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Other Questions: Fishing Industry Development (24 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: This company has not been treated well. It asked the Minister for a meeting last December. He is a busy man, but it would be great if he could meet the company.

Other Questions: Fishing Industry Development (24 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister was supposed to get back to him but did not.

Other Questions: Live Exports (24 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am surprised the Minister is promoting the export of live cattle. When we export live cattle there is very little in it for the Exchequer, and we are certainly not creating any jobs. The Minister will probably agree that the cattle we are selling to Libya and Egypt are generally of a poor grade and are usually surplus from the dairy farmers who are looking to supplement their herd and are...

Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I believe - I hope the Minister does too - that the primary responsibility of the Government must be to look after those who most need help and the vulnerable. There is little doubt that the Priory Hall residents were very vulnerable. They can be forgiven for feeling that the State has let them down. The local authority has also played a significant role in this matter due to the lack of...

Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: On 24 January 2012, we said in this Chamber: "The predicament of the people who lived in the Priory Hall complex was big news a while back and then it was in the news again but, sadly for them, the nightmare has not gone away". That was 20 months ago, which is frightening. A couple of days before that, I went to Priory Hall and examined some of the apartments. I examined beneath the...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: There is little doubt that the mortgage crisis is one of the major obstacles to economic recovery. The Government parties can speak about growth and recovery, but continuously falling living standards for the majority makes all talk of recovery sound a little bizarre. The people, through no choice of their own, have given billions of euro to Irish banks. In return, they are being failed by...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the facilities available to ensure the safety of children fleeing domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38609/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the Government's strategy for protecting children subject to domestic violence in view of recent calls by the European Committee of Social Rights and the Children's Alliance to ban corporal punishment and violence in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38610/13]

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: I propose to share time with Deputies Clare Daly and Finian McGrath.

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: Like the previous speakers, I am very dubious about the prospect of selling off any of our energy facilities. It is notable that the Government is intent on offloading only those entities that are successful. Of course certain facilities are more attractive than others, but there must be a major concern that it is our most valuable assets that are being put up for sale. There will not be a...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: In my last question, I asked whether we would be taking the troops out in October. I did not realise that there would be a subsequent question on this matter. The Minister of State is saying that this is unlikely to happen at this stage. We need to make things clearer regarding our neutrality. Having troops in Afghanistan does not necessarily do much for our neutral stance on these...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: When the French moved into Mali in January, their commander, Brigadier General François Lecointre, who has since become the commander of the EU mission, said at the time that it was a matter of weeks, not months. Yesterday in Brussels, he stated he believed the mission should be expanded and should continue for at least a year longer than planned. We know the French moved in and decided...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: 21. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 18 June 2013, if he will confirm if Irish Defence Forces personnel will return home in October 2013 when the current International Security Assistance Force mandate expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35792/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: A few seconds.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: On the last day of term and the Acting Chairman is strict as ever. You are a hard man. I thank the Minister for doing that. I want to make the same point that has been made. I would be a little concerned that we are going to get involved in areas where we could be perceived to be taking sides. I did not like the idea of us sending people to Mali. I am not keen on sending people to...

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am in agreement with Deputy Crowe. I am very concerned about Irish troops taking up positions in Syria at present. If the Austrians think it is not safe for them they must have good reason to do so. I also agree with the point made by Deputy Crowe that the EU seems to be taking sides, particularly with France and Britain so eager to take up the side of the rebels. It is concerning...

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State mentioned the issue of costs in his opening statement but I missed the figures. Do I understand that for 2013, 75% of the costs are being covered by the UN with the Irish State picking up 25%? Will the same formula apply in 2014? In the past was it the case the UN picked up the tab for Irish peacekeeping missions or is this split normal?

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Irish troops currently participating in the EU Training Mission in Mali; if members of the Irish Defence Forces will participate in the UN peacekeeping force in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law Review (18 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: 535. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice which recommends the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual service; if he plans to take any action in relation to the report's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36248/13]