8. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 26 May 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the costs involved for the Irish Defence Forces in providing aid to the civil power at Shannon Airport from January 2015 up to 18 June 2015; the role of the Defence Forces in such operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/15]
132. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which the National Asset Management Agency, an insolvency officeholder appointed by the agency or an agency service provider may agree a method of disposal of assets with a debtor or insolvency practitioner with more limited marketing or reporting requirements than those laid out in its guidance note for disposal of real estate assets by the agency's debtors and insolvency officeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/15]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent call from the Irish Postmasters Union for the withdrawal of revised Department of Social Protection forms which may encourage payment of social protection payments through banks rather than post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24804/15]
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24803/15]
431. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent decision by the local government in San Francisco, to ban the inclusion of toys with fast food outlet meals (details supplied); his views on the promotion and advertisement methods used by fast food outlets here, such as the inclusion of toys along with meals for children; if he believes that such promotions can place undue pressure on parents who seek to limit their children's access to such foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24750/15]
369. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all arrests made as a result of water protests connected to the installation of water meters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24749/15]
318. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to improve the health of soil, and to promote organic farming, as recommended by the Rodale Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24751/15]
127. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on plans to sell Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24600/15]
107. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his role and his Department's role in the expected sale of Allied Irish Banks; his plans for the State-owned bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/15]
204. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 10 June 2015, if she will provide information on the two Skillnets networks which provide subsidised training in responsible welding co-ordinator training; the amount these courses will cost those in employment; the subsidies available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24093/15]
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 19 May 2015, the training possibilities under SOLAS and Education and Training Boards for steel fabricators in order for them to comply with European Union Directive EN 1090-1; the subsidies or grants available, or envisaged, in this regard under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24145/15]
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 10 June 2015, the educational training courses, other than those in responsible welding co-ordination, required in order for steel fabricators to meet their compliance obligations under European Union Directive EN-1090-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/15]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding proposals to allow for motor tax to be paid in monthly instalments by direct debit; if he is satisfied that the current system, in which taxpayers are incentivised to pay an annual rate of motor tax, does not unfairly burden those on lower incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/15]
22. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the current provision of public transport in County Wexford, in particular his views that it is adequate to serve rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23481/15]
823. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on The Earth Statement, made in April 2015 by the 17 leading scientists and economists who make up the Earth League, that 75% of known fossil fuel reserves must be kept in the ground if global warming is to be kept within 2° Celsius; Ireland's position on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23336/15]
677. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised any opposition to the European Union proposal to commence a military mission to prevent illegal smuggling off the coast of Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/15]
411. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she expressed objections to the Mare Nostrum project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/15]
387. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he raised any opposition to the European Union proposal to commence a military mission to prevent illegal smuggling off the coast of Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23335/15]
115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his views on whether it is appropriate that the lead company, details supplied, employed to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency two-year study into hydraulic fracturing has been identified as pro-hydraulic fracturing by a number of environmental experts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/15]
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact that Leitrim County Council recently unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in a company-led consortium of researchers (details supplied) commissioned to carry out Environmental Protection Agency research into hydraulic fracturing, in view of this company’s track record on this method of extraction in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/15]
33. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 20,000 new social housing units promised by 2017 his Department plans to build, to lease and to buy; the number of the remaining 15,000 promised by 2020 his Department plans to build, lease and buy; if he is satisfied with his Department's plans to lease a proportion of the planned new social housing units from private landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22072/15]
25. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the plan for 19 new social housing units to be built in County Wexford over the next three years is adequate to meet the county's current housing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22073/15]
160. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has taken in response to reports in 2014 of the tapping of underwater cables for intelligence purposes on the part of the Government Communications Headquarters in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/15]
159. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide feedback of any communications he has had with the British authorities regarding the alleged tapping of underwater cables by the intelligence authorities in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/15]
135. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if there are any multidisciplinary teams in County Wexford which work on early intervention for psychosis or other disorders; if so, if these teams are fully staffed; if there are community-based interventions for such disorders in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/15]
134. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his Department's policy or plans for early intervention for psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/15]
133. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that a person presenting with suicidal tendencies at Wexford General Hospital and in need of consultation with a psychiatrist would have to go through two accident and emergency departments, in Wexford and in Waterford, in order to see a psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/15]
132. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm reports that in 2009 plans for an acute ward in Wexford General Hospital were in the Health Service Executive south's capital plan, as mentioned by the executive's then manager of mental health and elderly services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22525/15]
131. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 26 May 2015, the measures that are in place to ensure that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with mental health issues and who have also misused substances do not get discharged before they have been assessed, in view of the standard practice of postponing assessment until the patient is no longer intoxicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22524/15]
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 January 2015, if she has had any communication with the authorities in the United Kingdom, in response to the reports of tapping of the undersea communications cables by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain; if she has asked these authorities directly, in the interests of transparency and the fundamental right of Irish and all European Union citizens to privacy, whether this reported surveillance was authorised by the British Government; if so, under what British legislation is it covered under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22629/15]
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any communication she has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the reported tapping of the underwater cable by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain; if she is satisfied that any such reported surveillance is entirely a matter of within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22628/15]
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an assessment was carried out on the recently enacted section 3 of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 to ensure that it is in full compliance with the European Charter on Fundamental Rights, following the 2014 ruling of the European Court of Justice, which found the European Data Retention Directive to be invalid, in view of the fact that it does not uphold the rights to privacy and freedom of expression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22627/15]
110. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Government authorised the British monitoring or tapping of undersea cables, as reported by a person (details supplied) in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22626/15]
109. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions or investigations that were carried out, or are being carried out, by her Department on foot of the Wikileaks reports in 2014 that large numbers of Irish telephone and-or Internet communications were being intercepted by the General Communications Headquarters in Britain, and were then shared with other intelligence agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22625/15]
108. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the revelations of a person (details supplied) in 2014, which alleged that billions of Irish communications, telephone and internet, were and are being intercepted, recorded and stored through a series of underwater cables by the Government Communications Headquarters in Britain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22624/15]
107. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any other Irish Governmental officials were aware if the British authorities were monitoring Irish telephone and internet communications for years, via underwater cables, as uncovered by a person (details supplied) in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/15]
106. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the third section of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 was passed in December 2014, six years after the passing of the rest of the Act; the measures that were taken to update this particular section of legislation, to ensure that it would adequately reflect the developments in technology and digital rights legislation in those intervening six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22621/15]
17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional grants or financial subsidies for training courses available under Skillnets, SOLAS or the education and training boards, which many steel fabricators are now obliged to complete, at considerable cost to themselves, in order for their products to be in line with European Union, Conformité Européene, marking standards, since the implementation of European Union Directive EN-1090-1 in July 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21865/15]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation or with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the possible introduction of a specific training grant to assist small steel fabricators affected by European Union Directive EN-1090-1, who are now obliged to undergo CE (Conformité Européene) marking standards compliance training, which is often costly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21866/15]
1117. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contracts his Department has with Capita Ireland; the amounts of money involved in any such contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/15]
1073. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is taking in response to recent reports by ALONE that one older person became homeless every three days in March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17281/15]
789. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if there is a respiratory nurse currently working in Wexford General Hospital with asthma patients; if not, his plans to recruit one in the near future; if he will provide details of the services available in Wexford General Hospital for asthma patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/15]
784. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 19 November 2014, if he will provide a progress update on the recruitment for a consultant dermatologist in University Hospital Waterford; if any of the three such posts there have been permanently filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21954/15]
487. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 27 May 2015, if he will indicate the number of the 128 samples sent for drugs testing to the Laboratory of Government Chemists in the United Kingdom since January 2015 that tested positive for banned substances; if he will provide details of the substances identified in these samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22338/15]
473. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of fines handed out by the control committee of the Irish Greyhound Board for the various breaches, since March 2011; the amounts of the fines incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21987/15]
470. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that greyhounds which tested positive for procaine had their positive tests annulled under a threshold that was introduced after they had been found positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/15]
469. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that all private tracks funded by the Irish Greyhound Board are compliant in paying entry fees to the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21967/15]
468. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the pension deficit in the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21966/15]
467. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board plans to sell the greyhound stadium at Harold's Cross in Dublin 6W, prior to a change in zoning for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/15]
466. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason three investigators into an incident at Dundalk Greyhound Stadium, County Louth, initiated by the Irish Greyhound Board, did not finish their investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21964/15]