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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: Aer Lingus workers are still waiting for the Minister for Social Protection to issue an instruction to the Intreo offices to ensure their backdated payments are paid and to ensure they are processed swiftly. Aer Lingus workers continue to suffer real hardship as a result of this issue. I have with me correspondence from a couple who both work for the company. They state that they have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: Not for taxi drivers.

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: Some commentators have described image-based sexual abuse as revenge porn. Of course, it is nothing of the sort. Revenge? Revenge for what? Is it for breaking up with someone? Is it pornography, when the person concerned never consented to the sharing of the image? In some cases the person never consented to the picture being taken in the first place. We need to stop victim blaming and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: I see that the Taoiseach was quoting Lenin down in UCC recently. I will give him a quote from Lenin myself.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: It was Vladimir Ilyich that he was quoting. Lenin — it was not John Lennon — once said there is freedom of the press in capitalist society for those who own one. I want to ask the Taoiseach about the high concentration of media ownership in this State. The Media Pluralism Monitor states it puts this State at high risk. Reporters without Borders said last year it was the...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: I wish to make three comments - one on schools, one on Christmas and one on workers' rights. On schools, the mental health pressures on the students are mounting. The Minister was very quick to shoot down the suggestion made by the Teachers' Union of Ireland about finishing for Christmas on 18 December. She gave the very strong impression that the Government is not listening, not only...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the number of houses built through direct build local authority construction in view of the large difference in the cost between local authority direct builds and so called turn-key purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he plans to take to reduce homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38334/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Future of Media Commission. [38332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (24 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the O’Malley report into the reform of sexual assault judicial processes; her plans regarding this report, which was received by her in August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37966/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: There are reports that girls in Presentation College Carlow have been told not to wear leggings to school because they are too revealing of their bodies and make teachers uncomfortable. I understand the principal was on the radio this morning to challenge the reports. Clearly, young people, male and female, in the school are very upset and believe that something very wrong happened here....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: In terms of the scale and horror of this issue, Mary Crilly from the sexual violence centre in Cork recently said: I have yet to meet a homeless woman who hasn't been raped. They tend to say "I've lost count of the number of times that I've been raped." I welcome the fact there is to be a pilot scheme in Cork to provide a refuge for homeless rape victims but I ask the Taoiseach what is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department. [38331/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: The programme for Government makes reference to the possibility of legislation to improve workers' rights in a liquidation situation. The Taoiseach has committed to a process of dialogue on this issue with employers' organisations and trade union organisations. I understand a meeting has already taken place in this regard. Are there terms of reference for this process? Have they been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with the President-elect of the United States of America. [38330/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (25 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: The life of an undocumented person living without papers in another country is difficult at the best of times. It is hard to imagine how difficult it might be at a time of global pandemic. There are currently 11 million undocumented persons living without papers in the United States. I support their right to stay, irrespective of race, colour or background. Can the Taoiseach report to the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: Nursing is arguably the most dangerous job in the country in this pandemic. Around 50 nurses a day have to stop work because they have either contracted Covid or are a close contact of someone who has. More than 3,000 student nurses have done placement work in our hospitals in the last few months. If someone studies nursing in college, Covid risk is on the curriculum. The Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax, VAT and excise reliefs and exemptions that currently exist in Irish tax law for armed forces from another state; the estimated cost of these reliefs and exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagement he made at a European Council level in the approval of Directive (EU) 2019/2235; if he opposed the reliefs for NATO and EU CSDP troops based outside their home states contained in that directive; if he sought a derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39216/20]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I am unsure whether the member of the Greyhound Racing Ireland will take up the challenge from Deputy Cairns for a public debate, but I know one thing: if the debate has already started, I think he is losing it heavily at this stage. I intend to focus on the greyhound side of the funding. The proposal is for €96 million to go to the Horse and Greyhound Fund. One fifth of that money...