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Other Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker, particularly in view of the recent Health Information and Quality Authority report on child welfare services in County Cork, which highlighted long waiting times for the allocation of social workers for vulnerable children, resulting in these children...

Other Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: I heard the Minister's responses to Deputies Troy, McLellan and Boyd Barrett. He said there has been a downward trend in the number of high priority cases awaiting a social worker. If that is true, it is certainly to be welcomed. I wish to ask the Minister about medium and low-priority cases. According to the recent HIQA report there were more than 760 non-priority cases in Cork alone....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedures in place for carrying out investigations into cases of historical child abuse by State institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the GoSafe company to operate speed cameras in the year 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the payments made to a person (details supplied) as Chairperson of the Garda Authority; the functions this person has been undertaking and the nature of the contract awarded to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14371/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enact the Garda Síochána (No.3) (Amendment Bill) 2014; and if it will be commenced in its entirety, or in a piecemeal fashion. [14372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Regorafenib Stivarga is not currently available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, whose oncologist has recommended this as a potentially life-saving option in that person's cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14212/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has considered, or would consider in the future, providing respite services for persons with intellectual disabilities directly, rather than subcontracting the service out to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to ensure fairness in the system of allocating respite services contracts to external service providers, and that contracts are allocated on the basis of quality of service rather than longevity of the relationships with the service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours sanctioned in County Wexford in the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services that are in place for sufferers of fragile X syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14367/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: 552. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford to provide adequate services to support their four children who suffer from fragile X syndrome, particularly in view of the apology they received in 2014 from the Health Service Executive over the mistreatment of these persons by the executive; and if he will make a...

Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: That is not true.

Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: If one was investigating the culture of secrecy and the absence of transparency in Ireland there would be no need to go much further than the tool one needs to carry out that investigation. The Freedom of Information Act is a travesty paraded as real democratic reform in action, to quote the Minister. Only under pressure from civil liberties groups and after being reminded of election...

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: First Stage (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: First Stage (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a universal jurisdiction of human rights; to enable the charging and conviction of persons who breach international human rights law in cases of but not limited to genocide, war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity, whether these breaches have occurred inside or outside the State; for these purposes to...

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: First Stage (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: I would definitely include ISIS, and would throw the Russians in too, given that Russia has committed some serious crimes.

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: First Stage (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: There has been much debate recently in the Chamber regarding the issue of Irish neutrality. Sadly, we are not neutral, but have taken sides, and the Irish people are becoming more aware of this. It would be great if we could become a leader, not a follower, in the international community. The implementation of universal jurisdiction in Irish law would give us the power to try war criminals...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Oversight (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: I acknowledge that problems within the Garda organisation have been pinpointed. The difficulty, however, is that we still have not seen the necessary reforms implemented. The Minister did not indicate when she expects the police authority to be up and running. Will she clarify whether any disciplinary action was taken arising out of the Garda professional standards unit, GPSU, report into...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Oversight (2 Apr 2015)

Mick Wallace: Any reasonable person would see the Minister is not prepared to answer all my questions. Were any sanctions or disciplines imposed on people found to be out of step in the GPSU report? What was the outcome of the internal disciplinary proceedings against the three gardaí referred to in the O'Mahony report? The Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 2015 is weak but at least...