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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (8 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made contact with a person (details supplied) in relation to the assessment of Waterford Estuary and Bannow Bay as suitable sites for oyster farming; if he is willing to meet with them to discuss this important matter further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21510/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that delays since 2010 in the assessment of applications for oyster-farming licenses at Bannow Bay and Waterford Estuary is delaying job creation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21511/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am not ignoring them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: We know all that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I would prefer to see the Africans solve problems in Africa.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: As we know, military intervention rarely comes without a price. Too often, we have seen the so-called war on terror become the reason for intervention and this is, seemingly, part of the French argument for moving into Mali. I do not know whether the Minister has noticed, but in the past few weeks international agencies have been warning that northern Mali is about to descend to an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister not think the energies of the foreign powers should be more directed towards community projects and towards sorting out issues on the ground rather than the military direction of the French effort?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I have no intention of defending what was going on there. However, the same argument was made for the invasion of Afghanistan. Terrible things were happening in Afghanistan, but after ten years, the situation there has got worse. It is all very well to say terrible things are happening and to decide to go in and sort them out. Very often, we do not go in for the right reasons. I would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (7 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: 74. To ask the Minister for Defence if a decision has been taken on the participation of Irish Defence Forces personnel in the UN peacekeeping mission to Mali approved by the Security Council on 25 April 2013; if he will report on the Irish troops currently participating in the EUTM Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21507/13]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputy Clare Daly. In a 2010 report, the UN special rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Graver, who I have quoted in this House before, made the following recommendation to states about sex work, calling upon them, "to repeal all laws criminalizing sex work and practices around it, and to establish appropriate regulatory frameworks within which sex workers can...

Other Questions: Garda Investigations (2 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: An independent public inquiry will probably be required to achieve any transparency and accountability in this episode. When the Minister was in opposition, did he at any stage call for an independent inquiry on this matter?

Other Questions: Garda Investigations (2 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I never said you would.

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (2 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: In the past six months we have received many complaints from members of the public expressing dissatisfaction at the manner in which the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission responded to their complaints. The general feeling among many people is that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission actually protects Garda malpractice rather than holding gardaí to account much...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Corruption (2 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether whistleblower Gardaí are adequately protected by the confidential recipient system and existing whistleblowers' legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20824/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Bill is designed to make it easier for banks to repossess properties and seems to address a discrepancy in the July 2009 Act. It was amusing to hear Deputy Niall Collins of Fianna Fáil state yesterday that the prospect of a collapsing housing market and a mortgage arrears crisis on the scale that we are now witnessing was never considered by any party in this House. My building...

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: I was contacted in regard to four unfinished estates, namely, Bridgemeadow in Enniscorthy and Cluain Aoibhinn, Riverchapel and Aylesbridge in the Riverchapel area. These estates lack open spaces or footpaths and contain a number of unfinished buildings. When I asked the council why they were not included in the list of exemptions I was told that the original survey of estates was completed...

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: Can we find out who signed off on the list?

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Wexford youths won last night.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (1 May 2013)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in the number of septic tanks that have been inspected by his Department to date; the total number of tanks he intends to have inspected in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/13]