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Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is putting together a contingency plan to assist the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin, in the event that the Supreme Court overturns the High Court judgment in relation to the provision of temporary accommodation, the costs of which are currently being met by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The general nature of the plan is difficult, given that so much money is being cut from it. It will be very difficult to provide the same services with fewer people. A strong unknown element is involved. It must have been difficult to plan for how many people were going to avail of the opportunity to avoid pension cuts. It appears that 3,500 people will leave the medical profession, a...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Shane Ross, Clare Daly, Richard Boyd Barrett and Seamus Healy.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: A lot has been said about what this fiscal compact means for us and the rest of Europe. I would like to quote from Martin Wolf's article in the Financial Times today. He puts it pretty well when he states: The ECB has saved the eurozone from a heart attack. But its members face a long convalescence, made worse by the insistence that fiscal starvation is the right remedy for feeble patients...

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of statements that our recovery will be export-led, the country's financial situation is unlikely to improve until we deal more directly with the problems facing the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/12]

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister must surely agree that the relationship between the export figures and the number of people involved looks unusual. For example, I believe the top three export companies in Ireland at the moment are Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and Google. They export over €24 billion in products and services and account for 15% of our exports. Given that they account for 0.3% of the...

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Incentives for people investing in small businesses would be a help as well.

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: I assure the Minister that I am not a doom and gloom merchant.

Economic Competitiveness (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: However, indigenous industry would be far more likely to create secondary industry, given that many of our multinationals bring in much of their material from abroad. There is not quite as much the same spin-off from that. I saw a statement today from Mark Fielding of ISME, who said "How many more people must we lose to emigration and unemployment before we see some action from this ......

Tax Code (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Boyd Barrett will give the Minister tea.

Written Answers — EU-IMF Agreement: EU-IMF Agreement (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to date and any future action he plans to take in relation to the renegotiation of the terms of the €30 billion promissory notes issued to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society; the outcome of his meeting with ECB President Mario Draghi last week in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — EU-IMF Agreement: EU-IMF Agreement (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to date in meetings with officials from the ECB, European Commission and IMF in relation to the renegotiation of the terms of the Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5648/12]

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Mick Wallace: Clearly, many decisions are being made on the basis of how numbers and money add up. Unfortunately, life is not like that and there are many other factors to consider. Although it may seem rational to make these cuts on the basis of numbers and money, the impact these cuts will have on the community reduce the merit of what is being done. We have seen so much of this same thinking applied...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I have an impression and I am possibly wrong so I wish to check it. When the Minister has reached the point where he has finished his inspections and when the remedial work is done, will it be true to say that some tanks in Ireland will still be contaminating the water table?

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Government thinks it is a good idea to pay €1.25 billion to unsecured bondholders. It is of the view that it is not a good idea to upset the ECB or the financial markets. However, it appears to be okay to upset people who depend on one-parent family payments, carer's allowance, the fuel allowance and the rent allowance and parents whose children are losing their guidance counsellors....

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I have three queries for the Minister, two of which I have raised before and which he refused to answer. First, when he says there will be no financial hardship for householders, does this mean grants will be available to assist them in bringing their septic tank up to the necessary standard? I trust this was not a throwaway remark by him. I am sure he would not speak loosely and that it...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister told us that-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: The Minister has still not answered my question.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: I am not guessing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Mick Wallace: Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív mentioned that figure.