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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Extraordinary Rendition Operations (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: Does the Tánaiste not think that we should search the planes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Extraordinary Rendition Operations (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take in response to the statement on 11 September 2013 by Nils MuiŽnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, that countries like Ireland which colluded with the kidnapping and torture of terror suspects by the CIA must investigate and atone for their actions; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Extraordinary Rendition Operations (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am sure the Tánaiste is familiar with the report by Mr. Nils MuiŽnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights at the European Council. Mr. MuiŽnieks has been very critical of the failure by various governments to investigate possible instances of extraordinary rendition in their jurisdiction. They have proved unwilling, he says, to "establish the truth and ensure accountability...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Extraordinary Rendition Operations (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Muižnieks's report lists 54 countries, spanning the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, which he claims have questions to answer on extraordinary rendition. Ireland is included among that number. Amnesty International gave the example of the rendition of Khaled al-Maqtari. His plane refuelled at Shannon Airport on the day before it transferred him...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work at EU level to impose the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East. [41176/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a U.S. military strike on Syria will bring further hardship on its citizens; and if he would advocate that the EU refuse to support such a military strike. [41177/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (26 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Health Service Executive proposes to deal with the current crisis in the provision of domestic violence services which has recently resulted in the downgrading of services at Wexford women's refuge; his plans to increase the HSE's funding for the provision of such services in view of the fact that Ireland currently only provides one third of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Policy (26 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy the Health Service Executive has in place to improve the protection of those who fall victim to domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40060/13]

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I would like to share time with Deputy Clare Daly.

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: It is clear from many perspectives that imprisonment for non-payment of relatively minor fines, or unwillingness to pay such fines, should be seen as a measure of last resort. In that context, the revised legislation before the House, the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013, is welcome in so far as a serious discussion on this vexed and complicated issue needs to take place. Some of the...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: The point I am making is that we should not think economic growth alone will solve all our problems. We are actually showing some economic growth - approximately 1% - but the majority of the population is witnessing a decline in living standards. An unbelievable number of young people are out of work. The fact that we have some economic growth, which is driven by multinationals that pay...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: Our society has probably never been as unequal as it is today. The austerity measures have added to that. It is unsustainable and it is not just here. In most of the developed world, the direction society is going is unsustainable. Those at the top are accumulating more wealth than they ever did - way more than they or generations after them could possibly dream of spending - and those at...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I was about to make the same point. If they are not prepared to give the money willingly then the State should consider ways of taking it from them. Many of the survivors waiting on money simply do not have much more time. Many of them are not financially independent and it would bring a great deal of dignity to them if they could establish some financial independence in their last days....

Other Questions: Irish Prison Service (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister will be aware that the Irish Penal Reform Trust is strongly opposed to solitary confinement. The trust points out that there may be a level of restriction which, rather than solving administrative problems, becomes a mental health issue and creates a further problem for prison administration. Surely solitary confinement is an inadequate response both in terms of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I welcome that some positive action is being taken in this area. Am I correct that cancellations will now only be carried out by the central authority in Thurles? The Minister stated an audit process has been put in place, which is welcome. It is important an independent body rather than the Garda Síochána is responsible for that audit. One of the GPSU recommendations is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has implemented in full, in the identified timeframe of three months, the recommendations of the Garda Professional Standards Unit into the cancellation of penalty points; if not, the reason for same; when he will publish the review he asked the Garda Inspectorate to carry out on the GPSU report; and if he will publish the response he has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I wonder if the Minister will commit himself to incorporating the 12 recommendations of the GPSU report, or will he stick to the seven weaker versions that he came up with himself at the time the report came out? As the Minister will be aware, the Garda Professional Standards Unit was very critical of the process. I would like to ask the Minister about some of the issues they raised. Has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider strengthening the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in order to increase their capacity to hold An Garda Síochána to account. [39813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Standard (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to complete the in-cell sanitation in Portlaoise Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/13]

Other Questions: Fishing Industry Development (24 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is familiar with an issue that I have raised with him previously concerning a request from Special Bannow Bay Shellfish Limited, which applied in 2010 for a licence in respect of new sites for oysters at Bannow Bay and Woodstown. It is still waiting on an appropriate assessment, as per the regulation. This is difficult to credit three years later. All of the oysters are...