80. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in order to make the Garda Commissioner accountable to the Policing Authority and to empower the authority to remove a Garda commissioner from office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/17]
56. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the Garda Commissioner can deliver the reforms necessary for a well functioning, transparent and accountable police force in view of the recent controversies within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32750/17]
52. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 in order to increase the powers of the Policing Authority with regard to monitoring transparency, providing oversight and ensuring accountability, particularly in view of the ongoing crises within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32754/17]
45. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the unit set up within An Garda Síochána to liaise with the disclosures tribunal, in view of reports of personal ties between the Garda Commissioner and members of the unit and questions raised both in the media and in Dáil Éireann over a potential conflict of interest in this regard and that the Commissioner is being investigated as part the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32752/17]
677. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport Infrastructure Ireland service station at the M11 site outside Gorey will open; the cost in terms of building and maintaining the station to date by category and year; and the estimated lost revenue from the service station since work finished on the station in 2015. [32328/17]
642. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans and timeframe to implement the report of the post office hub working group; when he expects An Post to present its strategy for the future of the An Post network following its fundamental review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32800/17]
621. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the types of fish counters for wild Atlantic salmon on each river in the south east river basin; the accuracy of each fish counter; the locations in which fish counters are present; if they are fully operational; the way in which salmon are counted on rivers that may have no operational fish counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32397/17]
620. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the methodology employed to measure the conservation limits for wild Atlantic salmon on each river in the south east river basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32396/17]
619. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the studies which have been carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland into the mortality and survival rates of wild Atlantic salmon in catch and release angling; the average mortality and survival rates of wild Atlantic salmon caught and released on each river basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32394/17]
618. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times since January 2017 Inland Fisheries Ireland has inspected a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon on the river Slaney; the number of salmon removed from this tailrace during these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32393/17]
617. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rivers in the south east river basin which are open for salmon and sea trout fishing by means of draft and snap net harvesting as of January 2017; the rivers in the south east river basin which are open for salmon fishing by means of angling harvest; the rivers in the south east river basin which are open for salmon fishing by means of angling, catch and release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32392/17]
616. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conservation limits for each wild Atlantic salmon for each river in the south east river basin, as of January 2017; the rivers which have an identifiable surplus of wild Atlantic salmon over the conservation limit; the rivers which are not meeting the conservation limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32391/17]
445. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of urologists employed by the HSE; the location of each; the average wait times for urologist appointments in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if the HSE plans to recruit further urologists; and if so, the locations in which these new urologists will be located. [32614/17]
122. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the number of sites and units NAMA has sold to a charity (details supplied) in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the costs associated with same; the type of sale, private treaty or through National Asset Residential Property Services, NARPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32118/17]
104. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are sanitary and phytosanitary measures here that her Department estimates could be seen as being used for the purpose of trade protection and potentially open to challenge under the terms of CETA (details supplied); if she will provide a list of such SPS measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32439/17]
103. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, if she will provide links to the economic research and data behind her positive characterisation of CETA and her claim of huge advantages it offers to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32438/17]
102. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, if her understanding of Article 1.9(3) of the CETA trade agreement means that Ireland's water sector will be subject to the terms of the agreement in view of the fact that Irish Water charges for water and this permits the commercial use of water sources (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32437/17]
101. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, the detail of the CETA trade agreement, that is, page number and section that specifies that the water supply sector here will not be subject to the terms of the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32436/17]
100. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 6 and 18 of 29 June 2017, the sectors and sub-sectors that Ireland and Germany have each included in their negative list and reservations in the CETA agreement; if she will provide the detail of reservations for existing measures and liberalisation commitments and reservations for future measures; the reservations which apply at a national level and which apply only at regional level with regard to both countries; the number of pieces of legislation which come under both countries' reservation lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32435/17]
99. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 29 June 2017, the source data that her answer was based on; the version of the CETA trade agreement that she was referencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/17]
98. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 29 June 2017, the source data that her answer was based on; the version of the CETA trade agreement that she was referencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32433/17]
55. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been or will be a change in the mandate of the peacekeeping force posted in the Golan Heights, particularly in view of the recent ongoing fighting between Syria and Israel in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/17]
35. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Question No. 7 of 29 March 2017, the details of the engagements he has had at UN level regarding the ongoing deployment of Irish peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, particularly regarding the merits of this operation and its long-term effects on the region; his views on whether the UNDOF peacekeeping mission could be facilitating the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation in the region, particularly in view of the calls from members of the Israeli Government to increase the Israeli settler population in the Golan Heights by 100,000 over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32521/17]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces have been called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Shannon Airport to date in 2017; his plans to make changes to the arrangements whereby the Defence Forces provide aid to the civil power at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/17]
55. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward the date of allocating SNA resources to schools to March-April as recommended by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31700/17]
17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the existing or planned measures to ensure that primary school teachers are sufficiently trained to deal with mental health issues that may arise with regard to their pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/17]
234. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 27 June 2017, if his Department carried out a separate environmental impact assessment on the burning of fossil fuels that may be found and extracted as a result of the issuing of offshore exploration licenses in the Atlantic margin; if not, the reasoning behind this approach in view of the fact that the reports that he linked to in his reply have no mention of burning fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31708/17]
233. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 27 June 2017, if his Department carried out economic projections on the potential economic benefits of successful offshore exploration in the Atlantic margin weighed against the potential negative economic impacts of the advancement of rapid climate change that would occur as a result of the burning of extracted fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31709/17]
222. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 22 June 2017 (details supplied), the European forms of food production against which the family farm is ranked; the position of the family farm in that ranking in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/17]
221. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 22 June 2017, if he will define the phrase "sustainable" in respect of agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31694/17]
220. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 22 June 2017, if he will define the phrase "carbon neutral" in respect of agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31693/17]
126. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised issues with either the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates in view of the recent reports by an organisation (details supplied) into torture prison camps being run by the UAE with US support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31652/17]
125. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of Ireland's stated support of calls for an independent international investigation into alleged violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen; if Ireland has taken substantive measures, diplomatic or otherwise, to demonstrate concerns in this area; if Ireland has taken actions at EU or UN level to instigate an investigation into human rights violations in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31651/17]
57. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 2 May 2017, if he has satisfied himself that NAMA achieved maximum return under section 10 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 with regard to the debt refinancing transaction Project Nantes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31467/17]
45. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the freedom of information procedures that operate within NAMA; the process followed from receiving a request to publication; if the procedures adhere fully to the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/17]
42. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which NAMA considered the tax structures of potential bidders for assets being sold by NAMA; the impact of these to the potential returns to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31469/17]
28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 3 May 2017, if the debtor involved in Project Shift was one of the seven advised by a person (details supplied) as reported in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Project Eagle; the reason Project Shift was not discussed at any NAMA Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/17]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance further to the recent announcement by NAMA of the appointment of a company (details supplied) as statutory auditor, the role played by his Department in this decision; the advice his Department and NAMA sought on this decision; if the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General was consulted about the decision; if he has satisfied himself that the decision is not in breach of section 57(1) of the National Asset Management Act 2009 regarding the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/17]
482. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of June 2017, if a projection has been carried out by his Department in relation to emissions reduction from the agricultural sector in 2020, 2030 and 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31303/17]
97. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the rationale to appoint a second auditor to NAMA with regard to the recent announcement by NAMA of the appointment of a company (details supplied) as statutory auditor; the advice sought regarding this decision, by both NAMA and his Department; if legal advice was sought from the Attorney General; if the decision is in breach of section 57(1) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 regarding the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31156/17]
71. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that are registered here with the Companies Registration Office in 2017 that are deemed to be an external company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31053/17]
61. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the withdrawal of funding for the school completion programme's counselling grant scheme and instead significantly increase the scheme's budget to allow the scheme to be opened up nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31174/17]
42. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the decision to cut all funding for counselling services in the school completion programme; her views on whether this could have serious negative consequences for the children and young persons currently availing of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31175/17]
107. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 15 and 31 of 18 May 2017, the reason Project Shift was not discussed at Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings; if a person (details supplied) advised the debtor regarding the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30742/17]
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the potential impact of CETA in view of the fact that the State's negative list of eight policy areas is considerably shorter than other member states, for example, Germany, which has 25 pages of exemptions; her further views on the fact that Ireland's negative list does not include services such as water, education or health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30237/17]
6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 31 May 2017, the eight areas that the Government has excluded from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; the process by which decisions to exclude particular policy areas are made; the number of submissions for exceptions that were made to her Department; the Departments from which they originated; the policy areas to which they related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30236/17]
224. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making commercial forestry plantations here subject to independent oversight by An Taisce, Inland Fisheries Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30455/17]
223. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation in order that all environmental guidelines including those relating to water quality will apply to afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30454/17]
222. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a limit on the planting of the non-native Sitka spruce here in view of its documented negative environmental impacts; his further plans to introduce incentives for the planting of trees which do not have such harmful effects on ecology and biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30453/17]
221. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the 10% reforestation figure for broadleaves mandatory; his plans to raise this level to ensure that more native broadleaf tree species are planted here; his further plans to introduce measures to incentivise the planting of native broadleaf species over non-native conifers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30452/17]