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Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I will give the Government credit when it is due. The only stimulus measure enacted in my time in the Dáil has been the one to help the restaurant and hotel industries. While the move was positive, it was unfortunate that pensions needed to suffer as a result. That was a bad move, but-----

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: We need stimulus measures to get the economy back on its feet and to get our society functioning normally again.

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: If we are to continue with austerity measures and making ordinary people pay for the crimes of big business, it is a sad day.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I also support the amendment. Any healthy functioning society will always look for an opportunity to welcome people back into the fold. All corrective action, all forms of discipline and punishment must be geared towards bringing people back in rather than excluding them forever. On the basic principle involved, I definitely support the amendment.

Commercial Rates: Motion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputies Clare Daly, Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins. There is no doubt rates have become one of the biggest burdens on small and medium-sized businesses. God knows the domestic economy has enough problems without the unresolved problem of rates hanging over the heads of businesses. I will outline a strong example in this regard. I have an 880 sq. ft. unit...

Social Welfare Fraud (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is realistic that she can save more than €600 million tackling welfare fraud in view of the fact that it is impossible to calculate at this stage the volume of fraudulent claims; if the savings don't reach the figure suggested will it prove problematic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36281/11]

Social Welfare Fraud (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the notion that she can save more than €600 million by tackling welfare fraud is seriously optimistic and will prove problematic down the road if not achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36280/11]

Social Welfare Fraud (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: May I reiterate some of the points made by Deputy Cowen? It is misleading because people were under the impression that there was welfare fraud amounting to €600 million. It was disingenuous for some people to suggest that this was the case. There is no doubt that there is welfare fraud but by all accounts it is nothing remotely close to the figure we are talking about. The Minister has...

Fishing Industry Development: Statements (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I probably know less about fish than Deputy Ross, although I love to eat all kinds of fish. As long as it is dead, I will eat it. I am amazed by the discarding of fish and that there is no better way of dealing with this issue, especially for smaller boats fishing off our coast. Could some accommodation not be found? It is being said the landing of cod will not be allowed and that boats...

Fishing Industry Development: Statements (23 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Mature fish should be caught. We can deal with the question of catching baby fish by changing equipment.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that will be created over the next two years as a result of the State's enterprise strategy which will see a total spend of €1 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that will result from the State's enterprise strategy in view of the fact that the Department allocation for 2012 is a record high of €514 million, to be followed by €458 million in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35991/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the cutbacks to the community employment scheme, the community services programme, the rural social scheme, local employment service networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30306/11]

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Come on Timmy, stay quiet.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: There is probably no one here who will argue in favour of corporate donations, and rightly so. We have learned the damage that can be done. I am actually wary of any donations. I know it is difficult to organise an election campaign and it could probably prevent a person from standing for election if he or she could not get a dig-out somewhere to start up. However, political donations...

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I commend Deputy McCarthy for raising the previous matter. I wish I was at the mercy of NAMA rather than the ACC.

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I would like to speak about the banking crisis and the latest reports from Europe. The French and the Spanish are paying more for their bonds today than they were yesterday. The sooner we acknowledge that things will not continue as they have been, the better it will be for ourselves. If the reports are true, I commend the Taoiseach for challenging Mrs. Merkel yesterday. If the Germans do...

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I accept the Government is in a very difficult place.

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Yes, it is and it is getting even more difficult. I do not accept we have turned any corners. From my experience of the domestic economy, things are getting more rather than less difficult. People have less money in their pockets when they walk through the doors of most retail units in this country. I understand we have become financially very dependent on the ECB and the EU because we...

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I understand that.