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Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am too but I will try to overcome it. I have only three minutes to address a 300-page report, all of which, believe it or not, I have read and found very interesting. I believe Mr. Justice Fennelly did a very thorough job, which must have been very difficult for him given his finding that senior people in government appeared at certain times to be contradicting each other 100%. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures his Department is considering in order to facilitate community renewable energy generation projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has read the recent study on water quality across the Barnett Shale in Texas in the United States of America, which appeared in the peer-reviewed Environmental Science and Technology, and which found that, near to hydraulic fracturing centres, drinking water has more chemicals and carcinogens; in view of this...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding that his Department has awarded to foreign private companies and to indigenous private companies, from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in University Hospital Waterford for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1052. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in Wexford Regional Hospital for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1053. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in University Hospital Cork for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1054. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in Temple Street Hospital, Dublin 1 for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1055. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, County Cork for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1056. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in Galway Regional Hospital for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1057. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of tonsillectomy operations that were carried out on children under 16 years of age through the public system in University Hospital Limerick for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of these that were carried out in this hospital on children under three years of age for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Kilkenny central access scheme follow-up aquatic ecological report of October 2014, which indicated that dumping of unwashed limestone had resulted in 700 metres of ecosystem, including plant and macronvertbrate life, being eradicated; the authorisation that was given for the dumping of said limestone;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 11 March 2015, the specific measures, legislative or otherwise, he plans to assist Irish musicians and bands in accessing airplay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put speed ramps in place in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford particularly in view of complaints from residents regarding vehicles moving at high speed and endangering children and adults in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (22 Sep 2015)

Mick Wallace: 1637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Wexford-Dublin railway line, with a view to attracting more people to rail travel as opposed to using private cars; his further plans to reopen the direct railway line between Wexford and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31890/15]

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I, too, welcome the appointment of the new commissioner. If she carries her independent streak to the new job it will certainly be beneficial. Like Deputy Clare Daly, I am worried about the potential of GSOC to hold gardaí to account and we have not been impressed with the changes made. The body struggles with the task, not necessarily through any fault of its own but because there...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of houses in County Wexford that have their own septic tank unit; if he is satisfied with the number of inspections carried out by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29011/15]

Other Questions: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is nearly two years since we were arguing with the former Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Commissioner Phil Hogan, about septic tanks. One day I tried to pin him down and asked him how many septic tanks would be inspected. He said that one in eight would probably be inspected. I asked about the other seven. Whatever about inspecting the other seven, the...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: In Wexford, there are two members of staff working on this. The local authority inspected 54 tanks in the first year and it hopes to inspect 104 this year. At this rate, it will take over 200 years to inspect all septic tanks. I said initially and it is a fact that half the tanks in Wexford are faulty. Therefore, we are poisoning the water table. This system must change. At present, one...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister telling me that if Wexford local authority wants more staff to work in this area, the State will cover the cost? I believe the local authority would inspect more septic tanks if it had them. Let me outline a big problem with the evidence-based system. Many tanks built in the early years — I built many of them — were built according to the planning conditions...