Results 1-20 of 83 for going forward speaker:Mick Barry

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: The eviction ban will be lifted at the weekend. Where will people go? Let us break it down. Some people will find alternative rental accommodation; they will be a small minority. Others will crash with family, in the hope it will only be for a couple of weeks rather than stretching out into months. Other people will beg for a place to stay with friends. Some will go to homeless...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: ...to come back in afterwards and make some other points in the allotted time. Why did the HSE not pay staff who went into precautionary self-isolation, as per the roster, and will it do so now, going forward? Does Mr. Woods accept the argument we heard here this morning from workers' representatives that the decision to deduct overtime and premium pay from workers going into...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: ...the special European Council had some discussion on economic matters, including the position of small business and supports for small business. I also understand that the Taoiseach is bringing forward a package tomorrow. There are a few points I wish to make about that. I will start by saying hands off the minimum wage and hands off workers' sick leave. I am open to the idea of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (12 Dec 2023)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach described the draft text put forward by the COP presidency as disappointing. I would describe it as disgraceful. There is no clear commitment to phasing out fossil fuels, correctly described as a death cert for small island states. It is clear the Minister, Deputy Ryan, will not sign that text but the concern is there will be a splitting of the difference. I would be opposed...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: ...into the iceberg of mass non-payment. The history books record what happened when Titanicreached tipping point two hours and 40 minutes later. Her rate of sinking increased suddenly as her forward deck tipped under the water and the sea poured in through open hatches and grates. I suggest that 73% non-payment is not far off a tipping point. Is the Government seriously going to try to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Mar 2021)

Mick Barry: ...Ulster Bank 2,800 jobs are in jeopardy, as are 300 at PTSB and 1,500 at AIB. The grand total is more than 6,000. It is not good enough for the Government to say market forces rule and it is not going to interfere, or it appealed to the boards of the banks to play by the Queensberry rules, etc. A pause should be put on these redundancies and closures, at the very least until the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Family and Child Homelessness: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Barry: ...major ramping up of the provision of social housing are points that I hope will be reported on by the media in the wake of the hearings this morning. I have been asked by Deputy Boyd Barrett to forward his apologies. He had another commitment. I am not going to put all of my questions together, but will ask them in shorter bursts. That is how I intend to use my time. I will start...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: ..., we continued with extreme restrictions on older people. Care Champions are calling for a human rights expert to be on the panel that looks at what happened in our nursing homes and how we go forward from here. Will the Taoiseach agree to this request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Mick Barry: ...far less than Travellers' programmes were cut, including education, training and youth programmes. I can reel out the statistics. There were cuts of 60%, 70%, 80% and 90%. We look at what needs to be done going forward, but we will not get things right unless we accept what happened in the past, and the fact the cuts made to Traveller programmes were on a scale not seen by other...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Mick Barry: ...Gurranabraher the Saturday before last and took the opportunity to give out some leaflets. When I was walking down the road, three young fellas were standing around a car. One of them said, "Good morning, Deputy". I kicked myself for not having given him a leaflet. I should of course have done that. I gave a leaflet to him and to his friends as well. One of them then told me that I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: ...to be produced on specialist training for judges and lawyers and the appointment of a victims and survivors commissioner as an independent voice and advocate. I support these measures and others which go beyond them. I ask the Taoiseach whether he will support these recommendations and whether, on foot of them, he will now stop the blocking of the sex education Bill put forward by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish National Election Study: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: ...a litmus test. I suspect that the societies that do not fund this research also lag behind on other democratic litmus tests and that the countries that fare better on this front are those in which governments have put in place, or have been forced to put in place, more democratic rights and measures. It is a poor reflection on the Irish State and the approach of successive Governments...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: ...for I Believe Her in the aftermath of the Belfast rape trial. Insofar as this legislation is a reflection of the aspirations and the demands of those movements, it is positive and represents a step forward. However, it is a mild reflection of the aspirations and demands of those movements, it does not go far enough and the process of putting the changes before the Dáil has been very...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste is saying there would be no sense in boycotting the St. Patrick's Day trip. Let us have a quick look at this argument. The first argument put forward by the Tánaiste relates to why should we boycott when it is clear the US is trying to end the conflict. Clear to whom? Biden has pledged $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel. As of Christmas Day, Israel had...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: ...to anyone's life to have to leave, and in that context six months is not unreasonable. A number of speakers, including Deputies Cowen and Coveney, cited the Constitution as grounds for not going forward. Why do they not bring forward proposals to change the Constitution? We would support them if they did but they will not because they are using it as an excuse to defend private...

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: The inclusion of tax credits for renters in the budget was hailed by the Government and sections of the media as a big step forward for renters. At the same time as this tax credit is being introduced, though, is there any move being made to further curb rents? Is there going to be a rent freeze? No, there is not. It will not happen in every circumstance, but in a large number of cases,...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: I will make a brief point and ask the Minister a question. We support the amendment. Renters have been hammered from pillar to post in recent years. I will not go back over all the points. They have been debated here many times. There is a clear need, in our opinion, for, at the very minimum, a national rent freeze. Many renters would say we need to go further than that and find a way...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Eaglais agus an Stát a Imdheighilt) 2017: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Separation of Church and State) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. This Bill seeks to remove the religious references from the Constitution. Many people are not aware of the religious nature of the Constitution until they read the document. People are...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: What is the way forward for Irish society? Is it housing for people or housing for profit? The Government's answer is clear. It is for housing for profit. If you want to see what that has led to, all you have to do is go to Belcamp Manor in Balgriffin in Dublin, where a vulture fund has snapped up 46 of the 54 new builds in that estate. The vulture fund is the DWS Group, an €800...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: This motion from Sinn Féin is on social and affordable housing. We support the motion although we believe it does not go far enough in some respects. However, we will speak and vote in support of the motion. I suspect that the motion will be defeated by the combined votes of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael or that it will be gutted by the amendments that have been tabled. The main...