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

Mick Barry: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider adjusting the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants to ensure that those who are not successful in their application will not have their cases identified and sent to the repatriation unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61720/21]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: What is Fianna Fáil playing at? Here we have a Bill from a group of right-wing Deputies who supported the de facto abortion ban, a policy which forced hundreds of thousands of Irish women to travel abroad for healthcare, and who are trying to copy the playbook of the Trumpian right in the United States who are trying to undermine Roe v.Wade. The Deputies want to roll back the gains...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: I wish to use this opportunity to make a broader point about the make-up of GSOC. It is not representative of communities that are badly policed or over-policed. Where are the young people, the people of colour, the members of the Travelling community or the trade unionists? Where is the diversity and the diverse experience? I cast no personal aspersions, but this deficit will...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: What will happen in our hospitals in January? On Tuesday Dr. Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization said that the sheer weight of numbers with the Omicron cases will put hospitals under pressure internationally. This morning Dr. Susan Hopkins, the UK Health Security Agency's chief medical advisor, told the House of Commons health committee that the R value of the Omicron variant could...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61473/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: This is not a normal year. Why then is the Government still entertaining the idea of a normal leaving certificate examination this summer? To do so would fly in the face of the wishes of the large majority of sixth-year students, who made their views very clear in the Irish Second-Level Students Union, ISSU, poll. Anyone who has been in touch with these students will know that real mental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: They are very minor.

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I send deep condolences to the family and friends of Ashling Murphy on behalf of myself and of the Socialist Party and Solidarity. The horrific events in Tullamore are a wake-up call to Irish society and the reaction must mark a watershed for change. The death of Savita Halappanavar was a watershed moment but only because of a struggle for change that was then waged from below. Does anyone...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: A society which experiences 244 femicides in 25 years is a sick society that needs radical change. What kind of change? We need programmes in our schools that educate against sexism, misogyny and male violence against women. We need to teach consent. We need schools to bring young people of all genders together. We need an end to single-sex education. We need an end to religious control...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: A leaving certificate student at the gate today asked me in this debate to ask that all of the windows in the Dáil Chamber would be opened up so that all the Deputies can see the conditions that they have to work in. It is in all weathers, including freezing cold. Of course, I cannot ask that that be done because there are no windows in the Dáil Chamber. However, the basic idea...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister said the Department is offering students more choice in the papers and that some exams have been postponed until the Easter holidays. That does not really matter a damn. It is not the point or the issue. The issue now is whether there will be a traditional leaving certificate or non-traditional leaving certificate. What is the Minister's answer on that? On the mental...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date that his Department was informed of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the call for legal aid to be provided for workers going to the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 314. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of the regulations in relation to the application of VAT and customs duty on gifts coming into the State from outside the European Union given many small gifts are subject to large fees upon arrival here; if a system will be agreed to that will exempt items sent as gifts that are under a reasonable threshold; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 337. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek funds from insurance companies who have deducted State supports from insurance claims made by small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 420. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if proof of immunity will be required for persons that wish to access facilities that are shared between a swimming pool and a gym such as changing rooms given that a certificate is not needed to access a swimming pool in a gym or leisure centre or to go to a standalone swimming pool; the guidelines that are given to operators...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 624. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if EU Digital COVID Certificates issued to persons over 65 years of age will be accepted for travel to France if the person only has not received a third dose of a vaccine; the proof of vaccination that will be accepted by the French authorities if the person has a third dose but it is not reflected on the certificate; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 659. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on contacts he or his officials have had with the Government of Kazakhstan or civil society organisations in that country in recent weeks; if he will join in condemnation of the shooting dead of peaceful protesters in the country and support the demands for democratic and economic rights in the country; if he has raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I begin by asking the Minister what he reckons the payment made to Bank of America Merrill Lynch for the sale of the shares in AIB will be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: Okay. I thank the Minister. If it were possible for the Minister to communicate with my office when he has the information, either to say he is not in a position to give it out or that he is and then what it actually is, I would appreciate it.