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Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: At the weekends, I also live close to schools in Wexford and Enniscorthy. They have fought tooth and nail to get a fair deal. The changes are definitely welcome. The Minister referred to resources. Was he suggesting that resources are greater now than in 2012? Will the Minister clarify that point? I wish to draw the attention of the Minister to another point. Many children with special...

Other Questions: School Staff (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the criteria for appeals by one-teacher mainland schools to obtain an additional teacher with regard to the staffing schedule circular 0007/2016 and the provisions in budget 2017 are overly burdensome on the schools in question, in view of the fact that in order to make an application a school must have at least 15 students...

Other Questions: School Staff (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: One of the consequences of the staffing reductions in 2012 has been an increase in the number of one-teacher schools. There were eight such schools in the country in 2008 but thanks to moves by the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, there are now 24 such schools. It goes without saying that the appointment of a second teacher to a small school or the loss of a school's second teacher is a...

Other Questions: School Staff (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: In 2012, the threshold for qualifying for two teachers was 12 pupils but now, unless the nearest school is over 8 km away, the threshold is 19. The particular school to which I refer is already disadvantaged, with 41% of pupils in lone-parent families. In the past, the school would have been entitled to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status and the supports that come...

Other Questions: School Staff (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am glad to hear that the moratorium on DEIS applications is being lifted. The particular school to which I refer expects to have 18 pupils enrolled which is almost over the line for a second teacher. I do not understand how the system works. I know that the staffing schedule circular for 2017-18 is due in mid-January. Will it be announced then as to whether this school will get another...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider suspending all operations of NAMA pending the outcome of all current investigations into the sale of Project Eagle by NAMA, including those by the National Crime Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, the FBI and the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the tax loss to the Exchequer for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the details of the persons or bodies that hold section 110 tax status in relation to the NAMA policy of selling loan portfolios to investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company's properties (details supplied) will be charged commercial business rates. [41458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Revenue Commissioners have made in recovering tax arrears since May 2014 on earnings from renting out rooms or entire apartments or houses through the AirBnB online service; the value of the tax arrears recovered; if the Revenue Commissioners ensured that AirBnB hosts charge VAT at the appropriate rate and the steps the Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined the decision by An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); if he has an estimated time when the decision will be made; and his plans to provide statutory planning guidelines to ensure consistency of approach in this area [41456/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the necessity for fire safety certificates for a company's properties (details supplied). [41457/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Wallace: 1472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide concessions or allowances for families that generate more and unavoidable refuse due to health and medical issues in terms of pay by weight charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41303/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 94:In page 39, to delete lines 26 to 40.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 101:In page 40, to delete lines 13 to 15 and substitute the following:“(2) Where appointed, the receiver of the property shall be under the same tenancy obligations as landlords as specified in Part 2 and Part 4 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended.”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 109:In page 41, to delete lines 1 to 40, and in page 42, to delete lines 1 to 8.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 85:In page 38, to delete lines 18 to 35, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 70:In page 38, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 28 of Act of 200433. Section 28 of the Act of 2004 is amended—(a) in subsection (2)(a)—(i) by the deletion of "unless paragraph (b) applies,", and (ii) by the substitution of "for an indefinite period from" for "for the period of 4 years from",(b) by the deletion of "or"...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 77:In page 38, to delete lines 15 to 17.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 79:In page 38, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 34 of Act of 200434. Section 34 of the Act of 2004 is amended—(a) by the deletion of paragraph 3 of the Table to section 34, (b) by the deletion of "or" after subparagraph (a) and the deletion of subparagraph (b), and (c) by the deletion of paragraph 4 of the Table to section 34.".

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 57:In page 38, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 19 of Act of 200432.Section 19 of the Act of 2004 is amended by the insertion of the following after “at that time” in subsection (1):“Market rent is defined as the average price per square metre of a property with equivalent fittings and finish in the same...