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Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The motion states that the Government must "immediately inform the Dáil of the measures it intends to take to ensure that all children receive a comprehensive [assessment of needs] within the timeframe set down by the Disability Act 2005". The Minister of State says the Government will support the motion and is sitting there nodding at all the criticisms people are raising. This is...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State is very jumpy this morning.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Government's remote working Bill is the flimsiest workers' rights legislation ever brought before this Dáil. The Tánaiste likes to present it as part of a package showing that Fine Gael is fighting for workers' rights, is introducing remote working and sick pay rights, has increased the national minimum wage, is tackling low pay and so on. Let us look at a real situation,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12963/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The excise duty cuts are welcome, but they are a sticking plaster on a wound when we look at the overall cost of living crisis that is now impacting working people and their well-being. The Department of Finance wrote to Deputy Boyd Barrett last week and estimated that the Russian invasion of Ukraine will add 4% to the rate of inflation in this State. That clearly raises the spectre of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: What about 10% inflation?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Inflation of 10%.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will waive visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals leaving Ukraine that seek to enter this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12387/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that persons who are in Ukraine who are not Ukrainian nationals regardless of their legal status in Ukraine will be given access to the State; if she will raise the issue of non-Ukrainians and undocumented persons in Ukraine seeking to leave Ukraine at European Union level to ensure they are able to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Covid-19 travel regulations will be applied with flexibility for those coming from Ukraine to avoid them being a barrier to travel to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Bringing 100,000 Ukrainian people to Ireland and helping them start new lives is not an easy task for any government. It is much tougher, of course, for the refugees and it is the responsibility of the Government to remove unnecessary obstacles they may face. What steps will the Government take to ensure their qualifications are recognised and they can work here at a level for which they...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (10 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his discussions with other European Union defence ministers and the European Commission in relation to increasing military spending, further integration of European Union military forces and the role of the European Union military force itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (10 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposals by the French government to deepen European Union military integration and to increase military spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been carried out on the mental health impact of proceeding with a traditional leaving certificate examination in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13505/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister for Defence, Deputy Coveney, has stated there is a good chance Ireland will be involved in the European rapid reaction force due to be operational by 2025. I say to him and his Government colleagues that there is no chance this will happen without major opposition in Irish society. It will not be the fortunate sons and daughters of Ministers who will be sent out to die in the...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Centrica made profits of £948 million, which is more than €1 billion, last year. Centrica is the parent company of Bord Gáis Energy, which in turn made profits of €70 million between 2020 and 2021. This is the company that wants to hike people's gas bills by 39% and electricity bills by 27% from next month. Is the war on Ukraine to blame for energy price rises?...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she will take to ensure that refugees from Ukraine will be able to have access to social protection entitlements; if her Department will adapt the usual rules that would require furnishing of documentation to prove eligibility for certain payments such as medical records or training and employment records...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: What measures will the Minister take to ensure that refugees from Ukraine will be able to have access to social protection entitlements? Will the Department adapt the usual rules that would require the furnishing of documentation to prove eligibility for certain payments such as medical records or training and employment records given the difficulty of obtaining them from Ukraine? Will she...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: When Ukrainian refugees get work here, what happens if and when some of them lose their jobs and seek to make a regular claim for benefits and face understandable difficulties providing documentation etc.? Similarly, if they are around retirement age and wish to claim a pension, will the full State pension be provided or will their pension be based on their work record in the European Union,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Last week we saw P&O Ferries sacking 800 workers and replacing them with migrant labour at £1.82 per hour. The Tánaiste has said that could not happen here within the law but the urge of unscrupulous employers to maximise profit by exploiting vulnerable workers does not know any borders. There are mushroom farms not too far from the Minister's own bailiwick that prove the...