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

Mick Wallace: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 6 November 2018, the number of applications related to the transport of munitions of war categorised as dangerous goods, that is, munitions of war that contain material that is explosive, corrosive, flammable, toxic and so on; the meaning of the phrase very few; and if he will make a statement...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not wish to personalise this or to blame any one Minister for the problem. I had a pint with Kenneth Rowe a few weeks before he died. He is gone and he need not be. I note the services mentioned by the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. The people of Wexford are of the view that there are not adequate services available to them. Young people are dying because the help they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this very serious issue. I want to read a statement from Olwen Rowe from Wexford, the sister of Kenneth Rowe, who took his own life. Kenneth was a good friend to two of my sons. The statement reads:Families and friends live many nightmares when a loved one dies by suicide. When there is no warning, the shock and the pain are immense, beyond words....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will just finish. It continues:In the middle of our grieving and the unspeakable pain, it is hard not to feel anger and rage about a health system that is inadequate, underfunded and criminally absent in some parts of this country. It feels like no one, who can actually make a difference, cares.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It continues:Kenneth gave so generously of his time and resources that he always gave the impression of having plenty, even when he was struggling to make ends meet. He has left little by way of material goods, but his legacy is immense - the many acts of kindness he wove into the fabric of his life, his unremitting intolerance for bullshit-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It continues:his courage to stand up for the people he loved, for people who needed support during difficult times, his honourable commitment to doing his work well. It concludes:Would that we had a future with him. He didn’t want to die.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the company employed to conduct the independent review with regard to the review of the charitable status of Pobal; the estimated cost of such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the review by Pobal into its charity status will be published; if he has been in contact with Pobal since September 2018 regarding the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51840/18]

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Operation Sophia is saving nobody.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Germany.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is disappointing to hear the Government position on this. I do not necessarily take it as being 100% the Minister of State's position on it. He engaged well with this issue but I am sorry to say that for as long as I have been here, his Government's approach has left too much to be desired. It was at the height of the refugee crisis and in spite of the concerns raised by human rights...

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is clear from the most recent EPA figures that there has almost been zero movement on the issue of climate action in Ireland and that the policies being lauded as achieving progress are actually making things worse. Contrary to the views of the chief scientific adviser, business as usual cannot continue if we want to tackle global warming. There is no technological fix. Endless and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(6) A specified body may not make presentation of a public services card or access to a person’s public service identity the exclusive basis by which a person may verify their identity in order to conduct a transaction or access a service.”. I want to say a few words on the amendment, so...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: Amendment No. 5 is as well.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: My apologies. I thought they were all together. That is my mistake. We are dealing then with amendment Nos. 4, 7, 10,-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will finish up. I better not keep the committee here all day. Amendments Nos. 10 and 15 are essentially the same as an amendment submitted previously by Senator Higgins. These amendments also try to address the problem of coerced consent. It is vital that the Bill gives people a mechanism to opt out of the "once-only" principle and to indicate that it would be their preference to give...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not disagree with the option being there and it makes a lot of sense. We are saying that people should have the option of opting out. The vast majority of people will be very happy with what is being put in place but the option of opting out has to be given if people do not want to have their data shared. If a person does want the laborious job of having to go through the rigmarole of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am not suggesting that we introduce a bureaucratic overload. The vast majority of the population will sign up to what the Government is creating and will agree to it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: All I am asking is that individuals will have the right to opt out.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: We can debate this further in the Chamber. I do not see why this would lead to additional bureaucracy. I do not see why we cannot put in place what the Government seeks while also giving the individual the right to opt out. Furthermore, we cannot do anything that contravenes the GDPR or we will end up in big trouble.