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

Mick Barry: Until now a letter posted somewhere in County Cork to Blarney, for example, would have gone to the Cork mail centre and then sent to Blarney. Now it will go to Athlone or Portlaoise and come all the way back down. Presumably, in the course of a year there would be hundreds of thousands or millions of such letters. Not one single truck is electric, it is all done using diesel trucks.

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

Mick Barry: It sounds to me that there will be more trucks going up and down the road on a daily basis. If the number is multiplied over a period of weeks, months and years, it will be a significant negative in terms of climate change. I will park that point and turn to the issues of re-employment and the parcel service.

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

Mick Barry: The Cork mail centre will close. It is a valuable property. Is it An Post's intention to rent or sell it? What price might it expect to receive? Is this issue being actively pursued? There is a flipside to that question. I understand the growth of the parcel business has meant that there will be a parcel hub in 2022 or 2023. The delegates might clarify the position in that regard....

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

Mick Barry: I wish to be clear. I understand that someone transferring from the Cork mail centre to the north city DSU will be on the same wages and conditions. However, in the case of people working in the Cork mail centre today who decide to do something else with their lives for the next couple of years and who then apply for a job when the new parcel hub opens in the 2020s, is Mr. Bridgeman giving...

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

Mick Barry: I have a final question.

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

Mick Barry: I note the point that there has not been a guarantee that people will even be on the same wages and conditions in a few years' time. I have been asked to ask a question by a group of drivers.

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

Mick Barry: At the Dublin 15 postal centre in Blanchardstown recently, 40 cycling posts were replaced with 40 diesel vans. I know that part of the reply is that 12 electric bicycles have been introduced there. However, 12 electric bicycles do not replace 40 cycling posts, particularly when 40 diesel vans have been brought into the equation there. I ask the witnesses to comment on that.

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

Mick Barry: Just one point-----

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

Mick Barry: It is hard to-----

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

Mick Barry: Just-----

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

Mick Barry: I just want to clarify one point.

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

Mick Barry: It is hard to hire electric vehicles. Could the witnesses-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will legislate to ensure that those in co-living accommodation will have tenants’ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protection of Tenants in Receipt of Rental Supports (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will prohibit evictions of tenants in which a property has failed a HAP inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37710/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: My question is across the pillars. It relates to the #sexisnotrent question raised in the Dáil earlier today by Deputy Coppinger. Deputy Coppinger and I met with the woman in question, and I will talk about this in a moment. First I will ask the Minister four questions. Does the Minister accept the housing crisis seriously increases the vulnerability of women in such situations?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: I have the correspondence here. It is clear who the correspondence is from, but I will not name any names at the committee today. I recently met the woman, along with Deputy Coppinger. She is a young woman who is working. The idea of having a place on her own was a real difficulty because of the high cost of rent. She had been sharing accommodation with a friend. There is a direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: How much time do I have left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: Regarding the Minister's invitation to Deputy Coppinger to meet with him about the issue under discussion, we will be happy to meet him to discuss that. We will welcome the compiling of statistics. We will hold the Minister to that. However, we will want to discuss a lot more than that. We will want to discuss the steps the Minister plans to take to ensure that people in such a situation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: The Minister has given the wrong answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Mick Barry: That was the wrong answer.