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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: It is on the Taoiseach's watch.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national risk assessment published by his Department. [3328/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: On several occasions during the pandemic, our health service was threatened with being overwhelmed. Ministers argued that this was due to the power of the virus, but this was only partly true. It was also down to the weakness of our public health service infrastructure. There were not enough beds, including ICU beds, and there were not enough staff. We got through it thanks to the heroic...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative. [3329/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast is the sole female-only homeless hostel in Northern Ireland. With domestic violence at a 15-year high in the North, it provides accommodation and support services for up to 200 women a year. Many residents are vulnerable women who have left abusive relationships or struggle with substance abuse. The Legion of Mary has decided to close the building, stating it...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had recent discussions with the President of the European Commission. [3330/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the European Council. [3616/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach raised some interesting points in the previous discussion about a wage price spiral. He seemed to indicate he was against the idea of workers submitting claims for pay increases that would be in line with inflation, leaving aside the fact that he did not seem to express the same concerns when Robert Watt got a pay increase of €81,000. It is one rule for the top people...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: Last week, 500 school students in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Waterford, Wexford and Roscommon held a joint protest to demand that there be no traditional leaving certificate examination this year. I understand students are discussing the possibility of protests on a bigger scale. I sincerely hope such protests will not prove necessary. However, if the Minister and the Government choose not to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach and his Tánaiste embarrassed themselves yesterday on the issue of the cost of living. Incredibly, the Tánaiste cited a 3% increase in the minimum wage as an example of the Government protecting workers from the ravages of inflation. How can the Tánaiste make such a comment when he knows lower-paid workers are the ones hit hardest by inflation and that inflation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach referred to a 3.8% year-on-year wage increase for workers. What is the rate of inflation? It is more than 3.8%. It is 5.5% and it is rising. The price of diesel is up 26%. The price of electricity is up 21%. Rents are up 8.3% and a lot more than that for many renters. What we have in Irish society is a de facto wage cut for workers. The Taoiseach is standing over that....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: Wages are being cut.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation final report in advance of its publication in 2021. [3615/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: We are one year on now. Survivors deserve an answer as to what happened with the leaking of this information. When are they going to get it? The failure to provide answers is adding insult to injury. The redress scheme has already excluded many people from it, including people who were born and lived in the institutions for less than six months. These people were profoundly affected by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of Global Ireland: Ireland's Global Footprint to 2025. [3617/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I was reading some of the online debate about the situation with CAMHS in south Kerry. One comment struck me as if I had been punched on the nose. The person said that if anybody had listened to the teenagers subjected to CAMHS, this would have been discovered years ago. There was significant harm to 46 children. The harm included putting on a lot of weight, increased blood pressure, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assess the impact of buy-to-rent developments on the price of housing and rent levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing regulations to limit the development of buy-to-rent developments given their impact on the affordability of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fishing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be introduced on foot of the agreement reached between his Department and the Department of Transport to give the Workplace Relations Commission jurisdiction to hear complaints of breaches of the Working Time at Sea Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3446/22]