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Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30713/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: A huge number of people came out on the streets of Dublin at the weekend to participate in Pride. It was a real celebration but it was also a protest against those who try to limit the progress of this community, including the progress of our transgender community. I put it to the Taoiseach that a society whose capital can host an event like that, a society that repealed the eighth...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: Yes, but there is the money message.

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister is effectively saying to struggling families that there will be nothing extra done for them next month or the month after that when they are preparing for children going back to school, and nor will anything be done for them in September. They must wait until October. They say a week is a long time in politics. For a family going under in this cost-of-living crisis, three...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: I wish to use the time allocated to me to raise concerns relating to autism and the housing crisis. Those concerns arise from a case in Cork city with which I am dealing. It involves a woman who has been living in emergency accommodation for about a year. She has been offered alternative accommodation in the form of a one-bedroom apartment. She self-identifies as autistic, however, and...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: I am opposed to extending the powers of the Offences against the State Act. I agree with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Amnesty International and the United Nations Human Rights Committee that the Special Criminal Court should be abolished. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has stated: There is no jury at the Special Criminal...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: Vótáil.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will consent to giving a person (details supplied) a visa that will permit them to work and survive pending the conclusion of the pending Labour Court case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33661/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: Mr. John Paul Ricken is a constituent of mine. He lost his wife, Susan, to bowel cancer. He is campaigning for improved bowel cancer screening programmes. I support his campaign. Around 2,800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in Ireland every year and about 1,000 people die from it here each year. Early screening can prevent cancer from forming in the first place. In France and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Recognition (29 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all third level institutions will be requested not to charge fees for the change of names or gender identities by students on records kept by the institution; if he will request all third level institutions to allow for names to be changed after graduation in order that academic records and qualification certificates can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (29 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider waiving the stamp duty for the registration of deed polls to change names in the interest of supporting trans people and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reforms in the relationships and sex education curriculum she will make to ensure issues relating to trans people and gender identity are fully covered in the curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had any dealings with school patrons regarding the content of the relationships and sex education curriculum; her views on objective sex education that deals with consent, intimate partner violence, contraception, LGBTQI issues, gender identity and other issues across all schools regardless of ethos; and if she will make a statement...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: “Incredibly unkind”, “unprofessional”, and “a huge lack of respect” are the words of Michaela Willis, the author of the State’s 2009 Retained Organs Audit. She is describing the endless delays around the release of a report into the export of babies organs from Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH, to Belgium for incineration without...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: On 24 June, a couple of dozen people at least were victims of state murder when refugees were crushed to death against fences at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Judith Sunderland of Human Rights Watch said: "Videos and photographs show bodies strewn on the ground in pools of blood, Moroccan security forces kicking and beating people, and the Spanish Guardia...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: On the Government’s back-to-school package announced this evening, I believe the Government would have closed up shop for the summer after the recess without any package whatsoever had it not been for the pressure it was put under by the Opposition in this House and, in particular and most importantly, by ordinary people the length and breadth of this country who have made their views...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: A SLAPP is a groundless or exaggerated lawsuit or other form of legal intimidation initiated by state organs, businesses and corporations, and individuals with power and money etc. against weaker parties, including journalists, civil society organisations, human rights defenders and others that transmit messages that are uncomfortable to those with the power and money. The aim of the SLAPP...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I am referring to sentencing guidelines in a general sense.

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I ask that the Minister of State communicate this point to the Minister for Justice.

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: In that case, I will set aside my other comments and conclude by saying we need compassion and professional help in cases like this. Jail should not be the punishment for young women who give birth in secret and in shock. I call on the Minister to review sentencing guidelines and to call for this woman's release.