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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: It is not the last time this will be raised. I am putting the Ceann Comhairle on notice of that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: It will be raised again.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Asylum Seekers (3 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports of migrants that are eligible for international protection and are seeking refuge in Europe being abandoned in the desert in the south east of Libya by the Libyan authorities without access to water; if he will make contact with the European Union authorities regarding the situation in Libya...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [6461/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [6462/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: I see the Taoiseach was out peddling the old Thatcherite myths earlier on about wage increases causing inflation. He was at it again. At a time when inflation stood at 5.5%, the Government increased the minimum wage by 2.9%. It is a statement of fact that the Taoiseach's Government and the Taoiseach have introduced a de factopay cut for the lowest paid workers in this State. At a time...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 26. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [6463/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: Will the Taoiseach admit that the idea of raising the pension age to 67 and then 68 is now dead in the water? The most recent general election showed that there is as much potential support for this measure as a race for a return of water charges. The Oireachtas committee was only recognising the reality that, politically, this is now a complete non-runner. Increasing life expectancy...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: "Allegations such as those revealed at McKee Barracks should not remain within the military system to investigate ... A similar regime was operated within the [Catholic] Church in which canon law was applied in horrific cases of sex abuse. It was not tolerated there, and it should not be tolerated in the Defence Forces." Those are strong words today from Women of Honour group. As for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase the number of places in third-level education for the next academic year. [6432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines are in place for schools in relation to certifying a physical illness as an exemption for wearing face coverings; if schools are advised to request a letter from a consultant in relation to same; if not, if a letter from a general practitioner is advised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6300/22]

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the latest increase of the minimum wage from €10.20 to €10.50 an hour is a 2.9 per cent increase, and is well below the rate of inflation representing a de facto pay cut for the lowest paid workers in the State; — the minimum wage rate for those aged under 20 and those on training programmes is less than the...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: The slogan of the campaign for a minimum wage in the United States was "$15 now because the rent won't wait". That is a slogan that will have a lot of echoes among a lot of young and not so young low-paid workers in this country this morning, given the shocking figures we have seen fromdaft.ie, which do not shock because we are all so used to it now. The Minister of State mentioned six...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [6747/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: The Garda had to be called to Blackpool, on Cork's north side, this morning when an attempt was made to physically disrupt the start of the working day at Múin Preschool on Brocklesby Street. The disruption took the form of the erection of a blockade comprising a van and cones at the entrance to the site where the school is based, the diagonal parking of a car on the site where the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: Will the Taoiseach address the issue of the school in Blackpool?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (10 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will initiate an emergency review of the minimum wage given the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (10 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, the Dáil unanimously passed a motion calling for the following steps to be taken: an emergency review of the national minimum wage; mandating an increase that would at least cover the rise in the cost of living as it impacts on the low paid; a new rate to be in place by 1 May; and for it to be index-linked. The Tánaiste voted for that motion. His party voted for it. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Minimum Wage (10 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: The Government is ignoring a decision of the Dáil. The cost of living package that is being reported in media this morning and watched carefully by low-paid workers involves increased electricity credit, an extension of fuel allowance and the bringing forward of the working family payment by two months. Of course, groceries are up €800 a year, petrol is up €500 a year...