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Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, does not need me to tell her that there are many people in Ireland in a very difficult place with regard to property. With every passing month of the past seven or eight years since the crisis started the situation has become starker. I know more about banks and receivers than I want to know. Given my involvement in the building industry, I...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: As I listened to the Tánaiste yesterday evening, I noted with interest how all of this is being presented. It is clear that a great deal of work has been done in the area of spin in recent times. It was amazing to hear the Tánaiste say that the way out of "poverty is fairly-paid work". While that is true, the problem we have is that work is less well paid than it used to be....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the proposed social housing programme, in terms of the number of newly built units that his Department expects to deliver in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9108/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (4 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a comprehensive housing strategy that addresses the housing challenges that prevail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9107/15]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: A big problem is that the Minister is leaving much of it to individual schools and this can lead to patchy outcomes and a lack of proper planning and accountability. There is no mandatory obligation on schools to implement the recommendations of the report, as the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act has not been implemented in full and special educational needs...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no consistent policy regarding individual education plans in operation in schools for children with special needs as per the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8776/15]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: There are no consistent policies regarding individual education plans operating in schools as per the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, EPSEN. Might the Minister indicate when she is going to ensure that individual education plans become standardised and fully operational in schools?

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: We have been told in this Chamber on many occasions that the Government has not cut resources in this area but, as the Minister knows well, demand has risen dramatically. The children who are now suffering the most are the new ones coming into schools. They are already starting off on a weak footing, given that there is no SNA support for children in the preschool year. Not only are they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mick Wallace: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methods that are in place within the education system to ensure that international best practice is being implemented for children with autism within the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8777/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: There is no equality in this world. The Minister must be bored senseless listening to everybody telling her this is great and it might be a bit more interesting when there is division. She is probably missing her lunch because she has to listen to all of this. I will support the Bill, which is long overdue. Although I may not agree with everything in it, I will certainly vote for it. The...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has learnt lessons from the 2011 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, intervention in Libya, where matters have continued to deteriorate of late; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/15]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: We were informed that Libya would be different, that lessons had been learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, that this would be a real humanitarian intervention and that there would be no indiscriminate bombing and that only precision weapons would be used. The Government, and this House, were cheerleaders when it came to the bombing of Libya. In six months, the number of people killed there...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: Military action is never proportionate. UN Security Council Resolution 1973 called for a no-fly zone. However, Sarkozy and Cameron, who wanted to boost their poll ratings, decided to bomb Libya. The idea that this would save innocent lives was very quickly turned on its head and regime change became the objective. Those involved wanted rid of Gadaffi and they were not interested in...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is heartbreaking that Ireland is following a European Union diktat which is driven by NATO. In the past, war used to be waged in order to acquire property and land for gain. Then it became a method of securing economic resources. Now it has become a means of promoting the arms industry. One does not get elected to office in America without the support of that industry. It costs $1...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Irish Government's involvement in any discussions, at European Union level, on the ongoing crisis in Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/15]

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: I heard a few Labour Party Deputies earlier and I believe they protested a bit too much. They insinuated that members of the Technical Group wished matters were worse so they could get more votes in the next election. First, I am not awfully worried about what votes I get in the next election. I do not believe we are so bad over here that we actually wish bad on people and want things to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (25 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the quality of investigations into complaints, regarding serious allegations of abuse and malpractice within the Health Service Executive; if he will provide details on the persons who carry out these investigations; the way they are chosen and appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (25 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on remuneration in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for persons, or companies, tasked with carrying out investigations into complaints, regarding behaviours, and practices, in the Health Service Executive; if there is an assessment of conflict-of-interest, as regards the investigators, before these investigations are initiated; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to revise section 88 of the Children Act 2001 which relates to detention on remand, in view of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 20 January 2015, that, of the 96 children remanded in detention schools in 2013, only 27% went on to receive a detention order, indicating high levels of the use of detention on remand;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Justice Strategy (24 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied that detention for children is used, only in cases of last resort, as mandated in the Youth Justice Action Plan 2014 -2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7753/15]