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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill will be commenced; if this legislation will be enacted in its entirety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the capabilities and appropriateness of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to act as a confidential recipient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review mechanism will complete its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009, which allows for the attachment and use of tracking and global positioning system devices, without the need for judicial authorisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19949/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 484. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009, in particular, the provisions that allow for any Garda, above the rank of superintendent, to internally approve another Garda to undertake covert surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19951/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the 300 migrants who we have agreed to resettle, as part of the European Union plan to tackle the current migration crisis, will be automatically granted refugee status, or if they will be forced to go into direct provision as asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19950/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 492. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allocate additional resources to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, in response to the increase in referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken in response to reports that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with mental health issues, who have also been using substances, are being turned away and told to return when the drugs are out of their system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19954/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if an inquiry has been, or will be, carried out into the case of a person (details supplied) who committed suicide after having presented to Wexford General Hospital in October 2014 with mental health issues while under the influence of substances, in order to ascertain whether best practice was adhered to at all times; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures being followed in Wexford General Hospital to ascertain if a patient who is presenting is suicidal, particularly if that patient has a history of suicidal tendencies and self-harm; if he will provide details of the decision made in this regard in the case of a person (details supplied) in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) who presented to Wexford General Hospital on 5 October 2014 in a state of mental distress and with suicidal tendencies was assessed by a mental health liaison nurse rather than a psychiatric doctor; the reason the person was not referred to the psychiatric ward at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the national carers strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress of the strategy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a response from the Health Service Executive for over two years will receive an appointment with a speech therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists working in County Wexford; the number of these who are currently on career breaks or on maternity leave; the ratio of speech therapists to children with speech therapy needs in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in County Wexford for a speech therapist; the number of these waiting over a year; over two years; the number awaiting assessment for speech therapy needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift the embargo on recruitment of speech therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: Constitutional reform was very much on the agenda in 2011 when we had an election but we have not seen a whole lot of it. Despite the Constitutional Convention voting by 85% in favour of incorporating economic, social and cultural rights into our Constitution, there does not seem to be much of an appetite for real change. Ireland has ignored the recommendations of international bodies such...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: Housing is too expensive in Ireland in the private sector and social housing is not available. Renting accommodation is too expensive. In the housing sector land-banking and land speculation take place and nothing has been done about it. The Kenny report is still being ignored. The Government is ignoring the elephant in the room. A two-bedroom apartment in Dominick Street today is...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is possible to rent a two-bedroom apartment in most cities in Italy for €400. There is a problem with the quality and type of housing we are using but the Government is not addressing it.

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: We have not built apartments that families can move into. Why are we not addressing the quality and type of housing that is being built? There is a homeless crisis and only sticking plasters are being applied. I appeal to the Minister-----