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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (16 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore funding for Traveller education to pre-2008 levels; the measures he has taken or planned to improve educational outcomes for members of the travelling community here, particularly in view of the high drop out rate from post-primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35028/16]

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: It is a bit like a game. The Commissioner asked the Minister to refer the matter to GSOC. GSOC then asked the Commissioner for the transcript. The Commissioner said that under the 2004 Act she cannot give it to GSOC. GSOC then asked the Department of Justice and Equality for it. It used the same reason, namely, that under the 2004 Act and citing legal restrictions on disclosure it cannot...

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: No. I am not.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister says she referred it to GSOC but she will not give it the papers. The Minister knows at this stage that Commissioner O'Sullivan questioned the motivation, credibility and integrity of Maurice McCabe. Her legal team claimed that at a meeting in Mullingar with a superintendent and another garda, Maurice McCabe had behaved in such a manner. The legal team for Maurice McCabe asked...

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Commissioner did not.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am not asking the Minister to break the law.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister could get them if she wanted to.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: That was not in the remit.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is the only one who can hold the Commissioner to account and she is not doing so.

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has examined the full transcript of the workings of the O'Higgins commission in detail; if she is satisfied with the role played by the Garda Commissioner in the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34852/16]

Other Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: In the O’Higgins report the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O’Sullivan, questioned the motivation, credibility and integrity of Maurice McCabe. Has the Minister read the transcript of the O'Higgins report? How can she justify leaving the Commissioner in place given that serious questions remain unanswered?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken in her current role to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána that have made protected disclosures have not been subjected to bullying or intimidation as a result of making such disclosures; if her attention has been drawn to any such allegations of bullying or harassment; if she is satisfied that the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the GSOC inquiry into events surrounding evidence given to the O'Higgins commission, particularly in relation to a meeting in Mullingar and attempts to undermine the credibility of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation that will provide for the legal recognition of Traveller ethnicity with a view to creating the conditions for a rights-based approach and to address the marginalisation of the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34850/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider setting up a Traveller agency which would work to deliver equality for the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34849/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult residential care places that were provided in County Wexford in each of the years from 2008 to date in 2016. [34952/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users that are currently on the waiting list to access full-time adult residential care places in County Wexford. [34953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the five respite beds provided by a company (details supplied) that are currently occupied on a semi-permanent to permanent basis by service users waiting for full-time adult residential care places. [34954/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the HSE in County Wexford is utilising respite accommodation for adults to cater for adults who require full-time residential care places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: 649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the plans in Food Harvest 2025 to expand food output, in particular in the dairy sector, and the findings of the recent RDS and IIEA report (details supplied), his Department examined recent scientific advances in the area of methane emissions reductions in the herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter....