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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I heard the Minister's reply to Deputy Collins on this issue. As she knows, more than 200 of these cases came through Justice4all and we have met these people. To date, how this has all been handled has been an abysmal disappointment for them. The Minister described this as a totally objective process. By any international standards I do not know how she has the neck to describe it so.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: What the Minister describes as an independent panel was hand-picked with no terms of reference. It is outrageous to call it independent. There is no opportunity for people to engage and no feedback. There is no recourse to appeal. One case was referred by the Taoiseach to the independent review mechanism. This involved the shooting of a civilian, where the Garda who witnessed it was told...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: Yes, that is it, 100%.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister should talk to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the investigations into serious allegations made by two serving Garda Síochána whistleblowers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35505/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I ask the Minister for an update on the investigations into allegations made by two serving Garda whistleblowers. Is the Minister happy with the protected disclosures process? These two investigations have been ongoing for the past 18 months, at enormous personal cost to the two individuals involved.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I find it hard to credit that the Minister is happy with this process because the two individuals concerned are very unhappy. In terms of one of them, the initial internal investigation was corrupted by a leaking of information to one of the people the allegations were made against. Subsequently, as the Minister is aware, the same Assistant Commissioner was involved with the other garda....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Misconduct Allegations (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: Why is there zero compliance from the gardaí regarding the first case? There were commitments to hand over material but they were not honoured. As for the other case, the Minister suggested I should give the information about the drugs, but the Commissioner has it. The person alleged to have protected the individual involved in the drugs happens to be in the Phoenix Park now overseeing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the investigation into the recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and their solicitors, which was initiated by a former Minister for Justice and Equality in April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed in County Wexford since 2000; if her Department plans to reopen any of them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35256/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest (20 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on how the Garda Commissioner has dealt with whistleblower allegations since she came to office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35254/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (14 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free primary care to those who require long-term mental health treatment, and to exempt them from the prescription levy, as recommended by Mental Health Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35816/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: It was not easy to listen to the two Ministers tell us how wonderful and fair the Government had been. It reminded me of listening to Jose Mourinho tell us that Chelsea was still the best team and that he was the best manager, despite the fact that they were still losing football matches. It has been obvious for a while now that the Taoiseach does not want to have an inquiry into the...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: If it does not build social housing, rents will continue to be exorbitant and house prices will remain too high. That is at the root of the problem. The Government cannot expect the private sector to solve its problems. Those involved in the sector do not want to build now and the Government is stating NAMA will do it instead. Those involved in the private sector do not want to build...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (13 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce measures in the upcoming budget to ease the financial burden of childcare on parents, particularly in view of the recent figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which show that Ireland has the highest child care costs in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry to say I am not as enthused. It is very disappointing that the Government ruled out of order amendments that were deemed to involve a potential charge on the Exchequer. By refusing to commit to ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets, the Government is incurring a cost to the Exchequer and a global, human cost that will become worse. Those who live on or near the Equator are...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (8 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 10. To ask the Minister for Defence with regard to his Department's White Paper on Defence, his views on a change to the State's policy and definition of military neutrality, and if he will consider the use of Shannon Airport by the military of the United States of America to be a breach of that military neutrality, and of other policies under the Defence portfolio; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Airport Security (8 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the current system for the provision of aid-to-the-civil-power duties at Shannon Airport; if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality with a view to changing the current system and command structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34521/15]

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I have five minutes and Deputy O'Sullivan has ten.

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister made the point that Ireland is a small open economy with a heavy concentration of foreign direct investment. We acknowledge that there is a heavy concentration of foreign direct investment, but does the Minister not think that one of these days we will have to put a bit more thought and investment into indigenous industry rather than be forever dependent on strangers? The...