129. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is acceptable for companies using the JobBridge scheme to request a PhD as the minimum educational requirement to be held by applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3673/14]
6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the perceived benefits of the trade mission to Saudi Arabia are worth the negative consequences of dealing with a regime with such a poor human rights record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/14]
28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to introduce in Dáil Éireann the urgently-needed legislation to deal with changes in the valuation system for commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2692/14]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that he will be making available for both emergency works, as a result of recent damage, and a more sustainable, long-term solution to tackle the serious problem of coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/14]
133. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to exclude primary schools with existing book rental schemes from the new €15 million investment in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2324/14]
126. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if 170, of the 390 new special needs assistant posts announced on 3 December 2013, were allocated before the end of 2013; when the remaining 220 posts will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2699/14]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the reason real estate investment trusts were introduced in Ireland, despite the fact that, according to budget 2013, they entailed a loss to the Exchequer of €14 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1511/14]
6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if any impact analysis has been carried out on the effects of real estate investment trusts on rental prices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1512/14]
218. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the case of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford, which took the initiative to establish a book rental scheme six years ago but will not be able to avail of the planned €15 million investment in book rental schemes even though the scheme needs an infusion of money every year in order to replace older books, purchase newer editions and increase the overall number of books available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1034/14]
30. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts following the recent air strikes carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip; his views on the need to end the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1431/14]
27. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the gross human rights violations perpetuated by Saudi Arabia were raised by Irish Government representatives during the recent diplomatic and trade mission to that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1430/14]
56. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Railway Procurement Agency is being subsumed into the National Roads Authority; his views on whether this could be damaging to future hopes of public transport improvements here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54394/13]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the likely impact of the privatisation of certain bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54395/13]
34. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his views on the levels of maternal mortality among migrant women when compared with women born here, as evidenced by the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in Ireland report which showed that, although 75.4% of maternities in Ireland in 2010 were women of Irish nationality, 40% of all maternal deaths identified in the triennium 2009-2011 occurred in women who were not born here; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54114/13]
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the fact that it is consistently shown that Travellers have a shorter life span and substantially poorer health than their settled peers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54115/13]
94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the interaction she has had with Ombudsman for Children since receiving the internal Health Service Executive and Garda inquiries into the removal of Roma children from their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53841/13]
88. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the very low success rate of the national contact preference register in matching only about 5% of the people who sought their assistance; the action she will take regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53842/13]
28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the findings of the review conducted into Coillte initiated in 2010; his plans for the future of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53144/13]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the number of staff to facilitate appropriate assessment for oyster farm licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53145/13]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he has received a report on the investigation carried out by the Defence Forces into the recent firefight involving Irish troops in Syria; if his attention has been drawn to any casualties as a result of the incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52908/13]
21. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he has considered withdrawing Irish troops from Syria following the recent firefight in which they were caught up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52912/13]
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he has carried out a cost benefit analysis in relation to renovating and re-using all or any of the many different empty properties in the Curragh Camp for military or civilian purposes. [52911/13]
17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence in relation to the Curragh Camp, the number of accommodation units occupied by serving members of the Defence Forces and their families; the number of units occupied by ex-servicemen and-or their families; and the number of empty units previously occupied by families. [52910/13]
12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the basis upon which members of the Defence Forces, a declared neutral country under the rules of the Hague Convention, can participate in military alliances such as the NATO Partnership for Peace and EU battle groups. [52909/13]
96. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent high profile cases regarding legal malpractice, if he is satisfied that there are sufficient safeguards and protocols in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52667/13]
86. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will provide the Ombudsman for Children with powers under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act, as amended, to allow her to commence her independent investigation into actions by An Garda Síochána in the Roma children controversy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52663/13]
80. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the official response, action and protocol introduced by the Garda Commissioner in respect of the section 80(5) report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52665/13]
79. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the separate investigation recommended at page 50 of the Garda professional services unit report regarding the widespread non-use of the mandatory comment box by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52664/13]
74. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the recognition of Traveller ethnicity has been repeatedly called for by the UN in order for Ireland to comply with its obligations under the ICCPR, when and how he intends to recognise Traveller ethnicity; the official steps or progression his Department has made over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52666/13]
68. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the refusal of his predecessors to order a wider investigation under section 106 of An Garda Síochána Act into the general practices, policies and procedures of An Garda Síochána in relation to Corrib Gas, in view of the recent serious allegations regarding the delivery of alcohol to gardaí; if he has concerns regarding the long history and high incidence of complaints to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52900/13]
5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the €50 million underspend by local authorities on Traveller accommodation discussed at committee level in May and the current crisis in Traveller accommodation, he will now exercise his powers, under section 111 of the Housing Act 1966, to order local authorities to perform these housing functions within a specified period; in the event of non-compliance, if he will invest himself with those powers of performance; and if not, if he will set out his plans to sort out Traveller accommodation with just €3 million for 34 councils in 2014. [52159/13]
22. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in the face of massive public opposition, he will consider at least the partial undergrounding of the EirGrid cable network. [51690/13]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made provision in her budget for the potential knock-on effects of reductions in maintenance payments owing to the abolition of the one parent family tax credit and the increased reliance on social welfare payments this might entail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50850/13]
15. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has abolished mortgage interest supplement in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50849/13]
Bill entitled an Act to protect the health of persons who may be affected by noise and shadow flicker from wind turbines; to give further effect to the convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1998; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to permit medical treatment leading to termination of pregnancy in situations where the foetus has a fatal abnormality such that it is incompatible with life outside of the womb.
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the transatlantic trade and investment partnership might affect Ireland's sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50562/13]
7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the purpose of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to remove the regulatory differences between the U.S. and European nations; his view on the the way it will impact on jobs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50563/13]
118. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the qualification requirements for teachers providing home tuition for children with autism spectrum disorder were recently changed from specialist training in autism to a general primary school qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50297/13]
114. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the deadline dates for appeals to decisions made by the National Council for Special Education during special needs assistants reviews preceded the date on which some schools were informed of SNA allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50298/13]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the reason a fat and sugar tax was not introduced in the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49210/13]
97. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the destabilising effect of the use of armed drones; and if Ireland will take an international position on campaigning to end the use of armed drones. [48970/13]
12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the assessment of Waterford Estuary and Bannow Bay as suitable sites for oyster farming; if he is willing to meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss this matter further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48210/13]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that there are serious delays in the assessment of suitable sites for oyster farming, his views on whether it would be a good investment on the part of the State to invest more resources in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48211/13]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health in view of the cost of obesity to the State, if he has a strategy for dealing with the issue. [48056/13]
67. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the adoption of a new wealth tax in Ireland, as set out in the newly published working paper, a collaboration between the Nevin Economic Research Institute and TASC, which outlines the options for such a tax here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/13]
66. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the reason, in view of recent research by TASC, the ESRI, and the Department of Social Protection highlighting the regressive nature of elements of budget 2013 and its disproportionate impact on certain sections of Irish society, there are still no plans to equality-proof the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47706/13]
30. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to review guidelines in relation to the Health Service Executive's use of section 12 of the Child Care Act. [47834/13]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role played by the Health Service Executive in the decision to remove Roma children from their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47833/13]
51. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he has undertaken into the impact of the ending of Dublin Bus's five year public service obligation contract in 2014 and the reduction of its subsidy by a further €4.5 million; if he will ensure that this will not be another taxi style deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46898/13]