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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (26 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken in view of the publication of the second periodic report of the Holy See on the Rights of the Child; if he will set out the details of any correspondence he has had with the four relevant religious orders regarding financial contributions and the reports urging an internal investigation into the conduct of religious...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the manner in which young persons are educated about sex and issues such as abortion in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6634/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to written correspondence of 24 January 2014 if he has received any advice on whether the use of isolation rooms is a breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ireland is expected to ratify in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/14]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: This Bill certainly improves the current arrangements whereby the Government, and more particularly the Cabinet, has complete control of all judicial appointments. The suggestion that the judicial appointments council be composed of members selected from a broad spectrum of society is an interesting one and it would certainly improve democratic accountability. Since the current arrangement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the Central Bank Governor that banks may no longer have the technological capacity to engage in small medium enterprise lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2959/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent research paper (details supplied) which argues that US subsidiaries in Ireland have an effective tax rate of 2.2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I was in the middle of putting it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I would refer briefly to my first one. The Minister gave us the impression that he did not ask the Commissioner why he posed those questions to GSOC. The Garda Commissioner is answerable to the Minister so I am surprised he has not asked him why he put those questions to GSOC. With regard to my third question, the Minister has dealt with it partially. He said he is looking at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Okay. The Minister is allowed to give GSOC the power to look at policies, practices and procedures and, on his watch, why has he not given GSOC that power? That is within his gift. On the issue of the Roma children, it was within his gift to allow GSOC a role in investigating that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Okay, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister mentioned the new protocols and he made a bit of deal last night about the fact that he was giving PULSE access to GSOC as well but he gave it that access only in the past few weeks when under political pressure. Given that GSOC has remained toothless under his watch and given that it has been undermined on a number of occasions, does the Minister think it is surprising that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: It took years to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I have three questions for the Minister and I will try not to take too long. Does the Minister believe it was appropriate for the Garda Commissioner to publicly issue a list of demands to GSOC, a body to which the Garda Síochána is supposed to be accountable, on the Monday before last? Can the Minister confirm whether he shares the Garda Commissioner's absolute confidence that no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry about that, I was just trying not to eat into on other people's time. Can the Minister confirm whether he shares the Garda Commissioner's absolute confidence that no rogue elements of the 13,000-strong Garda force may have been involved in the surveillance of GSOC members or offices? Can the Minister specify whether he has formally requested inquiries to be made by the Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am just finished.

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: This has been a long running saga. After meeting the Garda whistleblowers in September 2012, we tried to raise the issue of penalty points in the Dáil and we had to break the rules to share the shocking stories we had been told. The response from the Minister for Justice and Equality was to minimise and dismiss the claims, the whistleblowers and the Deputies involved. He made personal...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report Stage (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The point of my amendment is to give greater prominence to community service because the State, after the Bill is passed, will still not make enough use of community service. I have outlined many of the merits of community service, but with regard to people who can afford to pay fines of any size, the State should consider making community service compulsory to drag them kicking and...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report Stage (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: My point remains the same. Those who cannot afford to pay fines should not be victims of recovery orders. They should have no choice other than to do community service. In terms of the punishment to be imposed, if we do not have a facility to create the opportunity for enough people to do community service, this is something we should examine with a view to creating a better facility....

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report Stage (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: If we were to agree on everything, it would be a very boring world.