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Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for letting me go first. She thinks I should be getting home to watch the match.

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: Only for the vote on the fatal foetal abnormalities legislation tomorrow, I would not be here. I would be at the two semi-finals. There is no police force or government in the world which can claim or demonstrate that prohibition of drugs is the solution to the problems surrounding drugs, or the problem of the drugs themselves, but thankfully there are many examples from all over the world...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Chairman should not allow the Minister to bring her telephone in here.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (6 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the current proposed ratio of two to one public investment to tax cuts as set out in the summer economic statement, or if he believes that spending the entire fiscal space for 2017 on public investment is a better option in the long run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19730/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 1 October 2015, the details of increases in investment by his Department in flood mitigation works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19729/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (5 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to protect unaccompanied minors who are arriving in refugee camps on the Greek islands and throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that at least 60 civilians have been shot in 2016 by Turkish soldiers while attempting to flee Syria via the Turkish border; if reports of this nature will have any impact on Ireland's approach to the European Union-Turkey refugee deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (5 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed breakdown of the economic demographics of those persons who consume Irish beef and dairy products internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19424/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Exploration Licences (5 Jul 2016)

Mick Wallace: 620. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the decision making process with regard to issuing of licences in the Atlantic margin oil and gas exploration licensing round and whether Ireland's commitments to climate change mitigation are factored into these decision making processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/16]

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: The parameters of the Bill are extremely narrow. We seek to legislate to allow abortion in cases where two specialist medical practitioners - an obstetrician and a perinatologist - have deemed a foetus to be incompatible with life. We are not talking about life-limiting illnesses or disabilities, but foetuses which are incompatible with life. In June 2013, there was letter inThe Irish...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Project Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: I look forward to seeing it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (30 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the one-parent family payment scheme is adequate to meet the needs of recipients, particularly given recent figures from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul indicating that 59% of one-parent families experience material deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (30 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the changes made in 2015 to the one-parent family payment scheme which have considerably increased the financial burden on one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/16]

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Before he left the Chamber, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, said if I had any allegations, I should make them without using Dáil privilege. With regard to the two gentlemen who were arrested a few weeks ago, the former employees of NAMA who worked for it in Dublin, I have mentioned them several times outside this House. The Minister spoke about going to the relevant...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move:That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to establish a Commission of Investigation under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, that would be sufficiently mandated to conduct a full and proper examination of all the facts surrounding the sale, by the National Asset Management Agency, of the Northern Ireland loan book portfolio, Project Eagle; and to establish a deadline...

Other Questions: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister agree with me that we are not investing sufficiently in water defences at present when we bear in mind the weather has probably become less predictable owing to climate change? The Minister is just out of the agriculture Ministry. Does he have concerns about the fact that the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, encourages farmers to clear upland areas? In doing so, it is...

Other Questions: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister saying subsidies are no longer available for clearing land? I understand there still are such subsidies. It is a fact the water is reaching the rivers more quickly than ever before. We used to have land adjacent to rivers that was able to hold a lot of water. This is no longer the case because so much of the land has been cleared. It has been a false policy on the part...

Other Questions: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Let me return to the issue of the storm water pipe. The Minister is now saying the combined system in Dublin is under the jurisdiction of Irish Water. Is that true?

Other Questions: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister saying the combined system in Dublin is now under the authority of Irish Water? That was not my understanding of it. I believe this is what he said in his reply to me. My understanding is that the surplus water was still the responsibility of the local authority despite the fact there was a shared pipe. Will the Minister clarify which body has total responsibility for the...

Other Questions: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (29 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or Irish Water is responsible for managing storm water run-off countrywide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18305/16]