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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing issues regarding the provision and quality of ambulance services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42782/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport supports or allowances in place to assist parents and guardians of post-primary pupils at risk of early school leaving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43313/14]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (6 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: I will list the sections to which I wish to table amendments on Report Stage. These are sections 5, 19, 24, 25, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41(9), 41(10), 41(11), 41(13), 41(14), 42, 44, 49, 77 and 83.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister for Finance stated that Ireland has the fastest growing economy in the European Union. He did not give much context or detail on what this means and there was no question about whether it is good in itself. When we boast about having the fastest growing economy in Europe, we would do well to remember that we also have the fastest growing child poverty rate in Europe. We should...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Contracts (6 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and the measures undertaken for the awarding of public contracts, with regard to ensuring that indigenous Irish companies receive fair access to this valuable work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the system of awarding public contracts allows indigenous Irish companies fair opportunity in the tender process; if he has planned any particular initiatives that will help improve access for Irish companies to bid and be awarded public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42063/14]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: I commend Deputy Joan Collins on tabling this motion. Many of the problems highlighted in it have not gone away. The motion is about poor banking behaviour, deregulation and the failure of the State to control the banking system in any way. That has led to a situation in which we are now facing an increased number of repossessions. It is a crazy scenario. Of course, we are all well...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: A few weeks ago, I raised the matter of the promised health reform Bill which is to put in place new structures for the health service. We have a serious crisis in regard to the ambulance service in Wexford. Two weeks ago, a 50 year old man died of a heart attack. The ambulance that came to the scene had no defibrillator and no cardiac tablets and the back-up ambulance did not arrive. The...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: Where is the logic in separating flooding, storm water and pollution from the supply of water and waste treatment?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Government would not provide the money.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: Will the Taoiseach answer my question?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: At this stage the Government seems to have floundered from one fiasco to the next with Irish Water. There seems to be no end to it and the hole seems to be getting deeper. The Taoiseach told us yesterday that he was not going to put up with under-investment in water, but the Government has been doing that for three and a half years because it has not been investing for the past three and a...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: At this stage the Taoiseach seems to have an alternative. Will the Taoiseach abolish Irish Water? The Taoiseach should do himself and the people a favour by abolishing it. Otherwise, as an alternative, will the Taoiseach go to the country and ask the people for a choice on the matter, abolish the Government now and call an election?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: We have the fastest-growing economy in Europe but we also have the fastest-growing child poverty in Europe. The 11 sewerage projects in Wexford have been ready to go for a long time but central government has not funded them and they are not going to start as soon as the Taoiseach has indicated. Sewerage is going into the sea because this Government has tolerated it, the same as the one...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State said that local authorities need to deal with units that are boarded up. It would be great if they could do so but, to take Wexford as an example, in 2008 Wexford County Council received €26.5 million to deal with issues like boarded up units but in 2012 it received €1.6 million. What can it do for the 4,000 people on the waiting list for social housing...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for a review of the current system of rent supplement in view of rising rental prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41699/14]

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: Supply is a problem the Government has not addressed in a serious way. It is a very serious problem, probably one of the most difficult facing the State, but it is not difficult to understand what is happening. The question relates to the levels of rent supplement the Government is prepared to offer. It has refused to build social housing, turned to the private market and offers rent...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: If the Government ever gets around to building social housing, it would be a big help, but it is two years away. In September alone, 45 families became homeless. We must deal with the people who are most vulnerable, given that this is supposed to be the Department's priority. Why does the Minister of State not have a chat with the Minister for Finance? NAMA was set up in order that we...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase rent supplement levels, in view of the recent rise in homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41698/14]