Results 181-200 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: An historic one. Put it on the record.

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 1:(a) To insert the following after "diminished public trust in the sector":"-- the charity sector has been used by successive Governments to elude their responsibility to provide essential State funded services especially in areas of housing and health; the unregulated nature of much of this sector is a reflection of its misuse by Governments as a substitute for State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 100. To ask the Minister for Health his views that women's health is adequately protected given the restrictions on healthcare for pregnant women in view of the Eighth Amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20999/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can reimburse Co-operative Housing Ireland the cost of heating Merville Court, Fairview, Dublin 3, given that prior to it being taken over by the co-operative, the tenants were part of the rental accommodation scheme, and the cost of the heating was met by Dublin City Council, and recoupable from his Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 556. To ask the Minister for Health to report on discussions he has had with the management of the Central Remedial Clinic and the Health Service Executive regarding the wind-up of a pension scheme for CRC workers; and if he is in favour of the affected workers having their pension entitlements transferred to the scheme other CRC workers are in. [20456/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctors who could not commence their work rotations in acute hospitals and mental health services on 11 July 2016 due to outstanding documentation issues relating to work permits, Garda Síochána checks and international police clearance; his views on the impact on the health service; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 803. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the National Standards Authority of Ireland has ever carried out checks on the weighing mechanisms on the back of refuse collection trucks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21054/16]

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: A request was made on the floor of the House yesterday that the speaking time allowed in the debate on the citizens’ assembly be increased from five minutes. It was agreed that it would be considered by the Business Committee.

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Is it now ten minutes?

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for clarifying the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the meetings he had with other EU leaders in Brussels during the recent two-day summit on Brexit. [19474/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: My question is short. The Foreign Ministers of the six nations that founded the European Union met separately on at least three occasions before the Brexit referendum and again afterwards. Representatives of this state were not invited to attend those meetings. That is very strange. I can only imagine what the reaction might be if Irish representatives met representatives of five other EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: You take half the time when you have one down.

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the 500 atypical worker permits being made available to the owners of Irish fishing vessels in order that they may regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, the number applied for so far; the ports in which the applicant vessel owners are based; the number of fishing crew at each port;...

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Following an exposé in The Guardiannewspaper late last year about the extreme exploitation of undocumented non-EU migrant crew members on Irish fishing vessels, 500 atypical worker permits were to be made availble to the owners of these vessels. Will the Minister advise how many of these permits have so far been applied for; the ports in which the applicant vessel owners are based; the...

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: So, the answer to the big question is "159". It was agreed to make 500 permits available but five months - not five days or five weeks - after the deadline, fewer than one third have been issued. The initial reaction of the representatives of the fishing industry to the reports in The Guardianwas to deny the magnitude of the problem. They did that in debate with Ken Fleming of the...

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: The Minister says there is no desire to exploit, but is there a desire to turn a blind eye? I have reports here from the International Transport Federation which indicate clearly what is going on. I will present them to the Minister straight after the debate. There is no problem about that. The International Transport Federation enjoys the right in other countries to inspect vessels. It...

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: It seems to me that it does.

Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: It is more than a small percentage.