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

Mick Wallace: We will not get into the volume of drink a person can consume, but I can tell anybody that he or she would not be able to drink half the volume of what that person could consume normally if he or she were drinking a craft beer. It is a different product. As it is made in a natural fashion, it is better for one's health. The tasting of craft beer will take time and will be a larger part...

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

Mick Wallace: I agree 100% with Deputy Kelly on off-sales. If a premises is too small to conduct a tour because it is not safe to do so for health and safety reasons, I do not think that brewery should be allowed to sell beer to consume on the premises. However, I think - and Deputy Kelly raised this point - we should allow every unit to make off-sales to local people, regardless of whether they can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the particulars of the deal secured on 21 December 2017 on the effort sharing regulation surrounding climate change emissions targets; the implications for agriculture emissions targets; the emissions reductions his Department expects from the agriculture sector by 2030; the areas of agriculture that will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when each of the sectoral adaption plans for climate change mitigation will be published; the planned measures of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the licensed premises granted annual dance licences by court district No. 17, from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. [7678/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the licensed premises granted temporary dance licences by court district No. 17, from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. [7679/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the special exemption orders granted by court district No. 17 from 16 February 2015 to 16 March 2017, in tabular form. [7680/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the special exemption orders granted by court district No. 17 from 20 April 2016 to 1 May 2016, in tabular form. [7681/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the mental health peer support worker has been published; his plans to extend the programme to County Wexford; and the timeframe for same. [7555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (14 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures the National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking to ensure effective protection of the north Atlantic salmon in the river Slaney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (13 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the current €850 million per annum level of food and food industry related imports is sustainable; if his Department has explored the possibility of more sustainable alternatives to reduce dependence, for example, the potential for increased fruit and vegetable production; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of trees planted by those in the agriculture sector since 2011; the percentage of native species planted; the percentage of commercial non-native species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Contracts (13 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public contracts that have been awarded to a company (details supplied) in each year since March 2011, in tabular form; the cost per contract; and the basis for each contract. [6790/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (13 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait times for Irish Water to acknowledge, process and communicate final decisions regarding pre-connection applications for sewerage and water, in tabular form. [6681/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (13 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made to An Bord Pleanála to date under the fast-track planning system; the number of these applications that have been declared invalid; the number of applications that have been refused and successful respectively; and the average processing times for pre-planning decision and a final...

Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (8 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not know how much the Minister of State knows about what it is like on the ground but it is abysmal. The HSE web page for Wexford mental health services lists two mental health hospitals and five day services. There are no links to provide more information but there are phone numbers. If one Googles the names of the five day services, only one has a website, and it - like two of the...

Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (8 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: In 2010, when the acute beds were closed at St. Senan's hospital in Wexford and the service moved to Waterford, we had the same suicide rate as Waterford. Now, however, the rate in Wexford is double the rate in Waterford. This is an issue and St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford is not even fit for purpose. I understand that not everybody presents with suicidal ideation. It is not always...

Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (8 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase resources for suicide prevention services in County Wexford in view of the number of recent suicides in the county and the county's high suicide rate compared with national averages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6379/18]

Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (8 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: According to the Central Statistics Office and National Office for Suicide Prevention, Wexford consistently has one of the highest suicide rates per capitain the country. At times in the past ten years, the suicide rate in the county has been almost double the national average. Will the Minister provide an update on his plans to increase resources for suicide prevention services in Wexford...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: 91. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner contractual review process, particularly in respect of the provision of routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/18]