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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects all citizens will have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/14]

Other Questions: National Cultural Institutions (11 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: The museum states that these unpaid internships have been part of the museum landscape for decades. Does the Minister not agree that this type of arrangement contributes to a culture of elitism within the National Museum? Third level fees this year were €2,500 and by 2016 they will be €3,000. That is a lot of money for families, and most students take on part-time jobs to...

Other Questions: National Cultural Institutions (11 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister not think that people doing this type of work should get at least the minimum wage? Students are struggling to make ends meet anyway, so very few students can avail of this opportunity of taking up the internship. With regard to my other question on the potential participation of the British royal family in the centenary commemorations in 2016, I would like to point out...

Other Questions: National Cultural Institutions (11 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is now more than two months since the matter was referred by him to the National Museum of Ireland for direct reply and no correspondence has been received from that institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24464/14]

Other Questions: National Cultural Institutions (11 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: Since last January I have been trying to obtain information on the use of unpaid interns by the national cultural institutions. Despite submitting several parliamentary questions and writing to the National Museum of Ireland, I am not much clearer on the issue. It is disappointing that I have had to submit this question to get a response from the museum. I was glad, however, to read in the...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Daly and Coppinger. I welcome the Government's decision to establish a statutory commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. Such an inquiry is long overdue. That hundreds of children are buried in unmarked graves is not news. The fact of how mothers and babies were treated is not new. I wonder how the public who have known about it for so...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the immediate revision of the current rent limits under the rent supplement scheme in order to alleviate the pressure on many families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24230/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Rights (10 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the legal loophole in relation to the definition of insolvency in the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2006 which has resulted in workers in several companies being left without wages when employers cease trading but do not go into actual liquidation or receivership or wind up the company; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase funding for the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24229/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (10 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State agencies under his remit that have used and/or are currently using the JobBridge scheme; the number of JobBridge placements in State agencies in 2013; if any State agency takes on interns who do not receive any payment during their internship; the names of these agencies; and the total number of unpaid internships in State agencies in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (5 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene in a dispute (details supplied) where staff and former workers have been left without wages and have been forced to occupy the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23799/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: I would not bomb them.

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: Three years ago when Prime Minister Cameron, former President Sarkosy and President Obama joined forces to bomb Libya, the Government here thought they were doing the right thing. Will the Minister of State not admit at this stage that it was a serious mistake to intervene in the affairs of Libya because it has caused many more problems than it has solved? With regard to the notion of...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: Writing in The Guardianrecently, Owen Jones commented:In the build-up to the catastrophic invasion of Iraq, it was invoked by Colin Powell, then US secretary of state. "You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people," he reportedly told George W Bush. "You will own all their hopes, aspirations and problems." But while many of these military interventions have left nations shattered,...

Other Questions: State Properties (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: That sounds positive and I am glad to hear it. No doubt the principle of Part V was a good idea, but it was not implemented. Unfortunately, the previous Government reneged on it and allowed developers to create ghettos with these units in other areas. Often they stated that it did not suit because of the type of houses that were built. The Government should take on the issue. If it must...

Other Questions: State Properties (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: We are all aware that there are serious problems not just with the lack of supply of social housing, but also in the supply of private housing, how the construction industry operates and how developers operate through land banking. For all practical purposes, this sector has gone unregulated. I am not saying it started with this Government but it has been unregulated for years. It makes...

Other Questions: State Properties (4 Jun 2014)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made by his Department in identifying State-owned properties which could be used as emergency housing; the criteria by which a property is judged suitable for housing families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23685/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Energy Conservation (29 May 2014)

Mick Wallace: No one from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was available today so the Minister of State, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, will take it on Wednesday.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 May 2014)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Circular 0030/2014, if he will clarify whether Section 7 means that children with behaviour related care needs will have to wait until all other interventions are tried before special needs assistant support is allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/14]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 May 2014)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Section 7 of Circular 0030/2014 states that access to SNA support for pupils with behavioural care needs will only be sanctioned under certain conditions. It seems to indicate that the Department believes a child with behavioural care needs should first be disciplined and punished by a school before SNA support is provided. Will the Minister explain the...