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Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (15 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant error on page 34 of the original version of the Fiscal Assessment Report published by the Fiscal Advisory Council on 12 October 2011; the initial lack of transparency the council displayed in correcting this error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (15 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contention by the Fiscal Advisory Council in the most recent version of its Fiscal Assessment Report that a 1.8% deficit reduction following €20 billion worth of austerity measures illustrates that austerity measures are working to reduce the deficit; if he will acknowledge that the report in fact illustrates that austerity is...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister of State not acknowledge that the main players in Europe and many major economists are of the opinion that the Union, as currently arranged, will not keep the euro alive? Is it not pretty understandable that the Germans and French are talking about a two-tier union? They do not expect to get 27 countries to agree to the sorts of measures they regard as necessary to make...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the annual cost to the State of running the Irish embassies in Iran and the Vatican; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33706/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per annum of running the Irish embassies in Iran and the Vatican; if he is contemplating closing other overseas missions aside from the three announced last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/11]

Diplomatic Representation (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Resist.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Although it is now November, there still appears to be no sign of the promised legislation on the strategic investment bank. Given that the Government has no control over the so-called pillar banks, does the Tánaiste agree it is more imperative than ever to create a bank over which the State has some control?

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has the authority to instruct Wexford County Council to lift planning restrictions along the preferred route for the Oilgate - Rosslare motorway in view of the fact that the restrictions prevent residents from developing and selling properties even though the project has been postponed indefinitely; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if State funding has ever been given to any of the following organisations (details supplied); and if so, the amount for each of the years 2000 to 2009. [33259/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the cutbacks to the regional drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30306/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding given to each of the following organisations (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2009. [33258/11]

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed timeframe for the expeditious implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the A, B and C case committed to by the Government at the UN Human Rights Council hearing in Geneva on 6 October 2011, including exact dates for the establishment of the expert group and the conclusion of their work; his...

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the reasons behind the refusal to accept six recommendations from European countries that Ireland should legislate for abortion; if he will explain in detail the timeframe for the expeditious implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the A, B and C cases committed to by the Government at the UN Human...

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: As I am sure the Minister is well aware, almost 20 years have passed since the X case and we have watched Government after Government kick the can down the road and refuse to have the courage to deal with this issue. We are talking about a human rights problem which we have been content to export rather than deal with it head on, as we are afraid of what the public might think. We have been...

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Irish abortion law denies women the most fundamental right to live in dignity and to self-determination and the opportunity to exercise these rights without discrimination in that having an abortion is criminalised in almost all circumstances. Elsewhere in Europe the approach adopted is consistent with the standard of proportionality in key human rights which requires that laws and policies...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the cutbacks to the community child-care subvention programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30306/11]

Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (Resumed) (2 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I agree with many of the points raised by Deputy Pearse Doherty. All of the summits have adhered to a trend whereby we get a great sense of optimism in the lead-up followed immediately afterwards by a degree of rallying on the markets before sober reality kicks in some days later and any gains are lost. Europe has proved unsuccessful to date in solving the main problems it faces. The...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (2 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for selecting this topic. I accept that the Minister has been dealt a terrible hand, but I think the goalposts have moved in Europe. I do not think we should continue to give a certain impression to the Europeans about things. We are eager to be positive and there is nothing wrong with that. However, we are not calling our position as stark as it might be....

Bank Guarantee Scheme (2 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is saying that if we were to refuse to pay the unsecured bondholders on this occasion, it would likely result in Armageddon and it would be a bit of a disaster. The rules are changing. Things are not as they were in Europe even last month, and they will change more. Bondholders will take it on the chin a lot more, and not just what they took in Greece last week. They will be...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Mick Wallace: I will start on a positive note by commending the Government on going ahead with funding for accident and emergency and maternity units in Wexford, which were much needed. For some strange reason, Wexford has been poorly treated for a long time. It has one of the highest literacy rates in the country yet it is one of the few counties without a third level education institution. At present,...