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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Fears are growing with regard to job losses in the tech sector. Last week at Twitter, workers were locked out and people were sacked by email. We saw the real face of capitalism, proving that a tech billionaire with ambitions to colonise Mars-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: -----can be every bit as ruthless as a good old-fashioned exploiter like William Martin Murphy was back in the day. With jobs being lost at Stripe and job losses at Meta on the way, can we arrange for the Minister to come to the House and make a statement and answer questions from Deputies on the situation regarding jobs in the tech sector?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: Ireland has the worst healthcare in the entire European Union for transgender people. That is according to Transgender Europe, which is a network of more than 200 trans rights organisations funded by the EU. Waiting times here are longer than in any of the other 26 EU countries. The time it takes from requesting to see a specialist to getting to see one is between two and a half and ten...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I add my voice to the calls to pause this process. Major decisions should not be made without the consent of school communities, including parents, teachers and students. Not only is there no consent in this case, there is, in fact, strong and active opposition, as was seen with the march of more than 300 people from the school yard of St. Vincent's Secondary School to Cork city centre last...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister should not underestimate the strength of feeling on the ground. Parents and teachers have the right to vote. Many students will have the right to vote in the next elections too. There is also the right to protest. Parents, teachers and students alike will use it if the necessary steps are not now taken. The ball is in the Minister's and the Government's court. The people...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I support the demand for a referendum to keep water in public ownership. Rank and file water workers across the State have been campaigning for this, and I support their campaign. I welcome the fact that the four trade unions with water worker members are now campaigning through the Keep Water Public campaign for a date to be named,. A date must be named before the end of the year. If...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I strongly support the call for a referendum to be held on keeping water services public. There are 3,000 water workers in this State. The feeling runs strong among them that a date must be set for a referendum. I welcome that the four trade unions with membership among the water workers are now campaigning for a date for the referendum to be named in respect of keeping water services...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: The Deputy is staying close to home. He is not wandering at all.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount that the State will receive from the European Union windfall tax on energy companies; if he supports this measure being extended; if he supports a higher rate of taxation than the rate that is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications that have been approved for the national home energy upgrade scheme to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications that have been approved for the individual energy upgrade grants to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54477/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications that have been approved for the fully-funded energy upgrades to date in 2022; the number of homes that have had works started on that scheme; the target for completions this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses that have a BER rating below B2; his Department’s target for retrofitting local authority housing; the number of retrofitting projects that were started in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the organisations that participated in the consultation process for the reviewed RSE programme; when she expects to complete the review of the RSE curriculum; if she will support removing the ability of schools' ethos to limit the aspects of the course that is taught; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 902. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider initiating a project for a permanent memorial to a person (details supplied) given the recent ten-year anniversary of their death and the impact that their death has had on Irish society. [55560/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the research carried out by the Manchester Metropolitan University as part of the review of the State's abortion legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55561/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the BusConnects project in Cork; if he will confirm if the routes will be subject to tender for private operators; the guarantees he can give in terms of workers’ rights and service levels for outsourced routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55832/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I ask the Minister to report on the BusConnects project in Cork. Will he confirm that the routes will be subject to tender for private operators? What guarantees can be given in terms of workers' rights and service levels for outsourced routes?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: I strongly believe that Cork city needs to move towards having fewer cars, more public transport and more bicycles on the road. Key to making public transport more attractive is to slash fares, even going so far as to make fares entirely free. Given this, I am disturbed that the Minister's reply holds open the real possibility that 12 strategic transport corridors could go out to tender....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister cites Dublin as an example. Dublin certainly is an example that people in Cork need to look at very carefully. What percentage of the routes have been privatised in Dublin? Go-Ahead Ireland has control of 10% of the routes, I think. Fines were announced the other day for falling down on service provision. Dublin Bus was fined €1.5 million and Go-Ahead Ireland was...