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Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: The same forces that gave the world a climate crisis and put profit before people in a pandemic - big corporations, oligarchs, the arms industry, dictators and right-wing politicians - are now bringing us the NATO-Russia stand-off. A curse on both of their houses, on NATO, which has expanded eastwards towards the Russian border by 800 km since 1990, and on the Putin regime which sent tanks...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mick Barry: I urge people across the country to speak out about the development in their own towns and villages. I encourage the people in Blarney and Tower in County Cork to speak out about their community and the facilities they need. At present, a large number - I suspect a majority - of households in that community have to travel quite some distance to do their weekly shop. Many people travel to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste said on the RTÉ lunchtime news that Ireland should be more involved in European defence and boost its defence spending, etc. I will speak in this afternoon's debate to express my solidarity with the Ukrainian people and to condemn Putin's invasion of their country. However, the Tánaiste's comments have nothing to do with solidarity with the Ukrainian people. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [9694/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Climate breakdown is accelerating rapidly. That is the conclusion of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report, which notes "Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature" and is affecting the lives of more than 3 billion people. It is fair to say that this report reckons that the situation is more severe than previously...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [10110/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The real Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Department of the Taoiseach is in charge of Ireland's interests abroad. Those interests should have nothing to do with turning a blind eye to racism. The following are the words of Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland from Ukraine. He stated that he and his companions had been chased back and hit by police armed with sticks. The Polish Government denies this is happening,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: There has to be a comment on what is happening on the Polish border.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: That is scandalous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Look at your phone. It is all over it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach should not turn a blind eye.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: I want to express my solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We have watched our television screens in horror as their country has been invaded, their cities attacked, homes destroyed and their lives taken or shattered. I state my support for the right of the ordinary Ukrainian people to defend themselves and resist, arms in hand, the invaders who threaten their homes and lives. It is for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [10111/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Yesterday in this House, I questioned the Taoiseach about reports of people of colour fleeing Ukraine, being discriminated against at the Polish border and being turned away. In his reply, he stated, "we neither support nor have any evidence ... of any racist approach to facilitating migration into Poland". There is plenty of evidence now. Ignorance was not really an excuse yesterday,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Polish border.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [10112/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Breaking news, Eurozone inflation is 5.8%.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Wow. It is 5.8%. The Taoiseach may have said it this morning, but it is breaking in the past hour. There are big cost-of-living increases on the way that are not included in those figures. The Russian invasion of Ukraine moves the cost-of-living crisis to another level. The price of bread, groceries, heating and fuel will rise. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already warned of a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will bring forward the pay talks with public sector trade unions given the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11504/22]