Results 221-240 of 7,404 for speaker:Mick Wallace

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 72. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for access to counselling in primary care services. [12393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if a public benchmarking analysis was completed prior to the issuing of the tender for the national children’s hospital; if so, the person or body that conducted the analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increase in recent years in the number of antidepressants being prescribed and the dosages consumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12394/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress to recruit a consultant paediatric psychiatrist for CAMHS Wexford south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 26 February 2019, if the correspondence that was sent to those persons selected to take part in the survey to assess customer satisfaction regarding the public services card to invite them to take part in the survey was sent to those selected by her Department or by the survey...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Rural Independent Group for giving me time. This is the fifth time I have raised the national children's hospital in this House. I have asked many questions. I have got very few answers. I have put down many written questions to which I got a couple of answers, not many. It is a bit like trying to unravel the secret of Fatima. It is absolute nonsense that there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the panel of barristers examining protected disclosures within An Garda Síochána; the number and names of counsel employed to date on the panel in tabular form; the fees paid to counsel to date; if he is satisfied with the work of the panel to date; if he has had discussions with the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who died in prisons since 2011 to date; if he is satisfied that the Irish Prison Service is adequately funded to deal with prisoner welfare; if he is satisfied that the best international practice is in place in prisons here to assist prisoners with mental health difficulties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent alleged arson attacks on possible sites for direct provision and asylum seekers; if he has discussed the matter with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on continued funding for the greyhound industry in view of a recent report from the company which broadcasts Irish greyhound racing globally that informed the Irish Greyhound Board in October 2018 that greyhound racing here has a serious integrity problem due to doping and irregular betting patterns; and if he will make a...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I support the motion. We could implement all the actions in the motion and matters would certainly improve for people who are suffering under a crazy system, but many of the situations that give rise to the drugs issue will persist. The criminalisation of drugs is a travesty. Above all, it is a gift to the gangs that have been handed by the State a tax-free business that is worth over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress in constructing a new third-level IT Wexford campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10895/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a third second-level school for Gorey, County Wexford; when a third facility will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for six, nine, 12, 18 and more than 18 months, respectively, for occupational therapy by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapist vacancies in each county; and the steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists. [11089/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Chair actually loves protocol.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I was not that bad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I will be brief. Mr. Ó hUllacháin spoke about the site in Hammond Lane. I believe the OPW paid approximately €4 million for it some 20 years ago. Does he know why it was stalled? Has he ever challenged the Government about it? I will ask a number of questions together as otherwise we will never get out of here. Mr. Ó hUllacháin spoke about the need for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: Dr. Barrington spoke about unmarried fathers having no rights, but they do in Northern Ireland. I presume it is the same in other European countries. What is the current state of affairs in that regard? She has said fathers' guardianship rights should kick in when they sign the birth register and argues that persons who are not married are being discriminated against. Do we require...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: Politicians are the ones who are not resourcing all the various areas, as Ms Roche was pointing out. I refer also to the legal part.