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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Rents went up 14.6% in Cork county from the end of September 2020 to the end of September 2021, according to Daft.ie. Huge parts of Cork county are not designated as rent pressure zones, nor are they covered by any of the Government's rent controls. How can the Taoiseach justify this? When is he going to extend rent controls to the county as a whole and, more than that, to the country as a...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: There have been several ambulance crashes in Cork in recent months. Deputy Sherlock gave one example of an ambulance that had been on a 600 km journey. The standard of driving in the service is high, so we must ask what factors are at play. Could it be the case that fatigue might have been a factor in the other cases? It is not at all unusual for there to be overruns in the schedule for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [55899/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will support in terms of a Covid-19 bonus for workers; if he will support an annual extra bank holiday as part of such a bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55897/21]

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I will vote in support of the Bill. Recording the carbon footprint on the labelling of products would represent a small step forward. It is something large numbers of ordinary people will respond to. The point has to be made that a measure such as this is a drop in the bucket. I support it. Let us get it done, but there are much bigger issues that we need to address such as free public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: A protest took place last week outside the Glanmire Community College in Cork. As I understand it, the protest was organised by students who felt that racist attitudes were not being taken sufficiently seriously by the school authorities. I also understand that the protest took place following the suspension of two students who had vocalised this point of view. The protest was, I...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I and every Member of this House received email correspondence regarding this Bill from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Many points were made in that email but there are two points to which they asked us to pay particular attention. The first is that a victim support-advocacy voice should be specifically named in the legislation, and we support that. Second, they emphasised the view that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016. [57287/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: It is getting cold out there. Why is this country almost always near the top of the European league table for excess winter deaths? That number is consistently more than 1,000, sometimes as high as 1,500 and can go as high as 2,000. Can the Taoiseach explain why countries like Denmark or Norway consistently have a lower excess winter death per head of population figure than Ireland?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [55900/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: This Thursday has been designated by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Of course, violence against women is very much on the rise. We have had the pandemic and we have had the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence. Does the Taoiseach feel any degree of shame at the fact that in the city and county of Cork there are currently a...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: A game of divide and conquer is being played here and I believe it is entirely deliberate. There are 58,000 survivors of mother and baby homes in this State. The redress scheme will provide financial compensation for 34,000 of them. Thousands will receive no compensation whatsoever. These include the children who were boarded out and all those who left the homes before attaining the age...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Reform (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take in the assessment of the leaving certificate course to eliminate undue stress for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57289/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Reform (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: The leaving certificate is the most stressful exam for young adults anywhere in Europe. It is a complete outlier. Nowhere else are young adults forced to jump through hoops such as this. Yet, the Minister is asking 60,000 young people to do this exam next summer, despite the fact these students have missed months of classroom teaching time at the start of this year. Some students and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Reform (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: The adjustments are minimal and would barely be noticed. I asked the question in the context of students having missed months of direct classroom teaching time at the start of the year. Many students and teachers are missing school with Covid and students are sitting in freezing classrooms. It is wrong to ask students to do a traditional leaving certificate next summer. There needs to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Reform (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Mr. Paul Crone, director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, said today that many secondary schools are struggling to find enough teachers to provide cover. Schools will, of course, prioritise to provide the maximum cover for leaving certificate students, but teacher shortages can impact all students, leaving certificate students included. I am aware the...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Let us start by hearing the voices of some school students and I will give a number of quotes to Members. The first one reads: I vividly remember the teacher referring to contraception as the “C” word and saying that she did not like to use it in the classroom as it was against the ethos of the school. The rest of the module I do not remember as clearly although I know there...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: It is true that this an extreme example of what can be taught in relationships and sexuality education, RSE. When the INTO reports that just 18% of LGBTQ+ teachers have declared their orientation in their workplace, one gets some idea of the extent to which religious ethos is distorting sex education in our schools. Young people need factual-quality RSE in all of the schools. For this...