Results 221-240 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Much of the talk and media commentary in recent days has been about constitutional issues but I would like to ask the Taoiseach if social issues featured in the discussions. I noticed a report published in theBelfast Telegraphon 28 June which indicated that there are now 100,000 children living in poverty conditions in Northern Ireland - some 25% of all children in that state. The report...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: We have a name.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: What are you talking about?

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: That is nonsense.

Standing Order 149: Motion (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: We are discussing a new Standing Order which would require that Opposition Bills relating to banking, Central Bank currency and such like would need to be referred to the European Central Bank for an opinion before proceeding through the various Stages in this House. I will begin by registering our view of the body we are being asked to send Bills to, namely, the European Central Bank....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the actions of a company (details supplied) which have replaced their directly employed staff with staff whose contracts deem them to be nominally self-employed and paid by delivery with the result that their hourly earnings are on average less than the minimum wage. [22791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the lockout of workers at Waterford Airport. [22792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when making an appeal to the social protection appeals office, if a person has the legal right to speak with a medical advisor instead of an appeals officer if requested when there is a medical dimension to the appeal. [23122/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when making an appeal to the social protection appeals office, if a person has the legal right to demand that the social protection appeals office does not use the private and confidential information as a case study on their website regardless of name removal. [23123/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I thought Ms Loughnane's presentation was very interesting. I am keen to pick up on the point she made about tax-funded systems being more economical. There is probably a perception that a tax-funded system based on taxes paid by the general public for the purposes of a more egalitarian system probably costs more. It was interesting to hear from experts who believe it would cost less. Ms...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Can the information on the question of savings and the cost benefits of a taxpayer-based system be forwarded to everybody?

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Yes.

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: This motion will give effect to Irish participation in the European Police College, CEPOL. As well as uncontroversial courses such as language, training and so on, this year CEPOL is holding courses in the following areas: informant handling, undercover operations, radicalisation, social media policing, and the use of passenger name data, etc.. My colleague, Deputy Bríd Smith, will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment Measures (21 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she plans to take to tackle youth unemployment, if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Youth Employability Initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23030/16]

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I am a Deputy for the Cork North-Central constituency. Apple’s Irish operations are based in Hollyhill in Cork North-Central, a little over a mile from where I live. Many of my constituents work at Apple’s Hollyhill campus. If one goes around the houses in Cork North-Central, one will see the Apple logo stuck on many of the porch windows. I am a member of the Anti-Austerity...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 5:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following:“condemns the Government decision to appeal the European Commission’s ruling that Ireland provided unlawful State aid to Apple and calls for the appeal to be dropped immediately; calls on the Government to:— waive confidentiality and seek to publish the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank Dr. Kinsella for the talk and for the many interesting things to ponder. I have three questions. They relate to the issues of demographics, the question of current staffing levels and the increasing use of agency staff within the health service and hospitals in particular. It would seem to me that one of the tasks posed here is to look at the big picture and the broad brush...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I am going to try to read Dr. Kinsella's mind a wee bit. When he spoke about workforce planning in Wales and Scotland, Dr. Kinsella indicated that he liked it. However, he felt that it might not fit with the health service in Ireland and its mix between public and private. The question must be asked: is it the case that we make plans to suit the system or that we adjust the system to the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank Mr. Corbridge and Ms Goff for very interesting documentation and their presentation. I have two questions. One relates to the issue of electronic referrals from GPs and the other relates to the savings identified by the lighthouse projects. With regard to the electronic referrals by GPs, perhaps I got the information wrong, in which case the witnesses might correct me, but my...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for choosing 21 June 2016 as the starting point for eligibility for the proposed reintroduction of the first time buyers' grant; and the way he will respond to those persons who bought new properties a mere few days or weeks prior to this date who feel aggrieved that they will not be able to avail of this grant despite incurring similar costs...