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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (16 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are measures in place to assist a septic tank owner who suspects a problem with the functioning of a tank, which may result in an environmental or health risk, to obtain a local authority inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29010/15]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Acting Chairman for his guidance.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I appreciate that. The Deputy is a very fair Cathaoirleach.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: In view of this it does not come as much of a surprise that this Bill is toothless. A national commitment to a reduction of 80% by 2050 is essential if this Bill is to carry any clout. Anything short of this will be leaving things in the hands of Europe and international agreements which have already been dumbed down. The 2030 targets of 40% recently set by the European Commission are...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 5:In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:" "baseline” means the aggregate amount of—(a) net Irish emissions of carbon dioxide for 1990, and (b) net Irish emissions of each of the greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide for the year that is the baseline year for that gas;"baseline years" for greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide...

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I also believe things will improve for the Republic and the North of Ireland if there is more clarity about what happened with Project Eagle. I have a number of questions the Government should deal with; after all, NAMA is an agent of the State. Mr. Frank Daly has confirmed that Mr. Frank Cushnahan, formerly a member of NAMA's Northern Ireland advisory committee, was one of the central...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I can only come to the conclusion that the Taoiseach does not seem awfully interested in getting to the truth. There is a stark contrast between how Northern Ireland is dealing with this and how the Government is dealing with it.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Can the Taoiseach tell me why did Mr. Frank Daly tell the Committee of Public Accounts that he did not know about the alleged £7 million in the Isle of Man bank account until I mentioned it? I know for a fact that NAMA-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: -----knew this last January. What did it do about it? Did it tell the Minister for Finance or did it bury it with the rest of it? Mr. Coulter has denied the involvement of a politician. Well, he would, would he not? I decided to contact my sources this morning and ask them to what degree of certainty they could stand over the involvement of a particular politician. Their reply was, "Is...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I will ask the Taoiseach again whether he is prepared to set up an independent commission of investigation. If he wants the truth, that is what he will have to do. The people would like him to do that. He owes it to them.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: NAMA came to the Oireachtas last week and felt it was out of the woods leaving here, but do you know what, Taoiseach? The trees are only starting to grow.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach has a duty to set up an inquiry.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: If the Taoiseach wants the truth, he will set up a commission of investigation.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Yesterday, the Taoiseach said the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Committee of Public Accounts are the agencies in this jurisdiction for dealing with issues concerning the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA. We both know neither of them have the potential to fully hold NAMA to account. The legislation regarding the Comptroller and Auditor General does not allow for ongoing,...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: A few weeks later, they delivered the money. A few weeks later he demanded the same again. They duly obliged and all was sorted - a small window into the workings of NAMA. Is the Taoiseach still happy with the workings of this secret society?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding his Department has awarded to foreign private companies in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding his Department has awarded to indigenous private companies in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if at any point in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiation process to date, he has had, or has raised, any concerns regarding the widely reported implications of the partnership's investor-state dispute mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Funding (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding that his Department has awarded to foreign private companies and to indigenous private companies in 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider legislation, similar to that recently passed in France, which would make supermarkets give unsold produce to the poor and homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29478/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (15 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 291. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to tackle the issue of food waste, particularly in view of the current negotiations at United Nations level for a target of halving global food waste by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29479/15]