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Written Answers — Department of Defence: UN Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to initiate a review of the participation by Irish Defence Forces in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force operation in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6881/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security and Defence Co-operation (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the recent memorandum of understanding signed by Ireland and the United Kingdom in the area of defence co-operation; the agreement this will involve in practical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Aircraft (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been discussions between his Department and the Departments of Justice and Equality and Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the presence of foreign military aircraft in Irish territory, and the possible transportation of weapons and other lethal war materials in view of comments by the United States of America on the civil war in Ukraine; his...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 103. To ask the Minister for Defence if, in discussions with the United Nations, he will consider proposing that Irish troops be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they could play a very positive role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respite services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in County Wexford over the past five years; the way this funding is distributed with regard to expenditure on the provision of services in comparison to expenditure on managerial and administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of current service providers for respite services in County Wexford; the method and selection process used in selecting these providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on home nursing care for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and-or long-term serious illness in County Wexford over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7333/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mare Nostrum Project (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: At this stage, a number of measures are needed and the Government should be pushing for them in the European Union. First, a better rescue service needs to be reinstated. The numbers crossing the sea from Libya and other countries have increased this year by more than 50%. The argument that cutting the rescue service would prevent refugees from travelling is not working and the European...

Topical Issue Debate: Mare Nostrum Project (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, will no doubt agree that events on the Mediterranean are a terrible reflection on the European Union and the West in general. Aside from the destruction being caused in the countries from which people are fleeing, it is a mark of the terrible hardships they face that they are fleeing across the Mediterranean which is, by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drugs in Sport (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to deal with persons or shops who are found to have sold illegal substances for use in the greyhound industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6675/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drugs in Sport (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if shops selling tonics and other legal substances for greyhounds are being monitored to ensure that they are only selling substances that comply with Bord na gCon guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there have been savings of €50 billion on the promissory note and sovereign bond deal of February 2013; if he will provide, in tabular form, and by comparison with the original promissory note schedule, using reasonable assumptions on future interest rates, the way in which, and where, those savings have been made; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with her Department's allocation for the current wage scale for new Garda recruits, particularly in view of the removal in 2014 of the rent allowance allocation of roughly €4,000 per year, which constitutes a significant cut to the pay package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5774/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (17 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the implications of the Haddington Road Agreement on salaries in An Garda Síochána, in particular, in relation to the pay package for new Garda recruits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5775/15]

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: I refer to the complex and technical measures used by the Valuation Office in producing the rateable valuation figures. The local authorities decide what funding they need for the year and then they work backwards and introduce a rate which will produce the money. This system is not ideal and it puts the local authority in a very difficult position. It is tough trying to run a business in...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is not radical to state that, generally speaking, large corporations in the developed world and probably in the undeveloped world have more power than ordinary people. That is not rocket science. I am not against everything but I am concerned about whether the interests of the citizen will be best protected by whatever we end up with. In her latest book, Naomi Klein has addressed the...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ensure transparency and openness, in and about the trade talks, relating to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/15]

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: We have broached the subject a number of times. It was interesting to see comments by the former Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, who said: "One should not forget that traditional methods of conducting international trade negotiations, characterised as they are by confidentiality and limited public participation, are ill-equipped to generate the legitimacy necessary in such high stakes talks."...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is telling us that everything is open and transparent but many people feel otherwise. The Minister is aware of the group, Corporate Europe Observatory, which has taken a close look at this. There is fierce opposition to the far-reaching rights for foreign investors in this treaty. There are fears they will be given the right to undermine existing legislation. It is almost as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (12 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on developments from the eighth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership from 2 to 6 February 2015, his position on the regulatory co-operation proposal in view of concern expressed by civil society groups and the public that this measure is heavily weighted in favour of...