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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (5 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: The State has failed the Traveller community and probably never more so than over the past few years with austerity. In light of the €50 million underspend by local authorities on Traveller accommodation, will the Minister exercise his powers under section 111 of the Housing Act 1966 to order local authorities to perform their housing functions within a specific period of time, or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (5 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: The State's efforts in this whole area have been toothless and ineffective. The Minister spoke about private accommodation being available to Travellers. Since the recession, the State has reduced capital spending for construction of social housing for all people, sending people into the private rental market and expecting them to organise housing through that means. This causes major...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Traveller Accommodation (5 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: If the Minister is saying that what I said is not true, will he tell me why 11% of Travellers are homeless, why they have a suicide rate of 10% and why psychologists say that Government policies are adding to their identity problem and causing mental health issues as well as depression and suicide? Will the Minister consider the Irish Traveller Movement's position in which it argues for a...

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: I propose to share time with Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, John Halligan and Mattie McGrath. There is much concern across the country about EirGrid's Grid25 scheme. There is much worry that not enough is known about the project, especially from the point of view of the people in the country. EirGrid would like the cheapest option and this concern is of the highest priority, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (4 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in the face of massive public opposition he will consider at least the partial undergrounding of the EirGrid cable network. [51690/13]

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect the health of persons who may be affected by noise and shadow flicker from wind turbines; to give further effect to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1998; and to provide for related...

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to permit medical treatment leading to termination of pregnancy in situations where the foetus has a fatal abnormality such that it is incompatible with life outside of the womb.This Bill allows for terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities. Although the Government had a chance to include such cases in its Protection...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I broadly welcome the proposed reform of the jurisdiction of the courts in the examinership process. I note the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 has been amended by section 2 of the Bill to allow all companies to have access to the High Court examinership process and to allow small companies the further option of applying directly to their local Circuit Court. This is in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Abolition (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has abolished mortgage interest supplement in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50849/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made provision in her budget for the potential knock-on effects of reductions in maintenance payments owing to the abolition of the one parent family tax credit and the increased reliance on social welfare payments this might entail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50850/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The debt incurred-----

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The debt incurred by the Irish people-----

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: -----through the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank debt was certainly questionable and there is a strong case to be made for the cancellation of this debt, especially as the State was essentially defrauded by Anglo Irish Bank. The bank guarantee was illegitimate, undemocratic and probably the worst political decision made in the history of the State. Why should the people of Ireland foot...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Recently WikiLeaks leaked information on the trans-Pacific trade agreement, which has much of the same mechanism involved in it. That agreement was found to be as much about extending monopoly rights of companies such as Monsanto rather than free trade. Of 29 chapters in that agreement, only five related to trade. There was much more concentration on patents, copyrights, trade marks and...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the purpose of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to remove the regulatory differences between the U.S. and European nations; his view on the the way it will impact on jobs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50563/13]

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: According to the bodies concerned, the main objective of the TTIP is to remove as many trade barriers as possible to ensure the freedom of movement of trade and investment, the argument being that there are too many regulatory systems on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Commission claims the agreement will lead to savings of moneys and jobs. One concerning aspect of the agreement is...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: While I do not have a problem with free trade or the free movement of goods and people, there is a bit more to this agreement than that. For example, it will allow corporations to sue governments when they are trying to protect their citizens from their activities. It allows a secretive panel of corporate lawyers to overrule the will of national parliaments and the legal protections in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership might affect Ireland's sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50562/13]