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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current system regarding guidance counselling services in second level schools, in view of the fact that since 2011 the guidance provision is managed from within the standard teacher allocation, requiring principals to use their individual discretion in balancing subject provision and guidance counselling needs;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out on the use of public private partnnerships to build schools; the number of such projects in the future that will include the management and maintenance of schools; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce financial transaction taxes and carbon tax on airline ticket levies in order to raise additional resources to fund sustainable development at scale, as encouraged by the UN Secretary General in his December 2014 Synthesis Report on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda (A69/700); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a 1% billionaires' tax as proposed by the UN in the World Economic and Social Survey 2012 the revenue of which could be used to aid Ireland in its commitment to a more carbon-efficient economy, particularly in view of the estimation by Princeton Environmental Institute Director (details supplied) that the 500 million richest persons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been or will be testing of greyhounds for the new and reportedly widely-used drug stanozolol, particularly in view of the fact that despite the annual €2 million spent on regulation in the greyhound industry the Irish Greyhound Board has yet to identify a dog with stanozolol in its system; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the move to replace five of the seven board members of the Irish Greyhound Board; if he will provide details of the five outgoing members of the IGB board; when they will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3543/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for interim measures to deal with rising homelessness here before the promised social housing is operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47081/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to provide and promote energy-efficient housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3886/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to follow the example set by certain German cities, such as Munich and Frankfurt, which have pledged to move to 100% renewable energy by 2025 and 2050, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has read the document Investing in Our Transport Future: A Strategic Framework for Investment in Land Transport; his views that it will be in line with the objectives laid out in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill, in particular in relation to our commitment to lowering our carbon emissions by 80% on 1990 levels...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that his Departments document Investing in Our Transport Future: A Strategic Framework for Investment in Land Transport effectively addresses the need for carbon emission mitigation, as outlined in our commitments to the 2020 and 2050 EU carbon emissions climate legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role of clean light rail transport in tackling carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3885/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand bicycle lanes here; the projects ongoing or planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3490/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce public transport prices and expand bus and rail services to incentivise the use of public transport, particularly in view of the need to lower carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3491/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason in the recent document, Investing in Our Transport Future: A Strategic Framework for Investment in Land Transport, the role of rail has been given such a low priority, particularly in view of the fact that rail is universally considered to be a low-carbon alternative to road transport; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coastal Erosion (27 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to protect coastal road and rail infrastructure from storms; the projects that are currently under way in this regard; if he views the promised €250 million over the next five years to be sufficient to deal with the current and expected damage occurring as a result of more extreme weather conditions due to...

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015, which was published last Monday, is a serious disappointment. It is a further disappointment that much of the work done by the committee, which went out of its way not to be impractical, has been undermined. The Bill published last Monday is repetitiously vague throughout. At times the repetition looks as if it is a printing error,...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: I too will be brief----

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: Looking at this amendment proposed by Deputy Mathews, I would like to focus primarily on two points. The first relates to the role of the politician and his or her duty to the people, and second to the question of issues of conscience and their place in politics. Ireland's electoral system of single transferable vote proportional representation makes ours technically one of the most open...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: While the Whip system is not actually enshrined in our legislation, we see here that in practice it disincentivises questioning or criticising the status quo. Democratically elected representatives' principal relationship should be with the electorate rather than with the views of the party leadership. The example of the German system is worth noting in this regard, as it allows for parties...