Results 801-820 of 3,850 for speaker:Mick Wallace in 'Dáil debates'
- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: We both come from the same part of the country.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I will take the middle ground and press the amendment without calling a vote.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I had initially planned to call a vote on the amendment but I am taking a middle course instead.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 20:In page 10, line 33, after "include" to insert ", but is not limited to,".
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 21:In page 10, line 34, to delete "any of".
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 23:In page 10, line 37, before "procedures" to insert "where relevant,".
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 19:In page 10, line 33, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. The Bill contains no minimum training standard or protection for the designation of mediator. I proposed amendments relating to minimum training standards on Committee Stage and I note that Deputy Madigan is proposing the insertion of a reference to minimum training for mediators...
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: We are trying to ensure that the code or codes of practice published under section 9 incorporate certain basic elements that clearly apply to all mediation, such as continuing professional development requirements for mediators, ethical standards to be observed by mediators, procedures for redress and so forth. I also have proposed amendment No. 23. I note that the Law Society of Ireland...
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I will withdraw it.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, line 9, after “practice” to insert “published or approved under section 9”.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I appreciate that the Minister has taken many of the arguments made on Committee Stage on board. Amendment No. 9 is dependent on amendment No. 13, and vice versa. The substitution of "shall" for "may" here makes it imperative that the Minister publish or approve a code of practice. The Minister and Deputy Clare Daly both have the following amendment No. 12 to delete "may" and substitute...
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, line 9, to delete “any code of practice” and substitute “the code or codes of practice published under section 9". Deputy Clare Daly sends her apologies. She is attending the abortion committee meeting and I am moving amendment No. 8 on her behalf. Amendment No. 9 is in my name and that of the Minister. Deputy Daly's amendment is...
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I had better not start to presume to be allowed to speak on behalf of Deputy Daly.
- Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: I will not go there.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: That makes it more interesting.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: The rationale behind the original UNDOF deployment to the Golan Heights in 1974 was to maintain the ceasefire between the Israeli and Syrian forces and to supervise the implementation of the disengagement agreement. Today, we are facilitating the ongoing illegal occupation of the Golan Heights by Israel. The Israeli Government recently called for an increase in settlements by 100,000 over...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: According to al-Marsad, the Arab human rights centre in the Golan Heights, the 23,000 Israeli settlers in Golan occupy 95% of the land, leaving just 5% for the 25,000 Syrians living there. In 1989 only 600 Israelis lived there but now there are 23,000 and there are plans to expand further. Given the recent reduction in US funding to the UN, is the US undermining UN missions? Does the...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Question No. 7 of 29 March 2017, the details of the engagements he has had at UN level regarding the ongoing deployment of Irish peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, particularly regarding the merits of this operation and its long-term effects on the region; his views on whether the UNDOF peacekeeping mission could be facilitating the...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been or will be a change in the mandate of the peacekeeping force posted in the Golan Heights, particularly in view of the recent ongoing fighting between Syria and Israel in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)
Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces have been called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Shannon airport to date in 2017; his plans to make changes to the arrangements whereby the Defence Forces provide aid to the civil power at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/17]