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Multinational Investment (26 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his views on figures presented in the most recent quarterly bulletin from the Central Bank of Ireland which show that in 2010 15% of inward direct investment and 20% of outward direct investment moved between Ireland and Bermuda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20950/12]

Multinational Investment (26 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his views on the impact of multinational investment in Ireland in relation particularly to companies located here for tax purposes in view of the fact that, as observed in the latest Central Bank of Ireland quarterly bulletin, while these types of companies have large balance sheets, their contribution to the local economy...

Multinational Investment (26 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister must admit that some companies do funnel money through the country. This is borne out in the figures. The pharmaceutical industry, accounts for 34% of our total exports - which is just short of €57 billion - and employs only 2.6% of our workforce, which works out at €1.2 million per worker of export sales. If this were a reality, it would be magnificent. It would mean our...

Multinational Investment (26 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree we need both. I suggest the domestic economy needs more help than the other side mentioned by the Minister. I was interested to read what the Nevin Economic Research Institute had to say about this matter the other day: The current levels of unemployment are unacceptable and constitute a serious threat to social cohesion and not just the sustainability of future public finances....

Manufacturing Sector (26 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Given that Ireland has, probably for the past 30 or 40 years, ignored indigenous manufacturing, will the Government now emphasise it?

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (25 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the rate of single parent households at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which is far higher than the EU-15 average, in view of the cuts to one parent families introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20952/12]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (25 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to protecting one parent families from further budget cuts in view of the sustained attack on these households which has been carried out over the course of successive austerity budgets including Budget 2012; if she will target limited resources towards tackling the high rate of single parent households that are at...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister does not have an easy job but before she came into power I do not think she would have put her name to much of this stuff. She is a member of the Labour Party that would have objected to most of this before it achieved power. We are in a country that has one of the highest levels of inequality in the developed world, but this Bill does not tackle the inequalities that exist in...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: I realise full well the Minister has a difficult job and if she is told to cut a certain amount to try to make it work, it will not be easy. Obviously, I do not agree with the fact she is told to cut so much in the first place. I would have rather seen the money raised through a higher increase in the tax bands for the better off. It is unfortunate the Government has decided to cut this...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to changes in learning support and resource teaching hours, some teachers are receiving travel expenses to travel to schools many miles from their own to make up their hours; his views on whether these changes are costly and unnecessary; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to separate learning support and resource teaching hours in primary schools in view of the fact that some teachers are now receiving travel expenses for travelling to schools to make up learning support and resource teaching hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19494/12]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: I too have serious question marks over the lack of democracy in the European set-up at the moment. I am afraid I cannot help having the impression that the Germans, who pay most into it, also have the most say. One might say that is fair enough but they seem to have all the say at the moment. It was interesting yesterday to hear that a strong member of the Bundesbank, Dr. Andreas Dombret:...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that parents at schools (details supplied) in County Wexford are to be reviewed again shortly by the National Council for Special Education, and this time, their right to appeal has been taken away from them, if the care needs of all individual children and their simultaneous need for significant special needs...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: I mentioned the appeal system in the question. I am led to understand from the main schools in Wexford concerned, Scoil Mhuire and St. Senan's, that the appeal system seems to have been taken away from them. They are expecting their review soon and it seems a little unfair that they will not get an opportunity to appeal it if they find it unreasonable. This issue has been debated since the...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: I will not argue that there is enough money to go around but, as the Minister will probably agree, those least fortunate and most in need of his help are probably deserving of a little more special attention. There is a scarcity of resources but the mark of the Government will be best judged by how it looks after those with most need. These parents and children have suffered considerably...

Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: With regard to my question on SNAs, is it true that the right to appeal is gone?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he conducted cost benefit analysis on the VAT rate change from 21% to 23% for the first quarter of 2012 and the way it compares with the first quarter of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19317/12]

Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: This legislation is 20 years too late. It is hard to credit that successive Governments have failed to deal with the consequences of the Supreme Court judgment in the X case. It is not as if it was a revolutionary judgment even at the time. The Supreme Court found that abortion is legal in Ireland when a woman's life is at risk, including from the threat of suicide. My colleagues and I...

Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Mick Wallace: It is very unfortunate that sectional interests or powerful groups have had greater access to decision making in Ireland and have had more say than they should. It is not good enough for the Government to state the expert group will come up with the answers or that it will sort out the legislation in its own time because it knows best and knows what is good for everyone. It is not good...

Middle East Peace Process (29 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I agree wholeheartedly with the Tánaiste that strikes on both sides are to be regretted and are wrong. In the past five years, deaths on the Palestinian side outnumbered deaths on the Israeli side by over 100 to one. It is a pretty uneven fight at the moment. I find it odd that the Tánaiste referred to one attack as a terrorist attack and the other as military. People on both sides have...