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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: I did not. I acknowledged it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: I have two questions. Do I get extra time?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: What? I have one minute to ask two questions?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State and the Taoiseach yesterday acknowledged that many members of the Defence Forces are leaving for jobs in the private sector. The Taoiseach, however, was adamant that he was not going to fast-track pay restoration, even given the current conditions. All of the spiel that the Minister of State has just given out is technical. I am sure it is accurate. It does not,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: I would. I would just not have them in the Golan Heights where they are protecting Israel.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: A sum of €60 million extra was given to defence in the budget last year. It materialised into a 4% increase in pay for personnel but a 37% increase in spending on equipment. That is where the money is going. Instead of addressing the issues that are driving people out of the Defence Forces, the Minister of State is throwing money at things like new ships for the Naval Service. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recent comments by the former head of the elite Ranger Wing in Chad that poor rates of pay and allowances for enlisted personnel, rather than officers, were driving personnel out of the Defence Forces; if he has discussed these issues with the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the pay and conditions of members of the Defence Forces are having a negative effect on morale levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24573/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: Recently the former head of the elite Ranger Wing in Chad, Cathal Berry, said that poor rates of pay and allowances for enlisted personnel, rather than officers, were driving personnel out of the Defence Forces. He also said:The sense of absolute betrayal is palpable. It is visceral. I have not seen anything even remotely like it in 23 years’ service. Has the Minister of State...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: Two years ago, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien called for a comprehensive review of this emergency legislation. He said such a review "should focus on how to modernise the criminal justice system to make it responsive to the needs of Ireland in 2017". No review was ever conducted. We have seen little serious reform of our criminal justice system in the lifetime of this Government. Instead, the...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the motion from Fianna Fáil. It highlights how the work, pay and conditions of our Defence Forces have been deteriorating over the years. We have been warning about this long-standing crisis but it has not improved. Our Defence Forces are among the few State organisations that have a track record of which we can be proud. Sadly, the esteem in which we hold them does not...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Coastal Protection (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase vegetated coastal habitats such as mangroves, salt marsh and seagrass beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24282/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Coastal Protection (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is always kind. The peat bogs that Bord na Móna devastated are not being restored. Trees that were planted have all been ripped out of the ground and cut up. About half of them have been burnt and the carbon released back into the atmosphere. It is vital, therefore, that we do something else to sequester carbon quickly and in a permanent way. About 170 km...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Coastal Protection (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister. We have to accept that salt marshes are very impressive at sequestering and storing carbon. Some studies have estimated that, per hectare, a salt marsh can sequester carbon at 40 times the speed of a tropical rainforest. 12 o’clock Vegetated coastal ecosystems such as our salt marshes currently store huge quantities of carbon and need to be protected and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 17 bogs that Bord na Móna stated it would close in late 2018 that have been rewetted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24281/19]

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

Mick Wallace: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Garda Síochána, in response to requests and reminders by the RIA on 4 April 2019, 17 April 2019 and 3 May 2019, did not release the body of a person (details supplied) for burial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24482/19]

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

Mick Wallace: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the coroner authorised for a person (details supplied) to be buried in private with no ceremony, when there were requests and reminders on 4 April 2019, 17 April 2019 and 3 May 2019 by the RIA for the release of the body for a public burial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24483/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: It would be more transparent for the LDA to be established through primary legislation before it begins its work. The idea of a Minister setting up bodies with such vast power via statutory instrument is not necessarily the sign of a healthy democracy. A former employee of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, is to be appointed as chief executive officer. Will the Minister explain...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: Mr. John Moran has said that delivering sustainable and affordable homes for people near their workplaces and social networks is a core part of the agency's work. This will not be achieved if the Government does not address the elephant in the room, which relates to land and the problems around that. The Government is not taking landbanking legislation seriously and it just wants the issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: It is useless. The Minister knows it is useless.