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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (20 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the kilo weight of primal cuts of beef that were imported to Ireland from Germany in each of the years 2012 to 2015 and in the first six months of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank the delegates for coming. I have a few different points to make. Following on from Deputy Clare Daly's point about the fact that the inspectorate did not have statutory authority to oversee implementation of its recommendations, do the delegates know who in An Garda Síochána has been given responsibility to implement its reports? We have heard reports, but as we cannot be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The question as to who was looking after it from the Garda end was in terms of the Changing Policing in Ireland 2015 report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Toland might respond to my question on the Policing Authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I hope Mr. Toland's optimism bears fruit. On the issue of crime, I note one of the inspectorate's recommendations at 1.3 is to establish a serious and organised crime unit which includes cyber crime, human trafficking and serious fraud investigations. I am very aware from a number of meetings with members of the fraud team that they would find it very difficult at present to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: On a completely different subject, Mr. Toland stated: "Our evidence, including analysis of data and feedback from the communities we visited, highlights the lack of a visible Garda presence." Most people agree there was merit in closing some Garda stations but does Mr. Toland believe too many were closed and that this has led to a lack of a visible Garda presence, especially in rural communities?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Consultation Process (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place, as part of the reform programme undertaken by his Department, to ensure transparency and accountability around the way budget decisions are made by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the Free Legal Advice Centres' response to the recent budget and their call for his Department to publish a human...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (19 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the discrepancy in investment in public services between Ireland and other EU countries; his further views on the ratio of public investment to tax cuts in the recent budget, particularly in view of Ireland's ever narrowing tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised dialysis unit in County Wexford which is currently being delayed due to a planning permission dispute; the actions he will take in this regard to ensure that persons in need of dialysis in County Wexford are getting the treatment they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30623/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: 61. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the funding which is to be allocated to the peer support worker positions in CHO area 5; if these jobs, which are to be based in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and south Tipperary will also be covering counties Wexford and Waterford, in view of the fact that they are part of CHO area 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30622/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Syrian Conflict (13 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State said Calais is not an official camp so we cannot touch it. Well my God, most places where refugees gather are fairly unofficial. The chances of people fleeing from a place because some country like the US or Russia has bombed the living daylights out of it getting to an official camp are not always great. Travellers have often set up camp on the side of the road in...

Topical Issue Debate: Syrian Conflict (13 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: There could hardly have been a more blatant demonstration of the blindness of the warmongers in this House as when the leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were crying war crimes against Russia and the Syrian Government last week. When the US led coalition started bombing the daylights out of Syria in September 2014, Deputies had nothing to say, even though the death toll tripled almost...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I might be, with this quare one.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: This was the first budget of the Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition, and there were very few surprises in it. It was much like one would have expected, given the neoliberal position of both groups. There was a serious lack of mention of inequality in the budget. I do not think it was equality-proofed and I am not aware of any Government analysis of what the effects of the budget will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Commissioner said that everything might not be perfect, but in her opening address she painted a pretty picture as if everything was excellent and that we should not be worried about too much. However, Garda indiscipline and underperformance at management levels and senior rank were identified by both the Guerin report and the Garda Inspectorate report last year. The O'Higgins report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Commissioner talks about cultural change. There was much talk about cultural change when the former Commissioner, Martin Callinan, and the former Minister, Alan Shatter, went, but many people in the Commissioner's organisation, and we communicate with many of them, would argue that not only has the culture not changed but, if anything, it has deteriorated. What does the Commissioner say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Has the Commissioner ever taken steps to promote someone who had a complaint made against them by a whistleblower?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am asking the Commissioner if she has ever taken steps to promote someone who may have had allegations made against him by a whistleblower?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Does the Commissioner deny that she has a strong influence on how promotions take place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Commissioner has said publicly on a number of occasions that she totally supports whistleblowers, that she encourages them to come forward, they are very welcome and it is good they exist. Has she ever met any of the whistleblowers who have made complaints during her tenure? Has she ever talked to any of them?