Results 361-380 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: That is a key lesson of the events of the past couple of days. I ask the Taoiseach to comment on the following points. How on earth can he put forward the idea that it is just business as usual and that there has been no change in the past 24 hours?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I would like the Taoiseach to comment on the points I have made about the similarities between his own policies and those of Mr. Trump.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy, trade and jobs last met; and when the next meeting is scheduled for. [33546/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I always endeavour to.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Versatile, yes. I note the comments of the Taoiseach on the timing of meetings of the committee. However, important events have taken place since the last meeting. I refer in particular to the result of the dispute between An Garda Síochána and the Government on pay. I probably should not use the word "result" because the feedback I am getting is that the Garda ballot was far...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: What could one do with €2.9 million? One would be able to end the two-tier pay system for young workers in the public sector and restore all the wages and benefits taken from public sector workers in the course of the austerity crisis years. There is a clear alternative if it is prepared to tax the rich. Of course, the Fine Gael Party is a party of the rich and will not entertain the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of indications that the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will have statutory access to the same statutory industrial relations fora as other trade unions, his Department will extend these same rights to PDFORRA and RACO. [33821/16]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: The Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors are to have statutory access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. Will the Department of Defence extend the same rights to soldiers and organisations such as PDFORRA and RACO?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Like the Garda representative organisations, PDFORRA and RACO have taken a case to the European Committee of Social Rights under Articles 4 and 6 of the European Social Charter seeking the same right of access to industrial relations machinery as other unions have, as well as the right to affiliate to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The claim of the Garda organisations was upheld, despite...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Specific issues have been raised with my office, namely that the organisation of the Working Time Act does not apply to the armed forces. Claims have been made by Army rangers and Defence Forces chiefs that have been upheld in the courts, but have not yet been honoured by the Department of Defence. The armed forces suffered the same impositions as the rest of the public service, including...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputy Gino Kenny. We are debating the Social Welfare Bill. In some media circles the budget became known as the "fiver budget" because of the €5 per week increase for social welfare recipients. The budget is actually misnamed because social welfare recipients will receive less than a fiver. The increase comes into effect on 10 March and when one averages a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will match the offers made by the Department of Justice and Equality to settle the Garda pay dispute to the representative organisations of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33822/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the three speakers for their interesting contributions today but also in terms of the overall work of the committee. I have three questions. First, I would like to focus on a sentence in Mr. Gilligan's statement in which he states, "The exact services to which people should be entitled to access should be set out in law so that it is clear to both service providers and service users...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I understand that concessions have been won by the Garda, which will lead to amendments to the Garda Síochána Act and-or the industrial relations legislation to specifically permit the Garda to access the industrial relations fora of the State, and to affiliate to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. My question is whether similar amendments can be introduced into the Defence Forces...

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: We are discussing the mental health budget, which is due to increase by €15 million, or less than 2%, next year. Ten years ago, A Vision for Change set targets for mental health spending as part of a ten-year plan. The truth is that A Vision for Change could and should have been fully implemented by now. We should be moving on to other issues at this stage, such as the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defence Forces Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if plans were devised for martial law in the event that gardaí went on strike. [34864/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Office of Public Works Properties (16 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I hear what he is saying. This issue relates to the assembly of a site on Anne Street in Wexford on which are now built important public offices for the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection. Alleged serious irregularities in the process of assembly require detailed answers and action from the Office of Public Works, OPW, and Wexford...

Topical Issue Debate: Office of Public Works Properties (16 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I note in his reply the Minister of State states that "[t]he commissioners are not aware of irregularities pertaining to this matter and are happy, as has always been the case, to make their records available". Will the Minister of State immediately instruct the OPW to arrange the meeting to which it committed and to release all of the files relating to its involvement in the assembly of the...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: The post office network has sharply declined in this country under both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led Governments. How many post offices have closed since 1984? Approximately 1,000. The Irish Postmasters' Union clearly fears that many more may face closure next year. To allow this to happen would be an act of social vandalism. Apart from anything else, there are 3,700 people...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: This legislation proposes to make several changes to the law on risk equalisation between insurance companies, to regulate the health insurance market and - this is the main element of the Bill - to increase the health insurance levy on health insurance premiums by 10% from April of next year. I understand the Minister wrote to the insurance companies to plead with them not to pass on this...