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Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: According to a press statement released by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, yesterday, he has appointed an individual who the Ceann Comhairle does not want me to name and who has extensive experience in planning to the board of An Bord Pleanála. The press release stated that the individual was employed by a private company. That is...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I have expressed my concern. This is an area in respect of which the Government should be more careful. I am not casting aspersions on the individual involved. I am stating that when we make appointments, we must take on board the need to avoid conflicts of interest. When the Taoiseach announced the Land Development Agency, I expressed serious concerns of a...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I accept that. I am throwing no stones at the Minister. I have taken the opportunity to highlight my worry and disappointment at how the Government is going about its business in dealing with the housing crisis. It happened to be connected to this because of the involvement of An Bord Pleanála. I thank the Ceann Comhairle and Minister for their forbearance.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays making applications on behalf of minors by social workers in Tusla; and if she will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: The question relates to the findings of a report by the European Migration Network, published by the ESRI, which found that only a small proportion of minors have secured an immigration status and that this was due to delays by Tusla social workers in making the minors' applications. Does the Minister have concerns about this, and has she spoken to Tusla since the report's publication?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We know there is some good care for the kids under 18 years of age. So far this year, however, 105 children have arrived in Ireland seeking asylum status without a parent or guardian, yet to date this year only 15 have been granted international protection, while last year only 11 children were granted protection. These are low figures. I remind the Minister of some of the contents of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We know the children cannot get their status before the age of 18. Family reunification is gone; they are generally going into direct provision. We are not saying that everything about the system is wrong, but there are serious problems with it. We know a number of young lads who are waiting for interviews. More resources are probably required. We know there are some good things...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a report by the European Migration Network and published by the ESRI, regarding unaccompanied minors; the measures she has taken to assist unaccompanied minors that come here following the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the maximum age limit of 35 years of age for normal entry into An Garda Síochána in order to maximise recruitment opportunities and diversity as suggested in the review of entry routes to An Garda Síochána advice by the Garda Inspectorate published in May 2018. [52495/18]

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have listened to the debate and do not accept many of the arguments put forward by the two Government parties. I welcome the Bill from Solidarity_PBP and agree with enhancing the rights of tenants. Currently, if a tenant is in situin a property for six months or longer, they automatically receive security of tenure for six years in what is known as a Part 4 tenancy. This Bill seeks to...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Last Thursday we discussed legislation introduced by Senator Colette Kelleher on family reunification for refugees. Before we could even start debating it, we were told the Government would not provide a money message for it. I am concerned that the Government would take such an approach. Migration is on the agenda for this week's European Council meeting. The background notes strike a...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Ladies first. One of the few ladies in the whole place.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I wish to comment on amendment No. 5. The Minister was clarifying the exact responsibility and how it is defined. The Minister is saying the Governor would be tasked with reporting the matter rather than the individual. For example, if a prison warden is the first to find out about a death, the onus falls to the Governor. Is that right?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Let us suppose a garda put a person in a cell after arresting that person. Is it for the sergeant in charge or would the superintendent be tasked with reporting in that situation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It would not be a matter for the individual who put the person in the cell. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We are trying to do the same thing as the Government only in a different way. The Government's wording creates the possibility that a coroner could go against the family's wishes and decide not to hold an inquest, but that would not be possible with our wording. Equally, the Government's wording creates a situation where it is possible for the coroner to start the ball rolling in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not have many questions. We teased out many of the issues with Kathleen O'Toole. The Minister stated our existing oversight arrangements are confused and lack clarity. He stated the commission also views the lack of distinction between the responsibility of An Garda Síochána for its own management and governance on the one hand and the roles of some of the oversight bodies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister believe it is a good idea to take the appointments area away from a body like the Policing Authority? Was there a problem with how it was doing that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We saw in the past there were times where the Garda Commissioner of the day promoted friends and cronies around him and now we are moving back to a position where we are going to give more power to the Commissioner again. It is all very well if the Commissioner is good, and perhaps Drew Harris will be very good, and that is fine if it works well, but if the Commissioner has a tendency to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to promote the use of natural gas as a fuel source for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52109/18]