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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (19 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his policy on TB allows for culled badgers to be stored or disposed of; the information that is gathered from these badgers regarding the disease before killing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29382/13]

Development of Cork Prison: Motion (18 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: We are all familiar with the fact that John Lonergan and Peter McVerry have been consistent in letting us know that the majority of people in prisons come from a small number of disadvantaged communities. Most of those who experience poverty and deprivation do not turn to crime, but I suggest that if we are serious about reducing crime then the social deprivation and addiction problems that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (18 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I understand that the person concerned gave his name, so he was not an anonymous contributor. I will put the Minister’s offer to him. I know the incident did not happen on the Minister’s watch. It happened long before his time. I will put it to the individual concerned that the Minister has offered to examine whatever evidence he supplies.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (18 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons a person who acted as whistle blower in a case (details supplied) was not interviewed by the military authorities as part of their investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29414/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (18 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am given to understand that the whistleblower in question was asked by the director of a private security company, Confidential Investigations Athlone, to work for the company in the Seychelles in respect of the recovery of a €25 million security contract which he had lost to former employees, including former and serving Irish soldiers. As the Minister is aware, this relates to the...

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

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish Defence Forces personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/13]

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will sign the European convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; the reasons he has not signed the Convention to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/13]

Other Questions: Domestic Violence Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am sure the Minister is aware Ireland has just one third of the refuge capacity recommended by the Council of Europe. The latest statistics from Safe Ireland show that on over 2,500 occasions in 2011 domestic violence services were unable to accommodate women and their children because the refuge was full or there was no refuge in their area. It is a fact that one in five women have been...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I will be very brief. Did the Minister give Mr. Justice Quirke any guidelines to ensure that any proposed support scheme would pass muster in the context of the concerns of the UN Committee against Torture?

Other Questions: Penalty Point System (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I wonder if the Minister is concerned that the Road Safety Authority is calling for an independent inquiry. I would like to point out once again that there was a lack of natural justice in the report. It offended the rule against bias because the force was investigating itself. It ignored the principle that the other side should be heard, because the whistleblowers were not interviewed....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to set up an independent inquiry body to investigate all complaints of abuse in relation to the Magdalene Laundries, as recommended by the United Nations Committee Against Torture and re-emphasised by UNCAT vice-chairperson (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is aware that Felice Gaer of the UN Committee against Torture was not impressed with the report into the Magdalen laundries. She has asked Ireland to clarify whether it intends to set up an independent inquiry body with definite terms of reference, as well as statutory powers to compel evidence and retain evidence obtained from relevant religious bodies. The Minister told me...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: Another former resident, Theresa Larkin, pointed out that the priority at Summerhill was for laundry to be cleaned. There were no classrooms, pens, copies or books. Is the Minister prepared to meet some of the former residents before he makes his decision on Summerhill?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: I accept some of the former residents were happy with the McAleese report as not all of them suffered abuse and difficult conditions. Others were not happy with the report, however. We know 700 pages of documented evidence did not feature in the final report. Will the Minister guarantee that the compensation scheme be transparent? Will there be an appeals process? Will it be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (13 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the recommendation made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, following her mission to Ireland in November 2012 that Section 106 part 4 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 should be repealed in order to ensure the full independence of the Garda Síochána...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: If the members of the Pyremco group which consists of representatives of HomeBond, the Construction Industry Federation and Roadstone choose their friends to do the work, will the Pyrite Remediation Board have an overruling say in the matter or will it let them off with it?

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will be used to decide who will carry out remedial works on houses damaged by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27983/13]

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: With regard to the Minister's point on HomeBond being a competent company, my experience is very different. Generally, I found it left a lot to be desired. My question concerned which builders or companies would get the opportunity to carry out remedial work. From what I can see, the chairman of the PRB comes from Roadstone-----

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: This would worry me. Those who were involved in the process in any form should not have any say in selecting who does the work. We need an independent body to set up a panel of construction companies from which homeowners can pick. If it is left in the hands of people connected to Roadstone, the CIF and HomeBond the bigger players will be involved. If one looks back on the poor work that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (12 Jun 2013)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department refused to add four unfinished estates in County Wexford (details supplied) to its list of unfinished housing estates to be exempt from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27982/13]