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Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am probably not the most parliamentary Member. Perhaps I am not really suited to the place at all.

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: Yes, rumour has it.

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I did not withdraw it.

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: Do not misquote me.

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the issue of directly elected mayors. A groupthink opinion has developed and it appears that the majority of Opposition parties and Deputies in the House, from Fianna Fáil to the Green Party and all parties in between, support the idea without being able to offer any meaningful explanation of how the role will actually work. On what we can all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State is admitting that by buying fracked gas from America, we are going to a dirtier fuel now. There has been a myth about gas as well. I have looked at the Minister's responses over recent months. It has been said that we are following EU guidelines. As far as we are concerned, the unelected EU Commission is in the hands of the fossil fuel industry. The carbon dioxide...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I do not know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I have my reservations.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Mattie McGrath is one of the better ones.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the growing trend of US multinational involvement in the gas industry across Europe; if he or his Department has had input into the proposed gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary backed by a fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: There are currently 14 liquid natural gas terminals in the planning or building stages around the EU. They are mainly the result of a deal struck between Trump and Juncker last year, with Trump commenting afterwards that the EU was going to be a very big buyer of US liquid gas. The terminal being built on the Shannon will lock us into future fossil fuel use when our future energy policy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State did not say that it increases security. The Government is moving away from Russian gas and going to America and wants to frack gas, which is twice as damaging. It is a scientific fact that US gas is fracked gas. It releases more than twice the amount of methane than conventional gas, which comes from Russia which is already more damaging to global warming than coal....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the findings of a study commissioned by a publication (details supplied) have been reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3403/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 28 November 2018, the reason for the delay in answering the questions; when responses to these questions will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the procedures for height measurement and determination at entry to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3626/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times a person (details supplied) was measured during the recruitment and training process prior to discharge; the exact reading of each measurement; the number of Defence Forces medical personnel involved in measuring the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reconsider the discharge of a person (details supplied) and immediately move to reinstate the person in view of his acknowledgement that he is reviewing the procedures for height measurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is considering remeasuring all Defence Forces personnel in view of his acknowledgement that he is reviewing the procedures for height measurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3629/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials that are assigned to Rosslare Port; the start and end times of custom official shifts; and if customs officials are present for all ferry departures and arrivals. [3538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the open dialogue programme that started in Bantry, County Cork in September 2015; the way in which the programme works; if it has been considered a success; if it will be rolled out to other CHO teams and areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3631/19]