Results 321-340 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (20 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her reasons for not retaining funding into 2017 in view of the positive experience of a modestly increased arts and culture budget for 2016 and in view of the lower than European average funding the State gives to the arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31143/16]
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: That is incredible.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: The Taoiseach is criminalising protest.
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: I will start by acknowledging the campaigners for women's rights in the Gallery this evening. The Government may dither and delay and cover itself in shame, to be frank about it, but the campaigners in the Gallery are part of a mass movement in Irish society, which has not only put this issue on the agenda but which will sweep away the eighth amendment and get the job done. If we lived in a...
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: What criticisms does the Minister of State accept?
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: What criticisms does the Minister of State accept?
- European Council: Statements (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: Last week, five Kurdish migrants were found in a shipping container in Wexford. One of them was a three year old girl. They had made an 18 hour journey from Cherbourg in a sealed container containing perishable goods. The migrant camp at Calais currently being dismantled contains 1,300 unaccompanied children according to some estimates. As my colleague has explained, these children are at...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: Wow.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: I strongly suspect there may be more nonsense spoken on this subject than perhaps any other subject that is debated in Irish society. Much of it relates to the so-called independence of the Judiciary. I will start by making a couple of points on this. To illustrate the point, I will take a couple of quotes from members of the Judiciary. In 2012, when he was the head of the Association of...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs last met. [31819/16]
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: I have three questions. Before putting them, it has been interesting to listen to the witnesses. I note the points that have been strongly made about elder care. My first question is about morale. I am picking up different threads from what has been said. Mr. Liam Doran mentioned the issue of low pay. Another issue mentioned by Mr. Eamonn Donnelly is the lack of buy-in when people do...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: It was questioned in detail.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: I raise the issue of legislation relating to public services. What does the world see this morning as it looks through the window and into the Irish State? It sees young teachers having to strike to achieve the basic right to equal pay for equal work.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: The Government should hang its head in shame in that regard.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: Does the Government plan to amend legislation on the public service pay commission to extend its remit to include making definite the restoration of equal pay for equal work?
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Rights (27 Oct 2016)
Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the raids conducted by gardaí and Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, staff on fishing vessels, as reported in the media on 5 October 2016, if the Marine Survey Office shares intelligence with the Garda Síochána and the WRC regarding the optimum manner in which to target their raids in order to best uncover...
- Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)
Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. First, I welcome the campaigners in the Visitors Gallery who have put this issue on the agenda. In an article in The Guardianon 2 August last, journalist Amelia Gentleman wrote:What does a 10-year-old living alone in the migrant camp in Calais worry about most? Abdul is bothered by the rats that rustle around him while he sleeps and by the...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Vessel Safety (2 Nov 2016)
Mick Barry: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation to enforce a safety regime in fishing vessels whereby only Bord Iascaigh Mhara safety cards will be deemed acceptable from any fishing crew following a response issued to a representative from the International Transport Federation by a representative from the Marine Survey Office; and if he will make a...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mick Barry: I see the clocks on the wall have stopped working.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mick Barry: Is it part of the strike wave that is taking place on the Government's watch?