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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State calls them generous. I call them not generous enough.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: If the Government is going to take the position that it is setting a minimum standard, it is really saying this is as low as developers can go. That means the developer who buys the land and manages the construction will set the regulation. He has the very minimum to work with and will then decide whether to make the apartments bigger, incorporate more ceiling height, storage space or a...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The State should buy an element of the private housing in the development to use for social housing in order to tackle ghettoisation. The idea that we would set national standards rather than leave it at the whim of the Minister of the day is not rocket science. It would be a very sensible way forward. The standards need to be set for the entire country. The point was made on Second...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: It will not tackle all the problems in the housing game or the construction industry. There are many problems but it would be a great start.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The English have done powerful research on this and 40% of social housing units that were sold into the private market have ended up with landlords renting them back to people who need rent supplement from the State to afford to live in them. It is the wrong way to go and we should think about it.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I wish to return to the issue of insulation and sound-proofing of walls. A flat concrete block with plaster on both sides will not necessarily pass the sound-proofing test, because a concrete block is only five Newton in strength, whereas a person building a wall uses 35 Newton concrete. One can build a wall with double slabbing and insulation that will give better sound-proofing than a...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I will explain that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: Not that often.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: Okay. I do not wish to take all the time so I will let someone else speak.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 1a: 1a. In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “3. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (1C): “(1D) These guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, the standards for apartments laid out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 and in paragraphs (a) to (e): (a) the minimum sizes for...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: The last point made by Deputy Pringle is certainly on the money. The Minister of State has nothing to fear from agreeing with the amendment if he is confident everything will be processed so quickly from now on. If there is meant to be quick processing but not enough resources are put in, there is a fear that it might be more difficult to get a fair hearing. There should not be a serious...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: Am I to understand that if a 16 year old arrives in a container into Rosslare Port, he or she cannot apply for asylum because he or she is unaccompanied by an adult, although a person under the age of 18 at a border of the State or in the State may make an application for international protection on his or her own behalf, subject to sections 21 and 22? Does the current legislation allow for...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: According to the European Council's website, among the subjects to be discussed in Brussels will be the exchange of information on terrorism financing, controls at external borders, the conditions that lead to terrorism, the prevention of radicalisation and violent extremism, and counter-terrorism co-operation with third countries. It will be interesting to see what comes of the discussion....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with his role in upholding the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973 in relation to the use of Shannon Airport by civil aircraft used by foreign militaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of soldiers of the United States of America who have passed through Shannon Airport; the number of permits he has issued for civilian aircraft to land in Shannon Airport or overfly Irish airspace while carrying munitions in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will amend legislation on the State pension (contributory) so that the calculation of average contributions only takes into account the number of years actually worked, rather than the number of years since the person started working, given that the current system unfairly penalises women who took breaks in their...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 75:In page 16, to delete lines 37 and 38, and in page 17, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(8)(a) The code of ethics, established in accordance with subsection (1) shall be binding on all members.(b) The Garda Commissioner shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that all members have read and understood a code of ethics referred to in...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: Ireland has a highly unusual degree of centralised control over its police service. As it stands, the Bill does not do much to change that or to change the politicisation of policing in Ireland. The Bill contains 137 references to the Minister, which is odd in legislation designed to facilitate an independent policing authority. A truly independent authority would determine and revise the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: First, the Minister asked for proof of what Deputy Daly actually said. Tomorrow morning, I will give the Minister proof of district officer, Superintendent Pat Murray, reclassifying crime figures. This is an individual who has harassed and bullied a Garda whistleblower to an awful degree for a long time. The Minister pointed out that we should not pretend that human rights are not part...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 74:In page 15, to delete lines 37 and 38, and in page 16, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“ “17. (1)The Authority shall, by order within 12 months of the establishment day of the Authority, establish a code of ethics that—(a) includes standards of conduct and practice for members, (b) is fully consistent with the policing...