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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witness for her presentation. I am conscious of the fact that the Policing Authority is at its infancy stage and I would be the first to admit that I feel that it does not have as much power as it should have. I argued very strongly for as much in the Chamber when the legislation was going through the House. In the witness's statement of strategy, she pointed out that she is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is Ms Feehily saying that if she looks at the O'Higgins report, no matter how damning she may or may not find it, it is outside her remit to address any difficulties it throws up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is the Commissioner's performance, as outlined in the O'Higgins report, outside Ms Feehily's remit?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department is taking to facilitate the transfer and resettlement of refugees here; if she is satisfied with Ireland's contribution to the refugee resettlement programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will introduce a humanitarian visa programme along the lines of the one in place in Belgium for those displaced by war in order to facilitate asylum applications and allow more legal migration route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with consistent criticisms from the UN in relation to the violation of prisoners human rights as a result of prolonged use of solitary confinement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27427/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with allegations that have been repeatedly brought to her attention that gardaí who have made protected disclosures have been the subject of sustained bullying and harassment by Garda management. [27429/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an Irish asylum application processing facility on the ground in Calais in order to fast-track applications by unaccompanied minors for resettlement here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27428/16]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State referred to the need for stability and observation, but how can stability be brought to a situation where one country illegally occupies another? That is called picking sides. There are have been enough problems in the region caused by picking sides, between the United States and its allies and Russia and its allies. Some 250,000 people have died in Syria as a result...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 21 June 2016, if he will provide details on the criteria involved in periodic reviews by his Department of the deployment of Defence Forces personnel overseas and the way these reviews are carried out; if he will provide details on the recent announcement that a new contingent of Irish troops will...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: My question is a basic one. What criteria are examined in the periodic reviews by the Department on the deployment of Defence Forces personnel overseas? How are the reviews carried out? Will the Minister of State provide details on the recent announcement that a new contingent of Irish troops will be joining the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, mission to the Golan...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: The former Minister responsible for defence, Deputy Simon Coveney, always contended that the purpose of the mission is to keep Syria and Israel apart. It has been successful in achieving that objective but the truth is that the original objective was to oversee the eventual return of the Golan Heights to Syria. Some 40 years later, the objective has not been achieved. If one wanted a more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank Ms Justice Ring for her presentation. She said that GSOC deals with very frustrated people. I get the impression that it is fairly frustrated by the challenges it is facing. Ms Justice Ring made the point that it would be good if minor complaints could be dealt with within the Garda. She argued that resolutions should be found before disciplinary measures are required. I see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: In reply to that, members of NAMA who have retired are going to find it difficult to avoid serious scrutiny in the next couple of years. On the issue of the €1 million, it was used in the Chamber by the Minister saying that we are moving the whistleblower operation to GSOC and we will give it an extra €1 million. Obviously, the €1 million is for GSOC’s general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry now that I did not comb my hair this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I go back to two questions I asked the first time but which the witnesses might have missed. Reference was made to the fact that legal redress is available in the North. I asked if GSOC had discussed this with the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality and asked for the same. I also asked about disciplinary proceedings and sanctions. At the moment, they are within the remit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Ms Justice Ring has said that the promotions issue is an internal matter. If, however, GSOC is looking at individuals who are about to be promoted by means of the internal process, does Ms Justice Ring not think that there should be a freeze on such promotions while those officers are under scrutiny by the commission?

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following:“supports the ruling of the European Commission that a sweetheart tax deal between Apple and the Irish tax authorities amounted to unlawful State aid; calls on the Government to make public the details of how many similar deals have been made by the Revenue...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: Many people in Ireland would be of the opinion that this place here - the bubble that is Leinster House - is a bit disconnected from the real world. No two recent issues emphasise that as much as the Apple tax issue and the NAMA scandal. Richard Murphy, a professor of practice in international political economy in City University in London also happens to be a director of the Tax Justice...

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase funding to women's refuges to allow them to increase their capacity and provide much-needed services to victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22961/16]