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Written Answers — Civil Aviation Regulation: Civil Aviation Regulation (29 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific measures he has taken to ensure that our civil aviation laws robustly guard against Irish airports and airspace being used for illegal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17231/12]

Written Answers — Civil Aviation Regulation: Civil Aviation Regulation (29 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the action he has taken to date and any action he plans to take in order to prevent Irish airports and airspace being used for illegal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17232/12]

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Given that much of this report has been in the public domain for a long time, I find the level of outrage in the last week a bit odd. I do not think Fianna Fáil can stand over its lack of knowledge of what prevailed during its time in office. I find it hard to take the media's outrage about what it has just learned. When the people had their chance to speak 12 months ago, they...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women affected by the PIP breast implants controversy in view of the recent revelation that PIP implants manufactured prior to 2001 may also have contained industrial grade silicone; his views on reports that some women are being obstructed by private clinics from obtaining their medical records in order to get confirmation of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the effects of budget cuts on persons with disabilities trying to achieve independent living which has resulted in a reduction in services with serious consequences; his further views on the value for money of the services provided by the Centre for Independent Living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13965/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will discuss with the Adoption Authority of Ireland whether the body will process current referrals from recognised bodies in India in advance of an AAI delegation visiting the Indian National Central Authority, known as CARA; if she will acknowledge the undue hardship faced by couples in Ireland trying to adopt from...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date and the action she plans to take in order to address the difficulties that prospective parents currently engaged in the international adoption process are encountering with the Adoption Authority of Ireland due to both the level of applications received by the authority and the fact that the...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: There is a spectre haunting Europe. It is the spectre of mass unemployment. At the moment, there are 16.9 million unemployed people in the 17 country eurozone and 24.3 million unemployed in the 27 countries. In Spain alone, there are 5.3 million unemployed. In Greece, one in five people are unemployed. There has been a 40% rise in suicide rates in Greece. Austerity is literally killing...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: That is a big "if" though.

Written Answers — Fuel Costs: Fuel Costs (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that generally speaking agriculture is doing well at the moment but not all farmers are finding it so easy, and high fuel costs are certainly a major factor in the difficulties they are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/12]

Written Answers — Agricultural College Places: Agricultural College Places (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to look at the issue of agricultural college placements when demand far exceeds supply in view of the strong emphasis being placed on agriculture at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 709: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the cardiac and cancer services at Our lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, in view of the outdated nature of the current facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 710: To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports of cramped conditions and a lack of privacy at Wexford General Hospital due to wards catering for more patients than they are designed for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15721/12]

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I do not have anything new to add to what has been said. It is very hard to talk about this. It is so horrific. It is clearly another example of men trying to control women's bodies. We have a male-dominated Parliament doing little about this, just as it failed to legislate for the 1992 Supreme Court judgment in the X case, which ruled that abortion is legal in Ireland where a woman's...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Whoever said the world was fair?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: I thought I heard it said here a few months ago that no people would be thrown out of their houses, but perhaps I misheard that. There is no funding available for small and medium-sized businesses. I do not understand how this is. We heard so much about a strategic investment bank, but there is still no sign of it. Patrick Honohan said this month: "A key societal function of banks and...

Defence Forces Personnel (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: With regard to personnel serving abroad, I would like to put a question the Minister of State may have forgotten to answer previously. Is the Government concerned about the safety of Irish personnel in Afghanistan, particularly given the current climate there? Aside from the 16 civilians, including nine children, killed this week, last month US troops were caught burning copies of the...

Defence Forces Personnel (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: There is no logical reason for them to be there.

Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish defence forces personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/12]

Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2012)

Mick Wallace: Most people would agree that the war in Afghanistan is one of the madder ones in which anyone has got involved. After 11 September 2001, the Americans were looking for someone to bash and even though no one from Afghanistan was involved in the bombing of New York, they decided to pick on Afghanistan, leading to tens of thousands killed, millions displaced, society destroyed, billions of...