Results 5,001-5,020 of 7,404 for speaker:Mick Wallace
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I have a great deal of detail, but the meeting would go on for some time if I were to go through it all. As recommended by the United Nations, most recently in the concluding comments of the Human Rights Committee in July 2014, section 106 has been amended in the Government's draft to allow GSOC independence to initiate investigations into the practices, policies and procedures of the Garda....
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: Again, it is a proposal to replace the words "the Minister" with the "Garda Authority".
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: You misled the House yesterday.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: On a point of order, I asked a question yesterday on whether the Taoiseach had a letter from the former Minister, Deputy Shatter. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality shook their heads. They did not say anything, they just shook their heads.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I want that corrected. The Taoiseach should check the record. I asked the question and they shook their heads when I asked if there was a letter from Deputy Alan Shatter.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I asked yesterday-----
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: ----but the Taoiseach would not answer.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach can check the record later.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: The abuse of the penalty points system was so endemic that independent bodies have had to be created to keep an eye on things. The Taoiseach is not accepting the fact that there is massive indiscipline in the senior ranks of the force. Can he explain why there has been so little opportunity to debate policing matters since last summer? Can he also explain why the Government has no appetite...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: Much talk of police reform has not materialised. The Guerin report was published in May 2014, nine months ago, but only now is a commission of investigation being established. Its terms are too narrow and it will go through the Houses without debate. Will it even be completed before the next election? Will the Fennelly commission be completed before the next election or will it be kicked...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I would like the Taoiseach to listen carefully to my next question. Will he tell the House when he personally was first made aware of very serious Garda malpractice in the Athlone area, and what action did he take?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I am asking-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: If the Taoiseach checks the record that is not what I said.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I asked whether the person responsible for the fixed charge notice system in Thurles, who has been responsible for multiple terminations, is on a promotions list.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that the Government plans to take in order to achieve the 80% reduction in emissions on 1990 levels by 2050, in line with our EU commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (28 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify article 9(2) of SI No. 9 of 2014; if he will provide details on the type of house extensions that will fall under the new rules regarding the 40 sq. m. limit; if this provision is cumulative or if it could permit multiple and possibly concurrent extensions, each of less than 40 metres; and if he will...
- European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I will try to be brief. I have two questions for the Minister of State, which I referred to in my contribution. Why is it okay to trade with Saudi Arabia, which cuts off people's heads every month, and Israel, which murders children in Palestine, but it is not okay to trade with Russia? If we were interested in having peace in eastern Europe, would it not be a good idea for the EU to...
- European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: The biggest story in Europe at the moment is the success of Syriza in Greece and I, too, congratulate it. The challenges it faces will be great given the powers that are stacked against it. It is a symbol that many people in Europe today are not happy with the powers of the banks and the wholesale sacrifice of our collective social good in the name of so-called free market forces. We have...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: I want to ask the Taoiseach a few questions about the motion regarding the proposed commission of investigation into matters considered by Mr. Seán Guerin SC. Given that a commission of investigation can only be established by order whereby the terms of reference must be discussed in the Dáil, am I to take it that the commission has not been established? Can the Taoiseach confirm...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)
Mick Wallace: Is there a debate tomorrow then?