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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (15 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of liquor licensing offences disclosed annually, by Garda district, in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [7907/18]

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I, too, welcome the Bill introduced by Deputy Pearse Doherty and Sinn Féin, which proposes to provide powers to the Central Bank of Ireland to conduct inquiries into the suspected provision to it of false or misleading information and to provide that sanctions may be imposed by the Central Bank on bodies that provide false information. While I agree with the spirit of the Bill and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the delegates for their attendance. I wish to express my condolences to the family of and all belonging to the garda. Many of the issues in question have been raised by various members. Mr. Finn stated that data were important and the Garda needed to record them properly, but the PULSE system seems to be unfit for purpose. As far back as January 2015, a chief inspector, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. I did not realise that. However, we indicated at our previous meeting that we wanted to touch on that subject.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Okay. My next question is for Dr. Singh. He has two deputies and these two ladies have now made protected disclosures-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am not going to identify the two individuals involved. I just wanted to ask Dr. Singh whether these two people refused to sign off on statistics he wanted them to sign off on. Is that not true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: We were told that the two individuals concerned were refusing to sign off on statistics Dr. Singh wanted them to sign off on. Is that true or false?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I understand that we are not going to make any progress on this matter. Many discrepancies have been highlighted by different Deputies. Garda management has had trouble getting breath test figures, juvenile crime statistics and checkpoint numbers correct. Now we cannot get the homicide figures right. Does the assistant commissioner not accept that there has been serious failure at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: We are talking about the IT system. When I first raised that matter the witnesses did not want me to talk about it. Given that the assistant commissioner is now admitting that there are serious problems with the IT system, is there any way to explain why we have been giving work to Accenture and Vantage Resources without even getting them to tender for it? Some of the contracts are being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Vantage Resources has been paid more than €28 million. Who is responsible for the poor management of the manner in which An Garda Síochána has been sourcing IT? The assistant commissioner admits that the system is not fit for purpose yet these companies are making a fortune out of An Garda Síochána in a very shoddy way without providing a good service and without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: My questions relate to that posed by Deputy O'Callaghan. Given what Dr. Singh has told us, are we right in thinking that he was on the same wavelength and in agreement with his analysis team?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: That is what I wanted to hear.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I commend Deputy Alan Kelly on bringing this forward as it is a good idea and makes sense. It addresses an area which has been ignored. The development of small craft breweries is a new phenomenon in Ireland, though not so new in Europe, and it is good that we address it. I have a vested interest. First, Wallace wine bars only sell craft beer. At the beginning we imported beers from...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Amendment No. 5 covers some of the same areas covered in the Government amendments, namely, addressing the recent change to the legislation around the closure of bars on Good Friday. It also includes winemakers in the list of those who can avail of this licence. In effect, the Government amendment No. 1 runs counter to my amendments Nos. 3 and 4 in that it keeps the hours for operating this...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: It has not reached the leafy suburbs of Dublin 4 yet.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Sorry. I did Deputy O'Callaghan a serious disfavour.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: There are times at which I worry about the Minister. He is missing the spirit of the Bill, and I do not say that of any of the other Deputies who have contributed.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I was referring to the spirit of the Bill. The Minister gave the impression that I have put forward these amendments because I have a vested interest, which is untrue.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: That was an inaccurate statement. I declared I have a vested interest because that is what I should do.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: Given that my son is currently building his brewery and is aware that legislation of this nature is coming in, he will not have any problem with running tours because he is ensuring there will be sufficient space to so do. Deputy Ó Laoghaire discussed brewery premises. I am not saying that the premises should not be fit for purpose but, rather, I fully agree with Deputy Ó...