Parliamentary questions

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Mick Wallace

199. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the terms of reference of the Caranua redress scheme to include those victims of clerical sexual abuse who were awarded compensation under the original redress scheme; her views on whether the terms of reference are too restrictive and on whether those who were deemed eligible for redress in the first instance should be automatically included in the Caranua scheme, irrespective of whether they were in a residential institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38711/14]

Teacher Training Provision

Mick Wallace

200. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the subsidy towards the compulsory Gaeltacht placement required to be completed by all primary teacher students. [38712/14]

Educational Disadvantage

Mick Wallace

17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements needed for primary schools currently holding a DEIS 2 status, to be upgraded to a DEIS 1 status; when the last review of the overall DEIS system took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37946/14]

Research and Development Funding

Mick Wallace

19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is good policy to ask research students from the humanities to compete on an equal footing with those from economics and the sciences for funding, in particular the stress on transferable skills as a prerequisite for funding and the detrimental effects it is having on the humanities as a research area here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37945/14]

Trade Agreements

Mick Wallace

76. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 30 September 2014, where he references documents on the EU Commission’s website that have been tabled by the EU in the TiSA negotiations, stating that they clearly exclude public services from the remit of the talks, his understanding of the TiSA definition of public services; and if his response should be corrected in the context of information (details supplied). [38406/14]

International Terrorism

Mick Wallace

98. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the UN Security Council resolution requiring countries to pass laws outlawing travel to join so-called terrorist groups; if Ireland plans to implement it; the way it affects our claim to neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37737/14]

Trade Relations

Mick Wallace

102. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way Ireland can justify supporting trade sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine issue but refuses to implement trade sanctions against Israel, despite it engaging in genocide in Gaza this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/14]

Social Insurance Rates

Mick Wallace

123. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on increasing employer PRSI contributions on the portion of salaries above €100,000, as recommended by the Nevin Economic Research Institute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37018/14]

Penalty Points System Investigation

Mick Wallace

264. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she has taken following new allegations regarding the continued abuse of the penalty points system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36806/14]

Military Aircraft Landings

Mick Wallace

417. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he proposes to recommend to the Irish Government with regard to US troops and war materials transiting through Shannon Airport given the High Court ruling (details supplied) by Judge Kearns on 28 April 2003 in the Horgan v. Ireland case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/14]

Financial Services Regulation

Mick Wallace

23. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the input into Europe-wide standards of financial regulation in order to ensure that there is no repeat of the economic crisis of 2007-2008 and the subsequent bailouts. [37017/14]

Trade Agreements

Mick Wallace

94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether, if the EU and US agree on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, it will be debated and approved by Dáil Éireann before being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/14]

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Mick Wallace

189. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the composition of the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board and their areas of expertise; the number of tenants and the number of landlords who are members of the board; the number of board members who are linked with landlord representative bodies or property related businesses; the number of members who are linked with tenant representative bodies or agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37468/14]

Water Charges Administration

Mick Wallace

190. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a landlord or former tenant will bear responsibility for any unpaid water bill when the tenant leaves the residence rented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/14]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Mick Wallace

84. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his views on the forthcoming seminar scheduled in November by the Genesis II group, in which unregulated products such as MMS and CD, which claim to cure autism and cancer and are banned in the US and UK, will be sold; if the Health Products Regulatory Authority has the necessary powers to ensure these events do not take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36505/14]

Symphysiotomy Reports

Mick Wallace

120. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans for a new redress scheme for survivors of symphysiotomy in view of the fact that the ex gratia compensation scheme designed by Judge Yvonne Murphy has been rejected by survivors and criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36504/14]

Redundancy Payments

Mick Wallace

157. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to enhanced redundancy payments in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason this payment has not yet been provided; the steps she is taking to expedite this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36875/14]

Child Protection Services

Mick Wallace

328. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he has taken to address the fact that thousands of cases concerning children at risk have not yet been allocated a social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/14]

Child Protection Services

Mick Wallace

329. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he has taken following comments by the Ombudsman for Children that safe social work is not possible in some parts of the country due to the size of the caseloads facing individual social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mick Wallace

509. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acquire the Rosmini facility (details supplied) in Gracepark Road, Dublin 9, as a specific centre for the education of blind and autistic children. [36838/14]