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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs involved in testing one greyhound for illegal substances at the laboratory in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the control committee of Bord na gCon is sufficiently independent, given that it is appointed by the board itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27431/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 9 June 2015, if he will provide details of the group that carried out the review of the dietary contamination by prohibited substances in greyhounds; if he will provide the minutes of the meetings held with this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 9 June 2015 if he will provide a list of all the prohibited substances in tabular form, with the old and new thresholds included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the care needs of children with special needs in County Wexford are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of special care assistance that will be available for the 2015 / 2016 school year; if this provision will remain at the same level as the 2014 / 2015 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is appropriate that no decision has yet been made on the allocation of special needs assistant care in schools for the 2015 / 2016 school year, given that schools have now closed for the summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27457/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Community service is therapeutic, good for the State, has a very strong punitive effect, is a humbling experience and saves the State a fortune. The cost of keeping a person in prison is outrageous at €1,700 per week. It is mad. All of the research shows prisons do not work. I had a script which I was going to present. It was pretty good and I compliment Rachel Ann Hynes in my...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I appreciate the fact that the Ceann Comhairle did not turn off my microphone.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I agree with Deputy Murphy that the fewer people we have in prison, the better. There are many good reasons for keeping people out of prison, if possible. Most people accept that prisons do not really work and that putting people in prison because they have not paid a fine of one sort or another makes little sense. The Government says it is trying to differentiate between those who can...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Chair for her guidance. I will keep it in mind. How Irish Water has been structured is very disappointing and to use this Bill as a way to get money from the people to pay Irish Water for its services leaves a bad taste in the mouth because of the nature of Irish Water and the flaws in its structure to date. It is hardly surprising that there is such civic resistance to money...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is reported-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: We are talking about billions of taxpayers' money.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am not telling anything that was made up.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Does the Tánaiste have any concerns that a routine audit of a solicitor's firm that looked after the deal where €4.5 billion of assets were sold for €1.5 billion, with a massive loss for the Irish taxpayer? The routine audit showed that £7 million sterling ended up in an Isle of Man bank account-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: It was reportedly earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician or-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Does the Tánaiste not think the matter should be looked at?

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: I believe we need an independent inquiry.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: There is growing concern regarding the workings of NAMA and whether the taxpayer has been well served by it . The Taoiseach seems content that all is well, but I know many people who think otherwise. The Tánaiste is an accountant and might have more concerns than the Taoiseach. There have been disturbing allegations around the largest ever sale of property in the history of the island...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: Am I to take from what she said that the Tánaiste is happy with how NAMA has worked? The oversight mechanism she proposed in 2009 has not happened, but does she not feel it would have been a significant benefit? She did not address that question. The Tánaiste said it would be better if politicians were not involved in this episode. We have had politicians involved and the Minister...