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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: Life-work balance was good in the public service but the arrangements proposed under the Croke Park II agreement would have undermined it in a big way. The Minister is probably familiar with the equity audit carried out by equality expert, Niall Crowley, who is the former head of the Equality Authority. The audit focused on the changes to working conditions proposed, something which has not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the equality audit of the Croke Park 2 proposals, conducted by the former head of the Equality Authority, which shows that women will be disproportionately negatively affected by the proposals in the new public service agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17831/13]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Healy-Rae, Nulty, Joan Collins, Pringle and Catherine Murphy.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the Government's decision not to oppose the Bill and the survivors of symphysiotomy have given a guarded welcome to the announcement, calling for this Bill's speedy enactment and commencement. They are wary of the Government's indication that it may await the publication of the final Walsh report. At yesterday's briefing the group was at pains to stress that the Walsh report was a...

Topical Issue Debate: Beekeeping Industry (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister says these are used very little in Ireland. If they are so little used that is probably all the more reason that we should not use them at all. Perhaps Irish farmers can survive without them. The British have carried out a great deal of research into it, but I note they did not vote against a ban. They have abstained, as have the Germans. However, the Germans have their own...

Topical Issue Debate: Beekeeping Industry (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: Will the Minister take on board the fact that the countries that voted against the ban are all small countries and have less power? Many of the big countries in Europe have not voted against the ban. Also, pollination in Ireland is worth over €50 million, according to Government sources.

Topical Issue Debate: Beekeeping Industry (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: I would say the Acting Chairman's pronunciation is as good as mine. A series of high-profile scientific studies in the past year has increasingly linked a pesticide group known as neonicotinoids to harmful effects in bees, including huge losses in the numbers of queens produced, as well as large increases in disappeared bees, that is, those that failed to return from foraging trips. If ever...

Other Questions: School Patronage (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State would enjoy the line from Shakespeare that "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players".

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: I realise it costs much money to run these programmes but I listen to people in Wexford, particularly from St. Senan's primary school in Enniscorthy and Scoil Mhuire in Wexford, who say they are hurting because of cuts. The applied behavioural analysis education system involves analysing a child's skill levels and applying intensive one-to-one teaching, breaking down a whole task into small...

Other Questions: Schools Mental Health Strategies (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: It is important to point out that children in schools are also under enormous stress; it is not just a problem for the principals and teachers. There is no doubt that the cutbacks to guidance counsellors have put more pressure on everybody, both teachers and pupils. The biggest school in Wexford is Gorey Community School, which has 1,500 pupils. The students themselves have reacted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspectors (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the procedures and criteria used in the selection of post primary school inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17587/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to date to improve equality of access at third level facing children of non-EU migrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17586/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Strategy (16 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include specific commitments to Traveller children in the National Children and Young People's Policy Framework, due to be published mid-2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17307/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date to address ongoing concerns in relation to child protection and welfare for children living in the direct provision system, as highlighted by the 2012 Irish Refugee Council report State sanctioned child poverty and exclusion; if she is working with the Department of Justice and Equality to review the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing economic sanctions against Iran; if he has seen any evidence to indicate that Iran is currently developing nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15512/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (28 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the need for Israel to open its nuclear programme for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency and join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/13]

Other Questions: Sponsorship of Sporting Events (27 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: How can the Minister of State say the Government does not have the money? It provides €40 million for sport, but it provides €5.5 billion in order to deal with the abuse which participation in sport would challenge. I thought the Government was planning to exercise joined-up thinking. Where is that thinking if €5.5 billion can be spent on dealing with the abuse of...

Other Questions: Sponsorship of Sporting Events (27 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on alcohol sponsorship of sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15270/13]

Other Questions: Sponsorship of Sporting Events (27 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: With regard to beer consumption among young people, France is starting from a much lower base than us. Beer consumption in Italy has increased in a country that has nothing like the advertising seen in this country. It does not change the fact that we have a far more serious problem. I agree that damaging sport would be problematic because sport is far more of a social benefit than people...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Mick Wallace: Latest events in Cyprus once again place a serious question mark over any notion of European solidarity. Where is the solidarity? How could the people of Europe think there is any such thing? The programme of austerity has proven to be a disaster. Europe is dominated by an absence of growth, by unemployment and by levels of youth unemployment in particular which vary from 30% to 60%....