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Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State. There are 3,000 people working in water services. Local authorities have funding for water services through commercial rates in particular, but they will not have this funding anymore. They still have their staff and I presume the Croke Park agreement protects their jobs so there will be no forced redundancies. How will this balance out? If the local...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Will there be contracts between Irish Water and local authorities to provide services?

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister of State see many of the approximately 3,000 people who work in water services in local authorities being involved in Irish Water?

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I realise it is not Question Time.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Paying for Anglo Irish Bank's problems over a longer period rather than up-front is certainly a help. The Government says we are saving €20 billion over the next ten years but we should never have been paying €20 billion now or at any other time. Ashoka Mody, a former IMF economist who is now at Princeton University, argued this week that it is a pity "that the 'debtor'...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B and C v Ireland case by way of legislation with regulations, within the parameters of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court in the X case; if he will comment on media reports that he plans to have the threat to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need to introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks or a so called fat tax in order to combat obesity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7540/13]

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is agreeing that the scheme was very good, encouraged best practice in farming and brought about significant improvements. While he says there is €10 million available, he must admit the funding is not nearly as attractive as it was. Sadly, it is the smaller farmer who is actually getting hit. The smaller farmer is forever wary of the fact that the IFA probably speaks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Authority Inspections (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent instances of horse meat found in Irish burgers, his views on whether greater scrutiny of the food processing industry is needed in view of the fact that traceability seems to be adequate up until the point that the animal is slaughtered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (12 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give any indication as to when the appropriate assessment will commence on Bannow Bay and Waterford Estuary in view of the fact that the application was first made in 2010 and is now delaying job creation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Human Rights Watch has raised serious concerns about atrocities by Malian troops also.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: They should leave their guns at home.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am all for keeping the peace. However, I believe what we are seeing is a growing militarised European Union. The production and export of arms is growing in Europe, with countries becoming dependent on them and too often making decisions which promote their arms industries, which is worrying.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Arms exports in Europe are growing.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops will participate in the European Union Training Mission due to be launched in Mali in mid-February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence if any decision has been taken in relation to the deployment of Irish troops to Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/13]

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: Given the total lack of democracy in Mali at the moment and the ongoing discrimination and human rights abuses against Tuareg people in north Mali, is it appropriate for Ireland to be interfering? Should a small independent country, such as Ireland, not stay neutral and not send troops to support one side in a civil war, which is pretty unlikely to be confined to Mali? The French have been...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I am not talking about moral superiority and I do not approve of any of the violence on behalf of the jihad rebels at all. I am not a fan of war of any type. We have seen the disasters of interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Military intervention by outside forces exacerbates the problems. The past decade has demonstrated beyond doubt that such interventions do not necessarily solve...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: How does this all look to the people of Ireland who may be watching tonight? Do they feel that they have a say in the way things are done in this country, in how their lives are organised? The people have come to understand that the big important decisions are now made by people who do not live here. Financial markets, financial institutions and auditors are the people who make the big...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (6 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: I again ask the Minister to set out the specific legislation within which members of the force exercise discretion for the termination of fixed charge notices. What legislation permits a senior officer to terminate more than 1,000 fixed charge notices, most of which came from outside of his district? This is unfair to the many honest gardaí who work really hard and whose profession is...