66. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the NAMA policy of deleting e-mails of former staff who are not deemed business-critical will impact on the ability of any future commission of investigation into NAMA to fully examine all evidence available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/17]
68. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Commissioner will be able to fully commit to her role as head of policing and security services while a tribunal of inquiry is tasked with investigating certain allegations surrounding her conduct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15696/17]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to strengthen the current legislation which established the Policing Authority, in particular with regard to oversight and accountability, following the ongoing crises surrounding senior Garda management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15695/17]
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that Garda senior management is still capable of performing its duties to the highest standard following the revelation that 14,700 persons were convicted in the courts without a fixed charge notice first being issued and that the number of drink driving tests carried out was exaggerated by over 937,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15698/17]
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the process undertaken by the Policing Authority regarding the recent competition and selection for the rank of assistant commissioner in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15699/17]
137. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to release immediately a report into complaints made by persons (details supplied); if he will direct the HSE to present the report to the persons concerned in its original unedited format as delivered to the HSE on 7 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15563/17]
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the basis on which permission was granted to a US warship (details supplied) to dock in Cobh in March 2017; and if Defence Forces personnel were involved in supplying security to the warship. [15483/17]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the current UNDOF mission, in the context of the deployment of Irish troops to the Golan Heights, has now moved away from the original task of the 1974 mandate. [15482/17]
5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the problems in the present transfer system between the Naval Service and the Army and the impact that this is having on morale and on the retention of Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15694/17]
536. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider directing Inland Fisheries Ireland to carry out a full salmonid habitat survey of the River Slaney to develop a habitat map for the catchment. [15291/17]
535. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reopen the salmon hardship scheme for the remaining 35 salmon net licence holders on the River Slaney in view of the fact that draft net licences on the river have been suspended for ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15290/17]
534. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis which has been undertaken by the standing scientific committee on salmon on water abstraction from the River Slaney for domestic, agricultural and industrial use; the effect this is having on salmon stocks in the River Slaney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15289/17]
533. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the five most destructive factors limiting the recovery of salmon stocks in the River Slaney; his plans to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15288/17]
60. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason seven minors are still currently serving sentences in Wheatfield Prison in view of the Government's commitment to end the practice of detaining children in adult prisons; when these children will be transferred to the Oberstown campus; her plans to expand her Department's role in youth justice issues by taking responsibility for young adult offenders aged 18 to 24 years, as recommended in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15199/17]
41. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that, at any one time, approximately 50% of children in the youth justice system are on remand; her further views on the concerns of youth justice advocacy groups (details supplied) that the practice of detention on remand for children is being overused here as a means to access mental health services which should be available in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15200/17]
40. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the discrepancy between County Wexford's unemployment rate of 18.5% and the rate for the south-east region as a whole, which has fallen to 9.4%; the measures she is taking to bridge this gap and bring more job opportunities to County Wexford specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14428/17]
23. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 7 March 2017, her views on whether her Department's focus on regions rather than individual counties might mean that some counties get neglected in favour of their more developed or profitable neighbours; the initiatives she has planned to combat economic stagnation and underinvestment in County Wexford specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14427/17]
291. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to progress legislation to introduce a universal living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14358/17]
290. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland jobs created and lost in the south-east region in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14357/17]
289. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job announcements for the south east for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; the number of IDA Ireland visits in the south east by county for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14356/17]
288. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland jobs created and lost in County Wexford in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14355/17]
92. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on his Department's role in the granting of permission for civilian aircraft to land or overfly Ireland carrying munitions; if he has had any discussions with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Justice and Equality and Defence with a view to overhauling the current situation regarding the use of Shannon Airport by the US military, particularly in view of the ongoing destabilisation of the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/17]
71. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the suggestions in the NTA's rail review to discontinue certain rail services south of Gorey, which could leave Wexford town and Rosslare without a rail service to Dublin; if he will consider opening an express train service from Wexford town to Dublin in order to increase the number of passengers using the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14231/17]
927. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health when the position of the sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital will be filled; the current status of the recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13703/17]
245. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the architect on a school building project (details supplied); the amount being spent on the architectural process; if the spend on architectural services for this project will run over the initial budget; if so, the amount by which it will run over; the justification for any overspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12851/17]
244. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school building project (details supplied) has been at stage 2B, detailed design; the average time a new school construction project spends at stage 2B; the cause of the delay in this project build; when he envisages construction will be begin on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12850/17]
197. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if farmers, growers and processors that to date have not over-claimed flat rate addition should now over claim-flat rate addition until such time as the Revenue Commissioners completes their review of the poultry sector and he reaches a decision on the way forward. [13288/17]
196. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if farmers, growers and processors in the poultry sector that currently over-claim flat rate addition will be allowed to continue to over-claim flat rate addition while he waits for the Revenue Commissioners to continue its review of the sector. [13287/17]
195. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the claim that the essential element in the over-claim of flat rate addition in the poultry sector is that it is not the farmer or grower but the processor that reportedly drives the process by artificially inflating feed prices. [13286/17]
194. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the sector or sectors in which the mechanism of over-claiming flat rate addition is being operated; if it is exclusive to the poultry sector; and if he will order a review or investigation of other sectors based on the possible cost to the Exchequer of flat rate addition over-claims in other sectors. [13285/17]
193. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' review of tax avoidance schemes in the poultry sector will be conducted at processor level in addition to at farmer and grower level. [13284/17]
192. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have assessed the value of the over-claim of flat rate addition in the poultry sector between 2004 and 2016; and if he will provide a breakdown of these values by year for the period. [13283/17]
165. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all pathology cases conducted by a person (details supplied) in 2012 and 2013 will be reviewed; and if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [14109/17]
82. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the precise factors affecting salmon and eel stocks on the River Slaney; the reasons ten years after net fishing licences were suspended and the eel management plan came into place, these stocks have not improved to meet conservation limits; the actions he intends to take in order to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13686/17]
74. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times since 2007 Inland Fisheries Ireland has inspected a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon on the River Slaney; the number of salmon removed from this tailrace during that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13687/17]
261. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a publication by organisations (details supplied) and other environmental advocacy organisations, which documents the increasing concentration of power over global food production in the hands of a few multinationals; his views on the reported decrease in diversity of actors in the food industry and the implications of this on food security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12505/17]
27. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 28 February 2017, the details of any consultation process carried out by his Department in the formulation of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12362/17]
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the situation in which there is overproduction of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/17]
94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the services available in County Wexford for children and adolescents who present with suicidal ideation and are not deemed by CAMHS to have a psychiatric disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11903/17]
79. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to enforce certain provisions of the Health Act 1970, specifically, to ensure that persons covered by the general medical services scheme are not being incorrectly charged for routine phlebotomy services and other generalised medical services provided by their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11904/17]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statute of Limitations 1957 to bring the issue of Circuit Court and High Court Judgments into line with the most recent bankruptcy legislation, by reducing the lifetime of High Court and Circuit Court Judgments from 12 years to two years, and reduce the Statute of Limitations from six years to two years in instances where the collection and enforcement of civil debt by Banks and Vulture funds are concerned
49. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on the lack of a shortlist of priorities, as highlighted by a person (details supplied), with regard to the recently launched Action Plan for Rural Development; the details of any progress regarding the establishment of targets and performance metrics for the actions included in the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11741/17]
36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by members of the artistic community here regarding the increasing role of her Department and the Department of the Taoiseach in decision-making in addition to financial allocations with regard to the Creative Ireland plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11743/17]
164. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11070/17]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has read TASC's report: A Time for Ambition, which calls for a significant increase in public investment from 1.84% of GDP to 2.8% per annum with regard to the announcement of a new ten year capital plan; his plans to open a public consultation process with regard to formulating the new plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10623/17]
9. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he had discussions with the Minister for Finance with regard to using a proportion of the capital from the sale of a bank's (details supplied) shares for public investment here, as recommended by TASC in its report A Time for Ambition with regard to the promised new capital investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10624/17]
62. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove voluntary contributions from all schools, which the majority of parents are obliged to pay; if consideration has been given to the survey carried out by a charity (details supplied) which found that €103 million a year in extra education funding would allow parents a truly free primary school service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/17]
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any assessment that has been carried out by his Department to establish if there is a need for a higher education institute or university in County Wexford; if such an assessment has not been carried out to date, his plans to initiate one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10333/17]
706. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider initiating a review into the operations and governance standards of Bord na gCon, the Irish Greyhound Board; if he will consider suspending the activities of Bord na gCon pending the outcome of this proposed review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10293/17]
705. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the closure of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium and the possible sale of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/17]