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

Mick Wallace: If this land issue is not dealt with correctly, it will be more of a problem than a solution.

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

Mick Wallace: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Land Development Agency; and when legislation is expected in this regard. [24027/19]

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

Mick Wallace: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This question relates to the Land Development Agency. Specifically, I ask for an update on the status of the agency and when the legislation is expected. The agency was heralded as groundbreaking and its mandate is to use State land to contribute towards the stability and sustainability of Ireland's housing market. However, I would argue it has no...

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

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-evaluate the HAP limits for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is still working with the Department of Finance on the HBFI loan scheme; if updates can be given about the scheme with regard to the input of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing rent controls for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24026/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (11 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the application of the vacant site levy and vacant site register is varying from county to county resulting in varying levels of success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (30 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or officials from her Department discussed the issue of the publication of the full final report of the investigation by the Data Protection Commission into the public services card with the commission since the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on 3 April 2019; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (30 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consent to the publication of the full final report of the investigation by the Data Protection Commission into the public services card following the comments by the Deputy Commissioner at the Oirechtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on 3 April 2019 that the DPC has no objection to the publication and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he or his officials have been briefed by the board of Pobal in relation to its review of its charitable status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22886/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (29 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress on the Macroom bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22939/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to ensure the welfare and fair treatment of residents in direct provision centres; the complaints procedures in place for residents; the appeals processes that exist if a resident is not satisfied with a decision in relation to a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unannounced inspections for each direct provision accommodation centre carried out by the Reception and Integration Agency in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a protest on 25 April 2019 by a large number of residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to video footage posted on a social media platform showing the owner of the centre informing protestors that the protest will impact on them; if...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: The direct provision system has been an outrage of State-sanctioned human rights abuses against men, women and children. It ensures that vulnerable people who are trapped in the system suffer again and again. It is a system of State coercion, disenfranchisement and enforced poverty, run by private companies for huge profit which could not care less about the people they are supposed to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: This morning, Mr. Justice McMahon said many of his recommendations were still to be implemented, despite the Government boast last year that 98% of them had been implemented. That is not true. The Taoiseach said people were not compelled to be there but I know plenty of these people and they would not be in there if they had an alternative. Because of the housing shortages, however, there...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is putting forward to address the increasing carbon emissions from the aviation sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21794/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that fossil fuel natural gas will not be considered as a future potential fuel source in the national bus fleet in view of the recognition by Dáil Éireann that the world is facing a climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a role in relation to Halal certification; if there is a Halal certified slaughterhouse here; and if so, the names of the slaughterhouses. [22214/19]