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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Mick Barry: I have a question for Mr. Corr and Dr. Duffy. I will begin with Mr. Corr. The whole purpose of SHD is to avoid delay, as Mr. Hyde told the committee. For a system aimed at avoiding delay, it seems there are many delays. In September, The Sunday Business Postreported that planning permission had been granted on a little more than 16,000 new homes. The newspaper reported that in excess of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Mick Barry: Does Mr. Corr believe that those adequately resourced local authority teams should have been put in place before this special legislation was pushed through?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Mick Barry: Yesterday there were pickets and protests outside Irish embassies and consulates in Australia, Austria, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Germany, the USA, Sweden, Canada and elsewhere in solidarity with Irish paramedics who were demanding the right to be recognised in the union of their choice. My question is this. Is it the case that these trade unionists and socialists have done more to help...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (23 Oct 2019)

Mick Barry: Three hundred and twenty jobs were axed at Novartis in Ringaskiddy, Cork, this morning when the workers were called in. Many of those workers rely on the wage packet to pay their mortgage. Many households have not one Novartis wage packet coming into the house but two. Sometimes this involves two generations. Retailers, garages and restaurants will be hit, particularly in the harbour area...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (23 Oct 2019)

Mick Barry: The workers should hold the Minister to that promise. This morning's meeting was organised by the company, so it will be important for the workers themselves to meet to discuss how to push back on this issue. Something that they can, and should, consider is the fact that, with a general election coming in the next six months or sooner, there is an opportunity to put pressure on the...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: I intend to share time with Deputy Gino Kenny. I will speak briefly and Deputy Kenny will make the main points. In 2016, there were more than 700 drug-related deaths in the State. In fact, the figure was 736. The number of people who died on our roads that year - the number of road fatalities - was fewer than 200. The figure was 186. Thus there were almost four drug-related deaths...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Ranks (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that taxi drivers in Cork city are fully consulted regarding facilities and ranks in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that taxi drivers in the Cork city area are protected from anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 1122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have entered homelessness since the implementation of Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44231/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 1123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of preventative HAP payments granted based on notices of termination and on homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44232/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (5 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of stay in homeless hubs; the costs incurred in respect of hubs; his plans for the opening of further hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44233/19]

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: These four by-elections represent an opportunity for people to strike a blow against the policies of Fine Gael, which leads the Government, and Fianna Fáil, which props it up. In Cork North-Central, Solidarity will stand Councillor Fiona Ryan. Do not estimate the righteous anger of those who see more than 600 people on hospital trolleys today, at a time when there are more than 10,000...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migration Data (12 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors living here without residency status; the measures he is taking to provide these minors with residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if status of the allocation of an additional SNA to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, in view of the fact the special education needs officer has observed the needs in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste should answer the question.

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputies Paul Murphy and Boyd Barrett. Almost 4,000 children are living in emergency accommodation. Where is the Minister? He should be here for this debate. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil politicians and the capitalist market are responsible for blighting the lives of thousands of young children. That is no exaggeration. A Royal College of Physicians report...

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: I have had hundreds of discussions about mental health and the mental health crisis in the past two weeks because Solidarity decided to make the mental health issue one of the top issues in its campaign in the Cork North-Central by-election. We adopted this approach after an internal discussion in which many of our younger members said that we should do so. We consulted widely with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that workers (details supplied) are able to access their social insurance benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48860/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: 514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow for those who have declared bankruptcy previously to be allowed to be considered for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Mick Barry: There has been some debate in this House recently on the proposed liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal at Shannon, which would use fracked gas imported from the US. I want to talk about the proposed LNG facility which would store imported fracked gas from the US at Cork Harbour. The US-based company Next Decade wants to import the fracked gas, and signed a memorandum of understanding on...