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Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Government accept that it supported the bombing of Libya?

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have more than supplementary questions, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Minister of State will be aware that a House of Lords inquiry found that Operation Sophia failed to meet the objective of its mandate to disrupt the business model of people smuggling. Some smugglers were arrested and some boats have been destroyed but the people being caught are well down the food chain. It is like...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: People smuggling begins onshore. Nothing is being done to make these countries sustainable. Their economies are in bits, more often than not because of western interference. Does the Minister of State accept that? We had to listen to the Fine Gael Labour Party Government support the bombing of Libya in 2011. Does the Minister of State admit now that was a major mistake? The manner in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of non-serving Defence Forces personnel residing in accommodation in the Curragh Camp; the position regarding the maintenance of the accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3640/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: My question relates to the status of so-called "overholders" at the Curragh Camp. Deputy Clare Daly and I raised this issue in 2013 with the former Minister, Alan Shatter. The Ceann Comhairle raised it in June 2015 and Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin raised it in December 2016. After four years since Deputy Clare Daly and I first raised this issue, will it ever be resolved? Will the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Both the Minister of State and the former Minister, Deputy Coveney, previously acknowledged in the Chamber that there are a number of vulnerable residents in accommodation in the Curragh Camp. The truth of the matter is that the Department is managing these houses into decline. There are some difficult circumstances prevailing to which the Department is turning a blind eye. I accept the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I accept the Department is not in the business of supplying housing but it still has a legal and moral obligation to the remaining residents in the buildings in question. I do not want to be making a big deal over the individual complaint I have had from an elderly woman but I will correspond with the Minister of State on it. I find it an incredible approach for the Department to engage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State needs to take a different approach to how the Department manages the decline of these housing units.

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence Forces involvement with Operation Sophia; the status of the LÉ Niamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: They are as guilty as hell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I did not expect the two organisations before the joint committee to agree, just as members do not always agree. There will always be different views on legislation of this nature. I have employed a few thousand people in my time and I personally did most of the interviews for employees. I see the challenges that will arise in areas such as this. Although I now live in Dundalk, I lived in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if discussions took place prior to Ireland joining PESCO between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Attorney General regarding the constitutionality of Ireland's involvement in PESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (24 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the Citizens Information Board to be categorised as a charity and to have a charitable status; her views on whether theboard's status as a charity may be in breach of the Charities Act 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3512/18]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018 Second Stage: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I too welcome the Social Democrats' Bill. According to the UN rapporteur for the right to housing, housing has been financialised and valued as a commodity rather than a place for human dwelling. It has become, for investors, a means to secure and accumulate wealth rather than a place to live in dignity, to raise a family and thrive within a community. Deprivation of the rights to adequate...

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: We all welcome the fact that we are opting in to this directive. I was surprised that a rushed 40 minute debate was arranged for this evening. I do not know how the decision was arrived at. A more serious debate a little bit further down the road might have made more sense. This matter was debated for more than an hour at the Committee for Justice and Equality last week and many of the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I agree with the Minister that the presidents of the Circuit Court and the District Court should be accommodated. I also agree with Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment. We just need to accommodate them as full members of the commission.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 26:In page 12, to delete line 3 and substitute the following: “(d) the Chief Commissioner of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”. Although not a member of the Government according to the Constitution, the Attorney General sits at Cabinet and has a close working relationship with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is making these arguments. Our argument for taking the Attorney General out of the first stage process is based on the fact that the Attorney General is involved in the second stage process. It is not a question of undermining the Attorney General. We simply do not see why the Attorney General should be involved in both stages. It does not seem to stack up. The Minister...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: That is perfect

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Yes, he does.