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

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated, if any, to local authorities to deal with storm water run-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18306/16]

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

Mick Wallace: When the Government established a national entity called "Irish Water", why did it decide not to give it responsibility for storm water? What is the logic behind leaving that element with the local authorities while removing the more attractive elements from them?

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

Mick Wallace: Members will be relieved to hear that I enjoy myself all the time.

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

Mick Wallace: Since storm water management is unpredictable and difficult to cost, I understand it is not an attractive element of the water industry. I suspect one of the main reasons Irish Water was not given responsibility for the management of storm water was it would not have been attractive to anyone with notions of buying Irish Water were it ever to be privatised. People do not like to buy things...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: While her eldest kid attended the school, 18 children had 18 special needs assistants, SNAs, and 57% of those children transitioned into mainstream schooling. In recent years, the 18 was cut to eight. Now, none is transitioning to mainstream schooling. This is not rocket science. I am not saying that there is an endless supply of money, but surely we have an obligation to give a greater...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the concerns of parents of children who are attending a school (details supplied) and the parents of children attending other schools in a similar position who have recently heard that their school could lose an assistant under the special needs assistant scheme for the 2016-17 school year; if the ratios as...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Government's approach to special needs education seems to revolve around fitting needs to resources rather than putting the needs of individual children first. The SENOs who decide schools' SNA allocations every year often do not even meet the kids involved but make decisions which affect the rest of their lives. The announcement of 566 new resource teaching posts is welcome, but until...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: The 2004 Act provides that children with special educational needs will be educated in an inclusive environment with children who do not have special educational needs. A mother in Wexford has contacted me who had two children in Scoil Mhuire. Her eldest son went through the process when the facilities available were far greater. At the time 57% of children transitioned into mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out or commission a revised plan for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Acts, particularly given that the most recent report of this type was published ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for any additional afforestation schemes to work alongside the afforestation scheme, the native woodland conservation scheme and the environmental enhancement of forests scheme, which would be directed specifically at tackling flooding; if he has spoken to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (28 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concerns that schemes coming under the Common Agricultural Policy might incentivise recipients to remove trees from their land in order to qualify for said schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18337/16]

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: I have sensed a certain feeling around this issue that city people do not really understand country people when it comes to coursing and how nature works and so on. I was born on a small farm in Wexford and I do not think it is nice to see an animal suffer. In the natural cycle, animals die and big animals kill smaller animals, but that does not make an argument for humans organising it. ...

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: If I did not stretch it, I would be the only one in here who did not. There has been talk of driving the sport underground. I remember when there was cock fighting and it was no problem to set up a cock fight around my area. It is banned now and I do not see it any more. It has not grown more popular. It has disappeared from where I live. On the question of driving things underground...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: I have gone to the authorities in both the South and the North of Ireland before now with information on the gentleman who was arrested today. These guys worked in Dublin. They did not work in Northern Ireland. Had Hanna stayed in the South he probably never would have been arrested, but he happened to be up there. The authorities there are only meant to be investigating the purchase side...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: -----by NAMA, as it has stated, that PIMCO was obliged to withdraw from the bidding process because its compliance department refused to sign off on the payment of a fixer's fee by the company, the Minister did nothing about it?

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister is well aware, I have spoken to the National Crime Agency a few times, as well as to the Garda. The Minister stated today in the Chamber that he remained in regular dialogue with the NAMA chairman and he told Members he had no expertise in selling property as an excuse for taking a hands-off approach.

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Many people know a good bit about selling property and would be fairly sceptical about the knowledge NAMA has shown of the same industry. The idea that Project Eagle would be sold for €2.41 billion and that Cerberus will go close to doubling its money is pure nonsense. It simply is ridiculous that Members are content with this.

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: Deals were done before the thing was even purchased. The Minister should listen: there is no rational argument against a serious commission of investigation into what is going on with this organisation.

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: It is rotten to the core. I do not know the extent to which the Minister is aware of this but it is the truth.

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (23 Jun 2016)

Mick Wallace: I asked the Minister a question. Does he wish to answer it?