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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: I want to talk about the Oireachtas Library and Research Service report on public provision of early childhood education. It is only a three-page report but I think it is a dynamite report. The report finds that the key challenges to universal provision in Ireland - in other words, provision for all - are the negative economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and what it describes as the...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: The pandemic has hit the aviation industry hard. How can European governments respond to this crisis in aviation? In Germany, Lufthansa received a state bailout of €9 billion and in return the state took a 20% stake, making it the largest shareholder. Presumably this gives the German state significant leverage now in determining airline policy. The option that I would favour is the...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: "I'm the oldest sister, and I was abused from the age of four upwards, so I would say to all women, never mind Traveller women, all women out there, that was abused, or anything happened to them, come forward, [do not be afraid]." The nation was shocked by the horrific rapes and abuse meted out to the O'Reilly sisters and to their aunt. In equal measure, however, the nation was powerfully...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (27 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: Will there be a youth revolt in the lifetime of this Dáil? The country voted for change in February. The Green Party benefited from that vote but today it betrayed it by putting Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael back in the saddle. The vote for change may not have been sufficiently decisive this time, but no such argument can be made about the votes cast by young people. Young people...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais: Tairiscint - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (27 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: The former Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, told the House this morning that Civil War politics has now ended in Ireland's Parliament. I do not often agree with Deputy Varadkar but I think he is right on this one and the official end of Civil War politics is a significant moment. Irish capitalism has had two key parties down the decades. For almost 100 years now, there has not been a single...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: The July stimulus will be a multibillion euro package of supports to small and medium-sized enterprises impacted by Covid-19. Today's Revised Estimate is a smaller affair entirely but, to an extent, this debate is rehearsing certain lines of argument on these issues. In that sense, the debate, important in itself, has a greater or wider significance. A package of supports for SMEs is one...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mick Barry: I have a question for the Minister on the issue of mental health services. Before I deal with that, I want to make a couple of points about the deal between the State and the Private Hospitals Association. There have been various criticisms of that deal, some of which are valid and others not. One criticism is that it was bad value for money because there was only a 36% bed occupancy rate...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, off Parnell Place in Cork, there was an eight hour stand-off between Debenhams workers and drivers of trucks and vans who were trying to remove stock. A similar stand-off is taking place right now in Blanchardstown. New legislation to protect workers' rights in cases of company liquidation is referred to on page 23 of the programme for Government. My colleague, Deputy Boyd...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. There are too many hotels, too much overpriced student accommodation, not enough social housing and not enough affordable housing. I am talking about Cork city centre but I could be talking about other places too. A new hotel with 120 beds at Kent Station is now on the way, as well as a new hotel with 171 beds in MacCurtain Street, a new hotel...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (7 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing times of foreign birth registrations; if a delay has been caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; his plans for the service in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14123/20]

Rent and Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: The evictions moratorium expired two and a half weeks ago in New York city. The backlog in eviction cases for a three-month period in that city would normally be expected to be somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 cases but, given the rent arrears that have built up from people who lost their jobs during the pandemic, it is expected that more than 100,000 evictions could be in the pipeline in...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Having a baby during the Covid period has been a very difficult and challenging experience for many women and a difficult challenge for many families. Families have been unable to extend the normal support because of the Covid situation. The support of professionals has been very difficult to tap into because of Covid. Many examples have been given in the debate so far, particularly as it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (14 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 1303. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can take over a nursing home (details supplied). [15990/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: As they marched to the Dáil today, Debenhams workers chanted, "Apple got sorted out. We got sold out." The Taoiseach supported the successful appeal against Apple paying the State €13 billion. The Debenhams workers are campaigning for the far smaller sum of €13 million but the Government is taking no action on their behalf. This €13 million is the sum necessary...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: This dispute is now an historic dispute, as it is the first dispute of the coronavirus lockdown. The flagship store for Debenhams is on Henry Street in Dublin, the scene of another historic strike, the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike in the mid-1980s. That dispute was resolved by a Government introducing legislation that in name may not have been emergency legislation but effectively...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of Cabinet committees. [16087/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Can the Taoiseach tell us when the Cabinet's education sub-committee is due to have its first meeting? The Irish Timesreported on Monday that the National Educational Psychological Service presented a report to the Department of Education and Skills regarding stress and anxiety levels among Irish second level students. The report is said to have found much higher levels of anxiety over...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: What about fifth years?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: In one sentence, could the Taoiseach comment on the second half of the question I raised about the idea of tapering next year's leaving certificate in order to give more choice and options to students who have lost a significant amount of teaching time and give his view on that?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussions he has had with other heads of government since he assumed his position. [16088/20]