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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to review guidelines in relation to the Health Service Executive's use of section 12 of the Child Care Act. [47834/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2013 Impact (12 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason in view of recent research by TASC, the ESRI, and the Department for Social Protection highlighting the regressive nature of elements of budget 2013 and its disproportionate impact on certain sections of Irish society, there are still no plans to equality-proof the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47706/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the adoption of a new wealth tax in Ireland, as set out in the newly published working paper a collaboration between the Nevin Economic Research Institute and TASC, which outlines the options for such a tax here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/13]

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: There are a number of facts that we accept about alcohol. Three people per day die of alcohol abuse in Ireland. We were discussing cannabis this week. There is no evidence of anyone having died from cannabis use over the past ten years in Ireland. Alcohol is a significant cause of many types of cancer and its consumption has strong links to suicide. We accept that alcohol advertising and...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time Deputy Michael Healy Rae.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The State funded the Telesis report in 1982 and the Culliton report in 1992. The Telesis report emphasised the inadequacies of an industrial strategy based on foreign investment. It prescribed substantial reductions in grants for foreign firms, with an increase in aid for indigenous firms which were exporting or could be expected to increase exports. Little was done to change Irish policy...

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: When does the Minister expect the money to be allocated? How much does he think will be allocated? Some say the allocation was successful last time. It was for some, but most of the money in Wexford went to a privileged few. This time, would it be possible for people to find out if their applications are not as perfect as they should be, which would give them a second chance to rectify...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (7 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he has undertaken into the impact of the ending of Dublin Bus's five year public service obligation contract in 2014 and the reduction of its subsidy by a further €4.5 million; if he will ensure that this will not be another taxi style deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46898/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The argument has changed on cannabis regulation. Ecuador has decriminalised the drug and Uruguay has recently become the first country to introduce a legal, regulated market for cannabis, with a focus on putting drug traffickers out of business. In the US, Colorado and Washington State have voted to legalise recreational cannabis use. In August, the New York City Comptroller's office...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Like the local newspaper in the Deputy’s constituency?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: No, I just want to know what Deputy Dara Calleary said before he started to speak in English.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State has indicated that all this information is freely available to the public, but I know some people who would beg to differ, as they were on the receiving end. They got some very big surprises when trouble came around. Perhaps there are ways of accessing the information and these people were not au fait with those processes. The Minister of State has stated that this...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Nobody is saying there should not be unlimited companies. There is a choice, which is fine. We are talking about unlimited companies that are not really unlimited but have the protection of limited companies. There is a cloak, and nobody knows where the company is in a financial sense. These companies may not be unlimited as they engage limited shareholdings offshore. They become limited...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I would like to think the Bill is about more than just making things handier for everybody. Surely it should look to improve how we do business.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 146: In page 938, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “1233. (1) An unlimited company shall disclose by the filing of a notification with the Companies Registration Office a list of all members which are limited companies, and their respective number of allocated shares.(2) Subsection (1) shall apply to all body corporate members, wheresoever...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: Saudi Arabia.

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: What about the Americans?

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Defence Forces of providing security for US military planes at Shannon airport. [46647/13]

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: 30. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason at least one Irish soldier was on the ground at Shannon on 7 September when a US Air Force Hercules C130 was present. [46646/13]