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- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: Section 317 of the Defence Act 1954 states: "No person shall, save with the consent in writing of a Minister of State, enter or land in the State while wearing any foreign uniform." Only a few years ago, our current President, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, described statements by the then Government in respect of Shannon as one untruth followed by another. What is the cost relating to the...
- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: I have as much respect for the likes of Vladimir Putin and what he does to disturb world peace as I have for Barack Obama, Islamic militants, Israel or whomever. I am opposed to all forms of terrorism, be they perpetrated by an individual or a state. In March 2011, the Labour Party - Fine Gael's partner in government - stated that it would be enforcing The Hague convention on neutrality....
- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: A few years ago, the current Tánaiste wondered why the then Government had not complied with a request from the Human Rights Commission to inspect aircraft travelling through Shannon. The Minister states that this use of the airport is good for business. I accept that it is good for business but at what price? Let us not forget that plenty of civilians pass through Shannon. If we are...
- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: This has nothing to do with the questions I tabled.
- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: The Minister might be interested to discover that 19 of the 20 people who were involved in the 9/11 attacks in America came from autocratic states protected by America.
- Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: The Minister should get his facts right.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Accommodation (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: This treatment of families who gave loyal service to the State for many years is hardly fitting or fair. There is a serious level of inconsistency in regard to how the Department is dealing with the issue, with some people receiving letters and others not. I presume some properties were deemed more unsuitable than others. There is serious concern about this issue and people are very...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Accommodation (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: The Minister says the Department of Defence does not have an obligation to the general public to provide housing and I understand that. However, these people have worked for the Defence Forces for much of their lives and there is a duty owed to them. The Minister has said alternatives are being offered to them at local level, but some of the people to whom we have spoken say they have...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Accommodation (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Minister for Defence his long-term plan for accommodation in the Curragh camp; if he intends to have the homes of all of the ex-servicemen and their families vacated; the timeframe for the same; and the alternative affordable accommodation that is being offered to families and persons being requested to leave. [46845/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Accommodation (6 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: Over the past three years the Department of Defence has been sending out letters to retired soldiers still living in Army residences demanding that they vacate the premises. Some of the residents have been in a position to leave and have done so, while others find themselves in a situation in which they have nowhere else to go and cannot afford private rented accommodation but do not qualify...
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: I am somewhat taken aback-----
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: As I was saying, I am somewhat taken aback that the Minister would ever be of the view that I might think the worst of him. That is a little unfair. All I am seeking to do is ensure that a level of accountability will be introduced in the context of certain aspects of policing. I apologise for not being present earlier and for missing the Minister's reply to an earlier question. Will he...
- Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: That is not the rule.
- Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: No, it is not. Five are included in the lottery.
- Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: Forty.
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the new fixed charge processing manual as recommended by the GPSU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46595/13]
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: The GPSU report dated April 2013 clearly sets out, as one of its 12 concluding recommendations, that an entirely revised fixed charge processing manual, to include the 24 relevant documents the GPSU had to examine to find out what the fixed charge policy actually was, be compiled, distributed and communicated to the Garda Síochána. Unusually, the GPSU report set out a strict time...
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: The Minister did not really explain why it had taken more than the three months the GPSU had set down. One could be forgiven for thinking the recommendations of the GPSU have been disregarded by the Minister. When the GPSU issued its 12 recommendations, the Minister chose seven and stated that they contained vague principles with which he could possibly work and to which he could perhaps...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: When we were building apartment complexes we set up management companies. The idea was to operate them for as long as we could following which the owners of the apartments would take them over. That has been the process for a number of years. The level of trouble coming down the tracks in regard to management companies in Dublin is frightening. There are huge problems with them. People...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)
Mick Wallace: I realise that the State cannot force people to eat their breakfasts. At the same time, acceptance of this amendment would go a small way towards helping to address the situation.