see in prisons would probably cost a few bob...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Since Mr. Carroll was reluctant to put a figure on it, can we agree on 1,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Carroll sounds like a politician.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Prison Officers Association (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Clinton and Mr. Mitchell for their presentation. I would like to raise a few points. I wonder how much contact the association has with the Minister and the Department of Justice and Equality. Does it deal mainly with the Irish Prison Service? There is broad agreement that things could be much better for prisoners, prison officers and staff. It is agreed that things need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Prison Officers Association (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Have prison officers expressed their concerns directly to the Department of Justice and Equality or the Minister? Do they get the opportunity to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Prison Officers Association (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: There was a point about the large percentage of people with mental health challenges who end up in prisons. Do the witnesses have any ideas on how we can challenge that? Surely we cannot continue behaving in this manner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Prison Officers Association (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: How does Mr. Clinton see the level of morale among prison staff? Would there be any merit in prison management being based in Dublin rather than Longford? Does he think it is a significant issue?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the suggestions in the NTA's rail review to discontinue certain rail services south of Gorey, which could leave Wexford town and Rosslare without a rail service to Dublin; if he will consider opening an express train service from Wexford town to Dublin in order to increase the number of passengers using the service; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on his Department's role in the granting of permission for civilian aircraft to land or overfly Ireland carrying munitions; if he has had any discussions with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Justice and Equality and Defence with a view to overhauling the current situation regarding the use of Shannon Airport by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs created and lost in County Wexford in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job announcements for the south east for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; the number of IDA visits in the south east by county for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14356/17]