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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to reduce the use of pesticides in the agriculture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 17 October 2018, the meaning of the reactivation of all existing applications for repatriation under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 in practical terms for UK prisoners depending on their sentence type in view of the fact that the applications are likely to lapse without...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 125. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the discrepancies between the number of persons waiting for home care packages in different counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to address the estimated deficit of 1.5 million hours in the provision of home care packages in 2018 and 2019 detailed in a report (details supplied). [50869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that there may be an inadequate level of mental health support for prisoners here as highlighted by a recent report by the IPRT; his further views on the fact that Irish prisons may not be meeting the standards of best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49796/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Surveillance Operations (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports that prison officers have been put under surveillance; the details the investigation he has ordered into same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49793/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Employment (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers that have been granted the right to work since June 2018; his views on the fact that the limitations imposed are stopping asylum seekers from obtaining work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing Reports (29 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations in the Commission on the Future of Policing Report; his views on the fact that some of the recommendations may dilute accountability; and the recommendations he will be implementing. [49794/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the use of reduced timetables may leave the State open to legal challenges; his plans to address the underlying issues which lead to the use of reduced timetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports on the use of reduced timetables in schools for children with behavioural issues; his views on whether the lack of funding for disadvantaged schools may be contributing to this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49509/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that were issued with certificates of discharge during the recruit training period in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the reason for each discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49653/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that lodged appeals in cases in which certificates of discharge were issued during recruit training in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49654/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that were issued with certificates of discharge while in recruit training for not meeting minimum height requirements in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49655/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (28 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering reforms to the fair deal scheme which would ring fence the funds raised by the sale of homes after paying contributions to the scheme after a certain period of years and which would help older persons that sell their homes to avoid handing over the entire sum of the proceeds of the sale of their home to cover their nursing home costs....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (27 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the 40-plus agencies that are either fully or partially exempt from freedom of information requests; his further views on whether these exemptions are in the public interest with regard to accountability and transparency; if he will consider conducting a review of the agencies that benefit from such exemptions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (27 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the functioning of the freedom of information system in place under the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if he will consider amending section 44 of the Act to give himself the power to instruct the Information Commissioner to carry out a review of the operations of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (22 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the latest progress report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the National Asset Management Agency; his views on the findings regarding section 172 declarations, particularly that NAMA case managers do not carry out verification processes regarding these; his further views on whether this may have had knock-on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the University Hospital Waterford second cath laboratory project (details supplied). [48689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of efforts to recruit a psychiatrist to the Defence Forces medical corps; if he is satisfied that Defence Forces members receive adequate mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (20 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with his counterparts in the European countries that continue to sell arms and provide support to the coalition that is bombing Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/18]