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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, the Tánaiste told leaving certificate students that clarity on the exams will be provided within the next few weeks. This comment went down like a lead balloon among students who are already feeling a real strain on their mental health. This strain on 17 and 18-year-olds is being caused by both the continuing uncertainty and the continuing threat of a forced leaving...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Mick Barry: Deputy Boyd Barrett has spoken about SHDs in Dublin and I want to talk about one in Cork at the old Ford distribution site in the marina, which is part of the Cork docklands site spanning 146 ha. This represents a real opportunity for public housing to be built on public land, both social and affordable housing. There is a large number of publicly owned sites at Cork docklands including the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: How does the Minister justify a salary of €292,000 for the new Secretary General of the Department of Health when the Director General of the World Health Organization is paid €199,000 per annum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister accept that an observer looking at those two figures, €93,000 a year more for the Secretary General of the Irish Republic's Department of Health than the Director General of the World Health Organization would scratch his or her head a little?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: I hear where the Minister is coming from -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: I would like to pose my second question. The Tánaiste said that the huge pay increase for the Secretary General of the Department of Health will inevitably result in knock-on pay claims from other senior civil servants. Does the Minister accept that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: It is early days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: In his introductory remarks, the Minister laid a certain emphasis on the fact that the new Secretary General of the Department of Health will be coming into the position at a time of great challenge with the pandemic, etc. There are other public sector workers who face very difficult tasks and challenges in doing their work at this point in the pandemic. One such group, for example, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: Sure

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: Despite all the points the Minister has raised, the fact remains that it is a 1% increase for a nurse and a 40% increase for the Secretary General of the Department of Health. I do not think this is a position the majority of ordinary people would support. In fact, a significant number of them would share my view that it is outrageous. I also think the Tánaiste is correct that, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: -----but 1% is not that. I would encourage them to reject the deal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: I do not disagree with either of those comments.

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: The Dáil is debating the issue of fuel poverty. From time to time the Dáil has debates of this kind. Usually, they do not generate much passion or many column inches in the newspapers, which is perhaps not surprising because very few Deputies and few enough journalists suffer from fuel poverty. That is not the case, however, for many people living in this State. It is a scandal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (3 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training undertaken by members of An Garda Síochána who are armed in dealing with persons facing mental health emergencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider regulations in relation to the recognition of PCR Covid-19 tests by airlines and at the Border by Irish officials; if it will be ensured when drafting these regulations that tests issued by competent bodies in public health systems are recognised, that passengers will not be obliged to take a test with a certain private operator tied to...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: I want to put on the record my serious concern about the impact of the leaving certificate crisis on the mental health of the nation's 17- and 18-year-olds. The leaving cert is stressful in normal times, which is one of the reasons I am in favour of the abolition of the exam. We are told that 50% of teens normally feel nervous when they think about exams and 25% feel physically unwell....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: I wish to register a point in the discussion of the Order of Business. We are operating on the basis of the Dáil sitting two days per week. I, along with my group, favour three sittings per week at this stage. If the schedule is to remain at two sittings per week, then two things must change. First, is the issue of Taoiseach's Questions. Taoiseach's Questions is an important forum...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: Last night, I received a message from a Cork mother who is fearful that her son is so stressed by the leaving certificate carry-on that he could come to harm. She said it is at the point where she is sitting on his bedroom floor every night while he sleeps, just to keep an eye on him. Meanwhile, the Minister for Education is telling the media she hopes to be able to outline to the Cabinet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for students in third-level institutions who are required to undertake a certain number of placement hours to obtain their qualifications, such as those studying social care in TU Dublin (details supplied), but who have been hindered because of the Covid-19 restrictions; the steps he will take to ensure that those with work,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: 758. To ask the Minister for Health if any Covid-19 vaccines have been provided to employees of pharmaceutical companies in their workplaces or elsewhere as part of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/21]