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

Mick Wallace: I will have the committee know that I have many vocations, but they have very little to do with those big buildings with the spires on top. On Deputy O'Callaghan's point about punishment and rehabilitation being 50:50, I would think that taking people's freedom away by removing them from society and putting them into the prison apparatus would constitute the punishment. They should not be...

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

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. I thought that the Deputy meant-----

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

Mick Wallace: No. We agree that, when someone's liberty is taken away, that is the punishment.

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

Mick Wallace: I am not saying for a second that, if people do terrible things and are not trusted to be let loose in society, we can let them loose-----

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

Mick Wallace: -----before we have fixed or rehabilitated them in some form.

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

Mick Wallace: Regarding the panel's composition, it is probably true to say that the composition of most boards and committees leaves much to be desired. Take football, for example. People who play football are generally involved in running teams and are greater lovers of football than those who organise the sport. That is true of most sports. How to prevent people from joining the board who are not...

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

Mick Wallace: I did not think that it was about me.

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

Mick Wallace: Chairman, I must go to the Chamber but I will be back.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Action Plan (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposed European Defence Action Plan put forward by the European Commission in November 2016, and in particular the provisions to focus on capability needs and support the European defence industry; his further views on the proposal to allow the use of European Investment Bank finances for investment in the defence industry;...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times aid to the civil power functions were carried out by Defence Forces personnel in Shannon Airport with regard to US military aircraft in 2016; his views on whether the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military could make Ireland, in practice, part of a military alliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a promised new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if the building will still be completed within the timeframe of the five year school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/17]

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: My first question is to the Minister, Deputy Zappone. I commend her on her contribution. It struck me as being honest. Rian Counselling made a report on 9 August 2013, which turned out to be the false report. It rectified the matter, or amended it, on 14 May 2014. Does the Minister know the personnel involved on both ends on each occasion in August 2013 and May 2014? Is she aware of the...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: From the information the Minister can recall, is there any indication there may have been any interference on the part of An Garda Síochána in any way, as far as she knows?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the same question. Is she aware of any potential interference on the part of An Garda Síochána on either end of those two different correspondences? We are speaking about 9 August 2013, when a report was made to Tusla which made the false allegation about Maurice McCabe, and then the amended report on 14 May 2014. My question is...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Where has it been in the past two weeks?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The authority has no power over the Commissioner.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Everyone says the Garda Commissioner is innocent until proven guilty. That is grand. We are not saying lock her up and throw away the key, but for God's sake take her out of the police job because she is not fit for it. I am not throwing notions plucked out of the sky at the Taoiseach. I am throwing information and facts at him. In 2008, when Maurice McCabe first raised issues of...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: The public inquiry should have a criminal investigation running in parallel to it and this should be pursued by police from outside the country. Many bad things have happened. The Taoiseach said that everybody has the presumption of innocence. He has a short memory. For several years, according to the Fine Gael-Labour Government, Maurice McCabe was guilty until proven innocent....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any study and research undertaken by her Department in association with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the damage to children affected by parental imprisonment and the way in which it could be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources, existing or additional, that have been allocated to Tusla to facilitate the arrival and integration of unaccompanied child refugees from the former Calais camp; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7040/17]