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Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: We are up to nine minutes per question.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that a large proportion of the social housing solutions promised in the Rebuilding Ireland plan will come under housing support schemes, rather than consisting of new builds; if his Department has carried out any analysis on the longer term implications of this on the housing sector and on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Rebuilding Ireland plan relies too heavily on the private sector for the delivery of social housing; his plans to empower local authorities to significantly increase their capacity for building social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a report (details supplied) which found that the annual rate of rental inflation, which reached 13.5% in q4 of 2016, was the highest since 2002; the measures he is taking to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is considering different methods of gathering housing completion data in view of the concerns raised both by housing experts and in the media regarding the accuracy of using ESB connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/17]

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Will the judge have the power to initiate a criminal investigation to run in parallel if he sees fit to do so?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the terms of reference. I want to put on the record the fact that I appreciate the Tánaiste's decision to include the other whistleblowers, which I have been calling for for a long time. The terms of reference refer to "any other matters that the tribunal considers should be drawn to the attention of the Houses of the Oireachtas at the time of the report." I feel, and maybe...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 to further empower the Policing Authority in order to make the Garda Commissioner directly answerable to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be allocated to GSOC to enable it to carry out its role as confidential recipient more effectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of material she provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to the other whistleblowers which the person has refused to include in the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 16 December 2016, if her Department has any plans to implement the recommendation made by the McMahon report which would permit new asylum applicants who do not receive a decision on their status within nine months to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand Ireland's refugee programme, particularly in view of the recent study by the Economic and Social Research Institute which finds that Ireland has the capacity to accept more refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the study Transition: From Direct Provision to Life in the Community which was funded by the Irish Research Council; the measures her Department is undertaking to prepare those in direct provision for life after direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health services that are provided to persons in prison; the details of efforts to monitor the mental health of prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7832/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am sure it is not easy being in government and I am sure we would not find it easy either. At the same time, we would be dishonest if we were to say that we had confidence in the Taoiseach's Government. The lack of fairness during the past six years and the failure to deal honestly with corruption in the hierarchy of An Garda Síochána and NAMA are too striking. However, this...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Trump is certainly a fascinating development and the level of media attention for his actions is probably unprecedented. His actions are so erratic, vulgar and tactless that the public is finally paying attention to things that have been going on for years, but under the watch of more polished and less transparent politicians. As a result of legal challenges in the US against Trump's...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: All right.

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Okay. The lack of honesty in politics is not rare and it is not confined to Trump. We have helped the American military to bomb Afghanistan for 15 years through facilitating them at Shannon Airport. We are horrified that Trump is introducing a ban on Muslims going to America - it is terrible - but what does it say about us that when Obama was bombing the living daylights out of the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Not only did I not put enough work into this, I put none into it and neither did anyone in my office. I am guilty of that. Not only do I find it difficult to criticise anything that Deputy Jim O'Callaghan has put forward, I cannot even contradict anything that Deputy Daly has said. I have every intention of researching it and learning a bit about it. I will pick up on one point that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I must say something in response.