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

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach mentioned the discussion he had with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Did the issue of the Apple tax judgment come up in that discussion? He mentioned in the previous round that he felt the left has been niggardly in acknowledging the role of foreign direct investment. I would argue that the right has been niggardly in accepting and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: I live in Blackpool on the north side of Cork city. The Apple headquarters in Hollyhill are a 30 minute walk from my front door. If I take a walk there, I am high up above the city and can see schools that are underfunded, where parents have to organise fundraising drives at Christmas time to keep the schools patched up. I can see hospitals that are underfunded, with patient waiting lists...

Employment Rights: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: No, I will speak myself. I will speak briefly because there is only one issue I want to focus on this evening. It is the question of the striking down of the sectoral employment orders. The Government has decided to appeal the decision of the High Court to the Supreme Court, and I welcome that. The High Court decision represented a clear and present danger to the wages and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Tax Code (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that will be introduced over the next year pertaining to a carbon tax. [16053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the projection of emissions for the period 2019 to 2040 published on 8 July 2020 by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (16 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest European Commission forecast for economic growth and the implications for the fiscal position of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (16 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest IMF World Economic Outlook forecasts and the implications for the fiscal position of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16228/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: The Government chose not to extend the ban on rent increases and evictions for at least another three months for fear of a court challenge from landlords. This is a Government of gutless wonders. Does the Taoiseach not think it would have been better to extend the ban and prepare to face down any court challenge by arguing that such bans are clearly and demonstrably in the public interest...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Fine legal minds dispute that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: The Government is bowing to the needs of landlords.

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: I do not know if anything quite like it was ever seen before when more than 20,000 childcare workers came out onto the streets on 5 February. There was an emotion and anger about it that had been building up for years. One could see it being released on 5 February. There were demonstrations in Dublin, Cork and in other towns and cities across the country. There are 4,200 childcare centres...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on prohibiting fur farming; the progress on legislation regarding the prohibition of fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17062/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: I will start with a couple of questions for Mr. Woods. I would like to come back in afterwards and make some other points in the allotted time. Why did the HSE not pay staff who went into precautionary self-isolation, as per the roster, and will it do so now, going forward? Does Mr. Woods accept the argument we heard here this morning from workers' representatives that the decision to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Does Ms Hoey accept that it did in fact increase the prevalence of Covid in the workplace for which the HSE is responsible?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Okay. Am I correct in saying that the HSE would like to see a relaxation of the 2 m rule in hospitals? Do the witnesses accept that any such relaxation could, and probably would, negatively impact on infection rates among health service workers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: Would the witnesses support the recategorisation of Covid contracted in a HSE workplace as a workplace injury?

Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: This debate is taking place in the National Convention Centre, in Dublin's north inner city. We are just down the road from Liberty Hall, the headquarters of James Connolly and Jim Larkin, and the locked out workers of 1913. We are a little more than a mile away from the scene of the world-famous Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike of the 1980s, and now we have another historic strike...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will issue specific Covid-19 return to work guidelines to driver instructors in view of the nature of their profession which entails being in a confined space with their student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make provision in driver test centres for driving instructors to avail of indoor facilities while their students are undergoing their driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/20]

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: The ban on evictions was introduced on 27 March and it worked. It was a very effective policy. At the end of March, 9,907 persons were in emergency accommodation in the State. By the end of April, that had declined to 9,335. By the end of May, it had fallen again to 8,867. At the end of March, 3,300 children were living in emergency accommodation. By the end of May, that was down to...