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Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: It is said one should never waste a good recession. In this recession, a wedge has been driven between the private and public sectors. The recession was caused by the private sector, including people in my own business, but the public sector has been made a scapegoat for it. I still employ more than 50 people in the private sector and every time pay is cut to low paid public sector workers...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: This is a poor direction for the Government to take. The decision that new teachers will earn 20% less than teachers who started in 2010 will have a disproportionate impact on new entrants to the profession and will create a two-tier system in our schools. A new teacher who starts on a salary of approximately €30,000 after training for four years could earn more by pushing a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the protection regime in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, which can see children locked up for up to 23 hours a day with little access to education, physical activity and association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries (19 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate further resources to the Inter-Departmental Committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries in order to allow it to complete its work as soon as possible; if he will begin implementing a reparation scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/12]

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister agree that a more democratic and autonomous local government system would be in our best interests if we are to get citizen participation in local communities? We need a bottom up approach rather than top down, which is what we have had for a long time.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water is set up, which body or person will take responsibility for outstanding European Court of Justice cases in the field of environmental water quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way he plans to fund local government in 2013 if he manages to implement the property tax proposed for next year; if he will provide a breakdown per annum of the sources and amounts of local government funding between 2006 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/12]

Renewable Energy (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: The National Competitiveness Council report to which Deputy Clare Daly referred indicates that Ireland is among the countries in Europe most dependent on oil as a source of energy consumption. The latest figures show that in the first quarter of this year, exports increased by some 2.5% while imports rose by 5%. The price of oil, over which we have no control, is a huge factor in that....

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possibility of making post offices more sustainable by allowing them to provide the facility of motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35736/12]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposals put forward in the Grant Thornton report commissioned by the Irish Postmasters' Union to make motor tax payable at post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35735/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered undertaking an equality audit of Budget 2012, with a particular emphasis on gender, in order to assess the ways in which the budget has impacted upon different sections of Irish society; if such an audit will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to follow international best practice by undertaking gender impact assessments during the development of Budget 2013; if gender impact assessments of Budget 2012 will inform Budget 2013; if such assessments will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36526/12]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the tax increases and public expenditure cuts which made up Budget 2012, impacted differently on men and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report by the Expert Group on the A, B & C vs. Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights; when this report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36239/12]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the consent application to build on the historic site of 14-17 Moore Street which requires his approval in order to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35438/12]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any further contact with the National Asset Management Agency with a view to incorporating some form of historical area connected with Moore Street and the 1916 Rising and the proposed adjacent commercial development now under the control of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/12]

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: This is a massive body of work. It is complex and it is hard to know where to start. It will be significant. If it works out well for the people and the State, no doubt it will be a considerable boost for Ireland. A few years ago we could not have imagined that the problem with debt in the country could be so bad. There probably has not been anything like it in the history of the State....

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: It was not. People should not be allowed to enter a farmer's property in the middle of the night and take machinery or anything else. That should not happen in a civilised society. Some serious thought should be put into the regulation of debt because things can be done in a much better fashion. While I will not get to address all of the issues, I would like to draw attention to the case...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: It was a great system. Before we get out of the hole we are in we will have to engage in some form of debt write-down. I know it is difficult. The main argument put forward on many occasions is the moral hazard argument but as many others have stated, far be it for the banks to talk about moral hazard given the way they have behaved. In general, if the structure the Minister is putting in...

Written Answers — United Nations Conventions: United Nations Conventions (17 Jul 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will publish its next report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in view of the fact that the report is now seven years overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/12]