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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider revisions to the Mother and Baby Institutions payment scheme following the reaction of survivors and their families to the proposed details of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59775/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 114: In page 133, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "64.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on a levy on energy supply companies to offset the increased cost of heating and energy for households.".

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 115: In page 133, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "64.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the negative social impacts of gambling and how changes to taxation of gambling could be used to mitigate these impacts.".

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 116: In page 133, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “64.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the regressive nature of the current carbon tax system and to look at the options for a fair and progressive system of taxation that considers ability to pay and the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: The Minister would have some questions to answer back.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: Some news reports are suggesting that this €100 emergency energy payment might not be paid until March or April of next year because legislation will not be introduced until the new year. I believe €100 is too low a sum given the scale of rising energy costs. Why can this legislation not be introduced before Christmas? If it is a question of the Dáil having to sit one or...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: Last year sales were up 14% at Tesco Ireland, and the parent company made an operating profit of more than €2.25 billion. While the company added up the pandemic profits, Tesco workers risked their health day in, day out working at the front line. Is the Taoiseach aware that this company is now trying to remove from staff all premium payments, including payment for working Sundays,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach he will report on the progress of the Strategy Statement 2021-2023 of his Department. [61471/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the newly published response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61472/21]

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: Absolutely scandalous.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: The Minister is supporting vaccine apartheid. In the European Union, 320 million people have been vaccinated and 70 million have received their boosters. That is fine and as it should be, but more than 3 billion people worldwide have not even received their first dose yet. In Africa fewer than one in five have been vaccinated. In fact, in one fifth of African countries fewer than one in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: I want to talk about building communities. The average tenancy now lasts approximately two years. How are people expected to put down roots and how are we expected to build communities when people are moved on again and again by landlords, with short notices, in an attempt to maximise profit? A recent report by Deloitte showed that apartment development in Cork city is profitable only if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the annual transition statement for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to ensure that the targets set to be missed as documented in the Climate Change Advisory Council’s review of the year will be met in particular the lack of a long term emissions reduction strategy, a failure to meet the target of a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected date for the launch of the affordable purchase shared equity scheme; when further details of the scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on providing an antigen testing scheme to all third-level institutions including the private higher education sector which would allow for all students who wish to avail of tests free at the point of use given the large numbers of students in many of those colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61717/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestion that all exams in third-level institutions that are due to be taking place in December 2021 and early January 2022 not to be in-person exams given the situation with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 December 2021, if he will consider introducing measures such as regulations or legislation that would prevent third-level institutions from passing on debts arising from unpaid fees to debt collectors; his views on the suggestion of a ban on preventing students graduating due to debts arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those who have been placed on temporary visas will be able to use this time as reckonable time in applying for the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a waiving of fees to apply from the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants for those persons on low incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61719/21]