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Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency: Statements (1 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: This debate was moved from Thursday to Wednesday to ensure the Minister, Deputy Noonan, could be in the Chamber and he is not here. His contribution at the start of the debate was pathetic. The contribution of the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts was not much better. The notion that the Committee of Public Accounts is an investigative body is rubbish. The Comptroller and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 51. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 1 December 2016, the timeframe for the defined period for evaluating the pilot peer support initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Act Review (1 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has an official position on whether serious mental conditions are physical malfunctions in the brain or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the new culture grant in Italy, whereby every 18 year old in the country is entitled to €500 to be spent on cultural endeavours such as concert or theatre tickets, language courses or books; if she has considered introducing a similar incentive for young persons here; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs she plans to create in County Wexford with regard to the action plan for rural development; the measures her Department has planned in County Wexford to increase foreign direct investment by 40%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4135/17]

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: And Deputy Clare Daly.

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: Chronic pain, incontinence, hip degeneration, organ prolapse and psychological trauma are some of the horrendous lifelong effects of symphysiotomy. They are also the effects which have been completely rubbished by the assessor of the Government's symphysiotomy redress scheme, Ms Justice Harding Clark. The exclusion of survivors’ oral evidence from the terms of reference of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 17 January 2017, the details of the types of future State use being considered by his Department for the vacant State owned properties on the list; if there are plans to repurpose any of the buildings for social housing or emergency accommodation usage; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying (26 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself with the legislative measures undertaken or in motion by his Department to improve standards and transparency in public office, for example, the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 and the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015; if his attention has been drawn to the continuing concerns of advocacy groups such as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the investigation into the rescue of over 200 dogs in January 2016 by Wexford County Council, the WSPCA and the NWSPCS in Ferns, County Wexford has now concluded; the person or body that carried out these investigations; his views on the role and responsibility of the local authority in the investigation and welfare groups in...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: I too support Deputy Thomas P. Broughan’s motion to establish a commission of inquiry into the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire. I would also like to state my admiration for the Stardust Relatives and Victims Committee and their relentless pursuit of justice, and for Deputy Broughan’s tireless campaign on behalf of the Stardust committee for over 30 years. The families and their...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: In response to my parliamentary question in November, the Minister said he was happy with the provisions in the EU-Afghanistan joint way forward on migration. He seemed satisfied that vulnerable refugees would be protected there upon deportation. However, the Department of Foreign Affairs travel advice for Afghanistan has the instruction "do not travel". Therefore, Irish citizens should...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: We are talking about a negotiated arrangement with the country of origin. However, leaked memos have shown that the EU suggested stripping Afghanistan of aid if the government did not co-operate, and all the while acknowledging that the security situation in the country is getting worse. In a country that relies so heavily on foreign aid and where domestic revenue makes up just 10.4% of...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: At an event last April, Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at Brookings Institution who has 30 years' experience as a Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, officer stated that if the United States and the United Kingdom told King Salman of Saudi Arabia on the night of the event that the war had to end, it would have ended the next day. He said the Royal Saudi Airforce cannot operate without American...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 23 November 2016, if he is satisfied that the migration compacts currently being negotiated at EU level do not violate Ireland's international obligations of non-refoulement; his views on whether all the countries involved are safe and suitable for meeting the needs of those escaping conflict and...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: The principle of non-refoulement in international law forbids the rendering of a victim of persecution to his or her persecutor. Generally, the persecutor in question is a state actor. According to Article 33.1 of the 1951 UN Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees "No Contracting State shall expel or return ("refouler") a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the findings that Saudi Arabia has used cluster bombs in its recent bombardment of Yemen; if he has raised this issue with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia, particularly in view of Ireland's work on the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/17]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: In October, speaking about the success of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and Ireland's central role in its adoption, the Minister said, "A hundred countries are now parties to that convention and such is its success that even for those states that have refused to become parties to it, the use of cluster munitions has been so stigmatised that they will avoid or deny using them." In May...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: We have diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and conduct trade with it. Am I to understand that the Minister has confronted Saudi Arabia on its use of cluster bombs in Yemen? Has Ireland condemned its military efforts in Yemen, where unbelievable atrocities are taking place? I am not so sure. Perhaps the Minister will get back to me on that. With the help of US weapons and...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: I listened to the opening statement from the Taoiseach. He referred to war crimes in east Aleppo, and rightly so. It was disappointing that he did not refer to the war crimes on the other side, because they have been committed on both sides. It is probably not his fault and it was not discussed at the last meeting, but it is striking how the EU has been so tolerant of what Israel is doing...