3. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on whether an investor-State dispute settlement mechanism should be included in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership currently being negotiated between the EU and the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/14]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to develop a comprehensive housing policy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/14]
12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of rent control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/14]
33. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he intends to introduce an amendment to section 39 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11502/14]
21. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11501/14]
30. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to written correspondence on 31 January 2014, his views on whether it is acceptable for a national cultural institution to request a person to work full-time for a period of six months without pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/14]
151. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the Magdalen laundries ex gratia scheme, the date on which women can expect pensions and health care; if women living abroad will receive health care coverage; if health care coverage will include private hospitals and services as currently enjoyed by Health (Amendment) Act cardholders; if and when an independent dedicated unit and helpline will be put in place to assist survivors; if the Government will set up a truth-finding investigation to establish the facts of the Magdalen laundries, as distinct from the McAleese committee which was set up to establish the facts of State involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11164/14]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on media reports that a family in Dublin have been forced out of their home due to a €400 monthly rent hike which they could not afford due to the cap on rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10467/14]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of her responsibility for youth unemployment, her views on whether it is appropriate for organisations (details supplied) to offer internships which require interns to work 35 hours a week unpaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10466/14]
304. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of premises that are currently rented for use as a courthouse in Wexford; the cost of same; and if it is his intention to continue with these arrangements. [10229/14]
303. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of courthouses in the ownership of his Department in the Wexford area; the number of these premises that operate as courthouses; and if there are alternatives plans for their usage. [10228/14]
176. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Mr. Justice Cooke has not been granted judicial powers of compellability with regard to witnesses and the production and preservation of evidence and physical powers of entry and inspection; the reason terms of reference for the GSOC paper review do not request inquiries to be conducted to identify the source of any covert surveillance and do not allow for consideration of the role if any of the Garda Commissioner, rogue or retired gardaí, the Minister or the G2 intelligence branch of the Defence Forces; the reason he chose to order a paper review with no statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/14]
41. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he chose a review of the cold case file into the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy by a senior counsel, rather than an independent public inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/14]
39. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the terms of reference for the GSOC paper review do not request inquiries to be conducted to identify the source of the covert surveillance and do not allow for consideration of the role of the Garda Commissioner, rogue or retired gardaí, the Minister or the G2 intelligence branch of the Defence Forces; and the reason he chose to order a paper review with no statutory basis to be completed by a judge who has not been granted judicial powers. [9719/14]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that he has formally requested both the Garda Commissioner and the Lieutenant General of the Defence Forces to make detailed inquiries into whether any authorised surveillance or interception of GSOC was ordered under either the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 or any part of the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 or unauthorised surveillance of GSOC has been conducted to include rogue elements of either organisation; if and on what dates he received satisfactory assurances in response to those formal requests; if this correspondence has been passed to Mr. Justice Cooke for his consideration; and if he will consider reform of the oversight of surveillance mechanisms in the State. [9720/14]
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision to relieve the confidential recipient of his duties was connected to the recent release of a transcript of a conversation between the confidential recipient and the whistleblower; the immediate arrangements he has made to provide an official avenue for whistleblowing in advance of any proposed legislative changes; if he will make a statement setting out his position on the content of the transcript; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9717/14]
3. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to address the issues raised in the section 80(5) GSOC report regarding Garda collusion with an international drug trafficker; if the gardaí involved remain serving gardaí; if the terms of reference of Mr. Justice Cooke's paper review will allow for any consideration of possible involvement of those gardaí in any authorised or unauthorised covert surveillance of GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9780/14]
162. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken in view of the publication of the second periodic report of the Holy See on the Rights of the Child; if he will set out the details of any correspondence he has had with the four relevant religious orders regarding financial contributions and the reports urging an internal investigation into the conduct of religious personnel working in the Magdalen laundries; if he will ensure that all those responsible for the offences be sanctioned and reported to national judicial authorities for prosecution purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9748/14]
161. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out in tabular form the annual figures for ministerial decisions made to revoke refugee status since 2005, alongside the annual figures for successful appeals of those decisions since 2005; if he will set out categories showing his reasons for those decisions since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9747/14]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to develop a co-ordinated approach to address increased flooding problems throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9408/14]
15. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider developing a long-term strategy to deal with coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9409/14]
153. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to written correspondence of 24 January 2014 if he has received any advice on whether the use of isolation rooms is a breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ireland is expected to ratify in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/14]
121. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the manner in which young persons are educated about sex and issues such as abortion in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6634/14]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on a recent research paper (details supplied) which argues that US subsidiaries in Ireland have an effective tax rate of 2.2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/14]
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the Central Bank Governor that banks may no longer have the technological capacity to engage in small and medium enterprise lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2959/14]
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's decision to approve building plans for 558 new homes in the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8108/14]
25. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the accusations that Sri Lankan security forces destroyed evidence of war crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/14]
138. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons no action has been taken under article 16 provisions of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation - Chicago Convention - in relation to the searching of planes suspected of involvement in renditions, troops or arms transportation; when this situation will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7671/14]
101. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to street clamping policy, the safeguards he has put in place to ensure that clamping is used primarily to modify driver behaviour, rather than as a revenue-raising measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7672/14]
27. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his views on the statistics on public maternity units, recently released under freedom of information, which show a wide variation in caesarean section rates, ranging from 19.1% in Sligo General Hospital to 38% in St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6953/14]
9. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cut to the starting salary level for newly graduated nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6954/14]
35. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports that at least 200 social work posts are currently vacant even though there have been significant increases in the number of reports of children at risk of abuse or neglect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6635/14]
101. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide any assistance to lobster and crab fishermen in County Wexford who lost their equipment or found it damaged beyond repair following the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6313/14]
99. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider providing funding for a short extension to the pier at Courtown, County Wexford, which continues to deteriorate, in order to deal with ongoing silting problems at the harbour and the difficulties this creates for fishermen and other boat users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6314/14]
17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider a report by an independent party costing a renovation programme for the remaining 101 family dwellings at the Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5575/14]
5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions in 2013 on which An Garda Síochána requested support from the Defence Forces at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5576/14]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether a report should be produced to provide information on the terminated offences that have no information placed in the mandatory comment box, as recommended by the Garda professional standards unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5353/14]
29. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there are sufficient protections in place for children who are the victims of sexual abuse when a solicitor suppresses information in his or her possession in relation to that abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5352/14]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing a Garda Síochána independent board with monitoring, supervisory and oversight functions over An Garda Síochána in order to strengthen the democratic accountability of the force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5351/14]
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the experiences of the Garda whistleblowers, if he is satisfied with the manner in which the position of the confidential recipient is operating; if he has any plans to review the workings of this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5349/14]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the person that undertook the internal audits of fixed charge notice cancellations in November and December 2013; the method used to carry out these audits; if he will commit to publishing all internal audits of fixed charge notice cancellations on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5350/14]
3. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the precise circumstances which led him to request the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to commence an investigation under section 102 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; the reason he did not choose to initiate a wider investigation, under section 106, of policies, practices and procedures; the reason he considered the matter to have become one of public interest; if he consulted with the Garda Commissioner when choosing the relevant legislative provision under which the investigation would be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/14]
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the changes to the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability, housing aid for older people and the mobility aids grant which came into force in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5028/14]
109. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by haulage companies regarding declaring their vehicles off-road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/14]
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Grid Link project, a major public investment programme, is proceeding in the absence of a national energy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4341/14]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether EirGrid's approach to public consultation on the Grid Link project to date has complied with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4340/14]
115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely impact of the proposed EirGrid Grid Link pylon project on Ireland's heritage and wildlife; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51465/13]
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons sitting on the Arts Council at present; when he expects to fill existing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3975/14]
481. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of recent climate change research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showing that nations are not reducing their emissions enough, if he will introduce a national energy conservation awareness campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51933/13]
136. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis that has been carried out by her Department to determine if reductions in rent supplement have resulted in an increase in homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3674/14]