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Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I never like to be called “Deputy”. The name reminds me of Deputy Dawg.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the Bill proposed by Deputy Donnelly. It introduces a greater element of fairness to the equation, which can only be a good thing. The biggest problem for most SMEs in the past few years has been accessing money. For a lot of people in business, money stopped being available, in some cases overnight and they found it impossible to survive. I listened to the Taoiseach earlier...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I too have been involved in visits to the North with other Deputies and have visited Maghaberry on five occasions. We have been at pains to point out that we have no interest in dissident IRA activity or anything of that nature. We visited Maghaberry on the basis that there were human rights issues to be addressed, in the context of how prisoners were being treated. Some of the issues have...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the long-awaited Government action in eventually bringing forward this legislation. I note it was promised in the programme for Government in 2011 and, when published last summer, was to be enacted by the autumn. However, I submit there is much work to be done on it before it can provide a robust and comprehensive form of protection for whistleblowers, one that will inspire...

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: And the Minister is naming them on RTÉ.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I did listen.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The matters in question have not been properly addressed for two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is not answering my question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has been dragged, kicking and screaming, to the point where he is making a few changes. Despite his claims to the contrary, it is almost two years since the Minister first heard about this matter. He has been dealing with it for all that time and he states that he is dealing with it in a proper manner. If this was Britain, the heads of the Minister and the Garda Commissioner...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: However, even that would not be enough. There is a need for a complete culture change in the context of how the force operates. What is happening is unfair to all the honest members who are serving on the force. The Minister has undermined confidence and trust in the force. We are not responsible for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: No, the Minister is doing that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has been dealing with this for two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Whitewash.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Why did the Minister-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: The Minister will not deal with the facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: Despite the Minister's protestations to the contrary, if he was serious about investigating the penalty points issue he would have introduced section 106, because it would have allowed for a wider examination of the practices, policies and procedures of An Garda Síochána, which is necessary. Unfortunately, the GSOC's hands are tied unless the Minister introduces section 106. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the precise circumstances which led him to request the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to commence an investigation under section 102 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; the reason he did not choose to initiate a wider investigation, under section 106, of policies, practices and procedures; the reason he considered the matter...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person that undertook the internal audits of fixed charge notice cancellations in November and December 2013; the method used to carry out these audits; if he will commit to publishing all internal audits of fixed charge notice cancellations on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5350/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protection for Whistleblowers (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the experiences of the Garda whistleblowers, if he is satisfied with the manner in which the position of the confidential recipient is operating; if he has any plans to review the workings of this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5349/14]