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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: I hear what Dr. MacLellan is saying about people doing this at a pace they are comfortable with. Is the major stumbling block preventing this from being done more quickly the concern of those involved about making the change, or is the delay in getting this done relates more to the ability of the State to provide the housing facilities and wraparound services she has mentioned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: Is it 50:50?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: I hear what Dr. MacLellan is saying about a combination of the two approaches. If this committee is to accept that point, and I take it that she is an expert in this area, the failure of the State to provide the housing facilities and wraparound services is an important factor and part of the reason that decongregation will seemingly be with us right through the 2020s. We are going to need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: No one is arguing for anyone to be forced into a solution.

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: When a country is the victim of a big external shock, it needs to respond and there are always choices in how it might respond. During the Second World War, for example, many countries, even those within the framework of capitalism, decided that a high degree of nationalisation, coupled with increased welfare provisions for the population, was the best way to deal with the crisis. In...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: I also wish every person who works in this place, all the staff, the best possible summer holiday. Last Thursday the Dáil voted by 73 votes to 39 for a motion opposing closure of the Cork mail centre and in support of saving the 240 jobs there. The overwhelming vote was supported by Deputies of 11 different parties or groups and was opposed by members of two. The motion called on...

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: I begin by quoting from a post to the Facebook page of the Wives and Partners of the Defence Forces, WPDF, last week:Today was a new low. I had to put water in the milk to have enough for the children. We dont even have enough for breakfast for all. I am on leave but I am gonna go into the barracks, throw on a uniform and sneak in the cookhouse to grab some free lunch and hopefully I'll...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (11 Jul 2019)

Mick Barry: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 5 March 2019, when the Chief State Solicitors Office and the OPW will meet with the parties affected by the manner in which the site was assembled especially in circumstances in which new facts have come to light which will assist the investigation and resolution of the matters. [31175/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Some 355 workers were laid off today by ABP. Some 6,000 workers have been laid off in total. Thousands more are facing lay offs and those who have been laid off temporarily fear that it will be more than temporary. In this dispute to date, we have heard the voice of the meat industry, the Government and, at least to some extent, the voice of the farmers. It is time for the voice of the...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: I voiced my support during the debate for a policy of taking the meat industry into public ownership. We know the Minister is not going to agree with that. I want to ask him about the Government's policy of providing State assistance to the beef industry in the event of a major crisis flowing from Brexit. Does he believe there would need to be guarantees from the industry on the defence of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a commitment can be made to continue to provide funding for the medication of a person (details supplied) who is on an Army disability pension. [37725/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: I want to ask about the decision to close the Cork mail centre. I listened carefully to the presentations. What struck me was the theme about An Post’s relationship with the State, the harp above the door and the 900 Government offices. What conversations, discussions or consultations, if any, did Mr. McRedmond have with Ministers before the decision to shut the Cork mail centre was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Was it the Cork mail centre specifically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: After the decision was made in An Post and before it was announced to the wider world and the workers, did Mr. McRedmond have a telephone conversation with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, to discuss the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Was that before the announcement was made to the workers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Did the Tánaiste or the Leader of the Opposition – the leader of Fianna Fáil - push back in any way against the decision and urge Mr. McRedmond in a strong way to reverse the decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Let us focus on those issues. When the State is spoken about, one sometimes wonders whether the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. The Government has a strategy entitled Project Ireland 2040. Cork will be the fastest growing city in the country in the 2020s and 2030s and there will be a doubling of population by 2040. Was any account taken of that plan when An Post was making...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Project Ireland 2040 was factored in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: I want to ask Mr. McRedmond about parcels and re-employment, but before I do, let us talk about what will be travelling on the road infrastructure. I understand that the position is that a letter posted in County Kerry or County Cork will not go to the Cork mail centre for sorting but will go to Athlone or Portlaoise. If that letter was posted to someone across the road or town or 20 miles...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: What percentage of vehicles will be electric?