Results 161-180 of 7,404 for speaker:Mick Wallace

Agrifood Market Priorities post Brexit: Statements (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am. I will let Deputy Pringle in shortly. This sector is being forced to do it without the Department and sometimes it involves conflict for them with the Government, the big farmers, the big processors and the retailers. The Talamh Beo group set up in Galway recently is a perfect example. It sees what is at stake and what needs to change. A member of the group, Fergal Anderson,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Deputy O'Callaghan has two questions and wants to leave so I suggest we allow him to contribute now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for coming in. My apologies but I am a bit hoarse. We have talked about this stuff for nearly two years but it seems like a lifetime and yet I still do not understand it all. I do not envy the delegation their jobs. I would rather be pouring concrete in my bare feet than do their job. I have prepared a number of questions, which are a criticism and simply seek more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: According to page 45 of the annual report, which provides an update on the public services card investigation, a draft report of the investigation containing "13 provisional findings" was issued to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for comment in August 2018. I am curious about the use of the word "provisional" and I ask our guests to elaborate on it. In what way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Will the commission recommend to the Department that it be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Would the commission consider a company using facial image matching software to match a photograph of a person to other photographs or digital images stored in a database to be processing biometric data? Does this kind of facial image matching meet the definition of biometric data in Article 4(14) of the GDPR and the reference therein to "specific technical processing"? Last year, the Data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: I was glad to see that the section of the annual report dealing with special investigations states that the Data Protection Commission has initiated a section 110 inquiry into surveillance by the State sector for law enforcement purposes. The smart CCTV project of Limerick City and County Council seems to have been abandoned because it will not comply with the GDPR and the Data Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Ryan may send me the answers if he does not finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: I do not wish to delay our guests and, therefore, if any of my questions were not answered, the DPC might revert to the committee with written correspondence. A fellow from my office, Adrian Naughten, eats GDPR for breakfast and I will be surprised if any questions were missing. I thank our guests.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made for exemptions for the transportation of munitions or weapons of war through Shannon Airport to date in 2019 under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, SI 224 of 1973; the number of these applications which were granted and denied, respectively, to date in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops that have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15122/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress in relation to the new child and adolescent mental health services centre in south County Wexford; the eTender details for the project; the proposed date for the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14935/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for six, nine, 12, 18, 24 and more than 36 months, respectively, for primary care child psychology services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of improvement notices issued by each local authority as a result of non-compliance with minimum standards for rental accommodation, as prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, in each of the years from 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prohibition notices issued by each local authority pursuant to section 18B(1) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 in each of the years from 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of rented units in each local authority registered with the RTB that were deemed non-compliant with minimum standards for rental accommodation, as prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, following inspection in each of the years from 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Apr 2019)

Mick Wallace: 589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rented units that were deemed not compliant with minimum standards for rental accommodation, as prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, and which did not achieve compliance via follow-up inspection in each local authority in each of the years from 2015 to 2018; and if he will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the issue. The number of children and adolescents awaiting first-time assessment for occupational therapy nationally as of January 2019 was 16,868, a fairly depressing figure. However, the response to a parliamentary question I tabled last week reveals serious inconsistencies in the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists in different...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: I know it is not the fault of the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, but this is crazy. She is telling me that the HSE intends to recruit 40 occupational therapists nationally when 35 occupational therapist posts are needed to meet the demand in Wexford according to the occupational therapy manager in the county. This is off the Richter scale. What kind of impact will 40 make on...

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: Whether or not we allow access for fishermen on both sides of the Border for up to six nautical miles off the coast of each other's jurisdictions is hardly the biggest problem. What is more important is what type of fishermen we allow. Are we allowing small self-employed business people or all fishing operations, including large corporate fleets? I know plenty of small fishermen who are...