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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Plant Protection Products (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is prepared to ignore the WHO.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Plant Protection Products (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prohibit the use of glyphosate herbicide in view of the World Health Organization's finding that the substance is probably carcinogenic to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26373/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Plant Protection Products (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: In November last year the Minister defended the use of glyphosate, more commonly known as the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup pesticide, on the grounds that it had passed a 2002 EU safety evaluation. He said the comprehensive health assessments conducted by public authorities in the past 40 years had consistently concluded that glyphosate did not pose an unacceptable risk to human...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage farmers in County Wexford who have applied for inclusion in the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; if he is satisfied with the uptake to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26108/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the performance of the members of Bord na gCon and of its chairperson since March 2011; his views that the skills gap identified in the 2014 Indecon report has been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26106/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the obligation on farmers to attend pesticide spraying courses, if he is satisfied with the regulations on the use of pesticides and their effect on the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 75 of 27 May 2015 and 29 of 14 May 2015, the number of over 140 monetary fines handed out for the use of banned substances in greyhound racing that have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26105/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 9 June 2015, the reason for the planned closure of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium, particularly in view of reports that it is considerably more profitable than other stadia here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26104/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the outcome of the recent public consultation on the discussion document on the potential for greenhouse gas mitigation within the agriculture and forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Data (1 Jul 2015)

Mick Wallace: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if GoSafe speed cameras are capable of detecting motorbikes; if so, the number of motorbikes in respect of which penalty points were issued as a result of GoSafe cameras in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26490/15]

White Paper on Defence: Statements (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister tells us that this paper will deal with the challenges of a changing world but he forgot to tell us that the changing world has been driven by a huge expansion in the militarisation of the planet in recent years. The Irish Times today claims to have seen a copy of the draft White Paper, a privilege we did not have. That is how it works. It stated that the emergence of...

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State, for whom I have two questions. What month will he announce the allocation of funding this year? Will he make some kind of commitment that the actual numbers participating in the different sports might be considered when he is deciding how to divvy up the money this time round? The people involved in soccer in Wexford are of the opinion that if I were not in...

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: I do.

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: I do not give two hoots about Westport.

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am only asking for advice.

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: So a couple of Ministers decide which sport gets it again.

Topical Issue Debate: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: To the best of my knowledge, the Minister of State has done a fair job in distributing lottery money among the different counties but there is a serious issue in Wexford as to where the money goes after it arrives. There is a lot of discontent that it does not seem to be a fair allocation at all times. For example, in 2012 soccer got less than 5% of the money and in 2014 it got 11%....

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State has provided that the site must be situated in an area where there is a need for housing. I made the point in the Chamber that land banking is one of the biggest problems in the industry, and we need to deal with it. There are too many provisions in the Bill that allow developers to get out of this. If someone has bought land for development and deems that there is no...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: There is a counter-argument. If I bought a site zoned for development, it might not be economically viable to develop it or I might not be able to get the finance to do it. I would be facing the prospect of paying a 3% levy on it and I would have to weigh up my options, which are to pay the levy or get rid of the land. If I am not forced to make that decision, I could quite happily be a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: Is it correct that the Government will reduce this to 500 sq. m?