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Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Garda authority was supposed to be up and running by December and God knows when we will get a watered down version of it. The report of the Garda Inspectorate was not even debated in the House. The latest-----

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: -----report on the penalty points was not debated in the House. The Taoiseach talks about things changing, but I have details of one Fine Gael backbencher who has three fixed charges against him.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: They were not terminated, but they are kept on a shelf and the summonses were not served.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: Will the Taoiseach not admit that bugger all has changed?

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach has no appetite for change. He likes the fact that policing is still politicised in Ireland and he will keep it that way. The Garda Commissioner does not wish to change things, and neither does he.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: This man went to the Taoiseach in Castlebar and the Taoiseach ignored him as well.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: On 28 January, I asked the Taoiseach to tell the House when he was first personally made aware of serious Garda malpractice in the Athlone area. Given that his memory is normally pretty good, I was surprised that he failed to recall it. In 2012, a garda went to see the Taoiseach in Castlebar and told him about serious malpractice by a certain superintendent in the Athlone area. He told...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature and length of sanctions imposed by Bord na gCon on greyhounds who tested positive for banned substances in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (31 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recommendations made in last year's Indecon Bord na gCon report that have been fully implemented to date; the measures being taken to implement all the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12809/15]

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: Could I have an hour?

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The Government does not wish to put any form of neutrality legislation into the Constitution.

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I did not interfere with the Minister of State's contribution.

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State has been rubbishing the Hague Convention-----

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: -----on the basis that no one has signed up to it for 50 years, but what he forgets is that the Hague Convention is part of customary international law on neutrality. It has been updated by other measures such as the UN charter, but even Judge Kearns accepted the fact in 2003 that the Hague Convention was still a key element of international law on neutrality. He also accepted that we were...

High Pay and Wealth Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: We should have the division now.

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to begin by thanking Dr. Ed Horgan and Mr. John Lannon of Shannonwatch, who have been involved in a long-running campaign to have neutrality enshrined in the Constitution and to have Ireland promote peace rather than facilitate a war effort. The amount of time they have...

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: That is fine. I will say instead that the then Taoiseach was being economical with the truth. So, he engaged in fear-mongering, provided misinformation and was economical with the truth. The statements to which I refer were untrue because at base they rode roughshod over a series of very straightforward laws by which Ireland is bound. According to customary international law - namely, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the business sectors which have lobbied the Government in relation to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; the percentage that were supportive; the sectors that opposed specific proposals and the sectors in total opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the EU's regulatory co-operation provisions in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/15]

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry, but it is hard to keep a cool head sometimes. One of the Deputies on the Government side said that rural Deputies did not sign this motion. I am from Wexford and I did. We do not have good drinking water in Wexford and there is significant raw sewage going into our rivers and the sea and we are not happy about that. The situation has not improved in the slightest in the past...