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Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Europe Day saw the conclusion of the Conference on the Future of Europe. There has been very little reportage of this conference in the Irish media. I have had to scan the pages of the international media - The Financial Times, Reuters, France 24, The New York Timesand so on - in order to get a full picture of what went on there. I want to make some points about it to the Dáil as they...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the engagement he has had at a European Union and United Nations level in relation to the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22971/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: "The pay could be better ... the pay is not the best ... the pay may be lower than you expect". Even positive comments posted in April and May on glassdoor.ieby Starbucks and ex-Starbucks workers criticised the low pay. Starbucks pays a bit above the minimum wage but significantly less than the living wage. It has 70 coffee shops in the Republic of Ireland, which is more per head of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22009/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy will next meet. [22946/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: The most famous village in Ireland, Blarney, is facing the closure of its post office. It is not alone. More than 200 post offices face the threat of closure in the next 12 months. The root of the problem here is the Government's failure to increase the pay of postmasters and postmistresses and its refusal to switch the provision of some key State services to the post office network....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [22010/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [23439/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 26. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [23440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn comments from United States officials which refused to rule out military action against the Solomon Islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23557/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide access to a personal assistant service as a legislative right for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in the personal assistant services to ensure that all persons with disabilities who require assistance will have access to personal assistance services regardless of the CHO area they live in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23556/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence having regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and his public statements on the Defence Force budget, does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend on improving the pay and conditions for Defence Forces personnel, capital projects and for the purchase of military equipment and for military...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister has quite clearly nailed his colours to the mast in favour of the second level of ambition as a minimum, which would involve a significant increase in the expenditure on defence. Am I correct in stating that entire increase in spending will be capital, such as on new military equipment and so on? Will pay be covered by another Department or will it be covered as part of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Let us say that defence spending is increased by €1 billion. Is the Minister going to take the pay increases out of that €1 billion or will they be covered by another Department? Will the Minister give us a breakdown of where he sees the increases going? How much will there be for capital spending, for military equipment and for pay, if his Department is to cover the pay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister for that clarification. The representative associations have been locked out of the public sector pay talks.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: They have been locked out in that they have not been allowed a full voice at the talks. Pay talks are about to get under way. Are the representative associations going to be not only present at the talks, but given a full voice and full say at them? On the issue of the democratic rights of Defence Forces personnel, in other jurisdictions, including Sweden, defence forces personnel have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the measures taken to challenge sexism and bullying in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he supports the involvement of the Irish Defence Forces in any expanded European Union rapid reaction force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence having regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces and his public statements on the Defence Forces budget does he believe that there needs to be a greater spend the purchase of military equipment and what areas of military equipment would require increased spending; and if he will make a statement on the...