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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (9 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of beef products that are genetically modified free; the percentage of dairy products that are genetically modified free; the percentage of cattle feed used here that is imported genetically modified free; if the imported feed is tested for traces of chemicals such as glyphosate; if so, the locations these test...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (8 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 723. To ask the Minister for Health when details of financial emergency measures in the public interest reversals will be communicated to general practitioners, in particular to general practitioners that are not members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland; if he will dedicate the required funding to the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19192/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister satisfied the consultants have enough experience in hospitals-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he plans to strengthen, by legislation or statutory instrument, the procurement oversight role of his Department in view of the lacuna in his powers of oversight identified recently by the IMF and in view of the projected costs overrun for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Government said it is clear there are lessons to be learned from the overrun on the children's hospital and other projects, but are we going to find out what went wrong? Who made the decision to get accountants to check what went wrong with a construction project and its procurement process instead of a construction and procurement firm and quantity surveyor team from, for example,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: If we do not get the answers, we will not learn the lessons. We are not getting the answers and do not seem to understand what happened. The PwC report reads: "The understanding of the risk profile associated with the procurement and contracting strategy was poor at all levels of the governance structure." Understanding the risk profile of a capital project is the first step. Who did not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister is saying that the board carried all of the responsibility. Do we know whether it was well advised? Was the executive put in place to control the information going to the board on behalf of the HSE? Did the HSE have too much influence over the project? The procurement strategy used was sure to lead to an unmanageable increase in price. As a result, we will not know where the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection Commissioner (18 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to appoint additional commissioners to the Data Protection Commission as provided for in section 15(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 in view of the large workload increases for the commission in terms of enforcement, investigation and supervision post the general data protection regulation; and if he will make a...

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Is it possible to see the contract? Can I see the contract?

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Did the advisers, McCann FitzGerald, advise the executive or the board? That is my first question. The report states: "The understanding of the risk profile associated with the procurement and contracting strategy was poor at all levels of the governance structure". Was the risk profile for the particular project misunderstood and, if so, by whom? I asked previously how it was, in the...

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: This is nothing personal. Believe it or not, I do not believe the Minister is the one making these mad decisions so I do not hold him to account. I believe, however, that the Government is behaving recklessly in how it is handling this matter. The refusal to re-tender and address the nature of the contract was a serious mistake, and it will cost us close to €500 million. I can only...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Julian Assange languishes in Belmarsh high-security prison near London for the minor crime of jumping bail. He is under threat of extradition to the USA where he is very unlikely to receive a fair trial. I wonder if the Government will consider offering him asylum rather than see him end up rotting in prison in America. When is the next meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council? Will the...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: I hope Deputy Howlin will not miss me in Wexford if I am lucky enough to get elected to Europe.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: It will not be the same without me. There are many challenges facing Europe, many of which are connected. Two of those are the manner in which so many aspects of terrorism are carried out and global warming. There are many terrible things happening in the world in pursuit of oil. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to work out that the trouble in the Middle East has, from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Some €352 million was owed on the Avestus assets and it got them back through a shell company based in Luxembourg for €26 million. How can the Minister stand over this? On a different issue, the Minister might be aware of a recent case in the United States involving a NAMA debtor versus NAMA and the National Asset Loan Management, NALM, it was argued by NAMA that NALM was a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with NAMA officials or his officials with regard to the UN special rapporteur letter on Ireland which stated that 93% of NAMA assets have been sold to foreign investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17801/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: The question relates to the UN special rapporteur's letter on Ireland which states that 93% of NAMA assets have been sold to foreign investors. I am not sure where the UN rapporteur got his figures but I would expect NAMA to know exactly how much it has sold and to whom. It appears that this is not the case. In a press release last week, NAMA stated that 69% of its asset sales went to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: NAMA Transactions (17 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: There is a play on language here. Of the €74 billion that went into NAMA, what percentage ended up with foreign entities? The Committee of Public Accounts report into Project Eagle from 2016 showed that NAMA had sold 20% of its entire debt of €74 billion to one company, Cerberus. This works out at €14.5 billion, whether one calls it loans or assets. This included...