Results 3,221-3,240 of 7,404 for speaker:Mick Wallace
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the rent supplement system in line with calls from advocacy groups (details supplied) for rent supplement levels to be assessed based on individual circumstances and which recommend a range of administrative reforms which would make rent supplement more attractive to landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when it was stated in budget 2017 that there is capacity for one-teacher mainland schools to apply to the staffing appeals board for an extra teacher where the single teacher has children across six or more class groups, a school (details supplied) with one teacher and 17 pupils across eight classes, had its application for a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated, with the subsequent outturn, for the implementation of Traveller health policy for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016; the allocation for 2017; if he will provide a calculation of any level of underspend for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national Traveller health advisory committee has not been convened since October 2012; the way Traveller health is being addressed directly within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the independent review of Traveller health policy undertaken in 2012 has never been put into the public domain; his plans to publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 463. To ask the Minister for Health the Traveller-specific actions that are being taken to address Traveller health inequalities in the HSE service plan in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 464. To ask the Minister for Health the new funding that is being allocated to Traveller health developments in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assessments of needs for children with disabilities are only provided to children who were born after 2002; his views on whether this cut off point is discriminatory; if he will consider extending the provision of assessments to all children under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36331/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Data (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: There is nothing wrong with timber-frame accommodation if it is constructed in the right way. In a climate like ours, the inner leaf can be timber frame but the outer one should be solid. Houses have to be built to a certain standard and to ensure that is done, we must have a proper inspection scheme. The Minister should reconsider getting the local authorities involved in inspecting the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the implementation of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998; if he has considered amending the legislation to include sanctions for non-compliance by local authorities with its provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35482/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: In 2000, the Traveller accommodation budget was €70 million. In 2008 it was €40 million, and it was subsequently slashed to €4 million. It was increased slightly in the budget but it represents a cut of 90% on the most marginalised group in our society. Furthermore, there was an overall underspend of 36% in the Traveller accommodation budget allocated from 2008 to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: We know that local authorities probably will not spend all the money this year and next year. Is there any way of sanctioning them because what is happening is a form of racism? Representatives of the Traveller groups came before the justice committee two weeks in a row and the main point is still Traveller ethnicity. They said that a national policy is something that should be a right for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: Wexford has the fifth highest Traveller population in the country. That population increased by 58.9% between 2003 and 2013 but there are no plans for any transit sites to 2018. According to the plan, there are 128 Traveller households on the Wexford housing list but the lack of funding for new standard local authority accommodation will make it very unlikely that these houses will be...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: I will just finish with this one. Beginning, "Hi", it states that the businessman had a very good meeting with Frank yesterday, and on the NAMA bank debt issue, he has a draft of the agreement they all should sign, along with Frank, to ensure that they not only get a percentage of the money being invested but also a percentage of the special purpose vehicle and the profits to be made when...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: For the information of the Minister, I have a lot of them.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: I did, yes.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: The Minister's party objected to me.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: The Minister's party objected to it.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: When are we getting the investigation?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)
Mick Wallace: They are not investigators.