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Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Some 24 residents died in a 51-bed nursing home at Ballynoe in Cork during the Covid emergency. They were just some of the more than 1,500 people who died in nursing homes during those times. Families and loved ones have many questions they want answered about the care that was and, in some cases, was not given in the homes. Ireland's Covid inquiry is due to be set up in the near future....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: And the human rights expert?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I would have thought you might have a view on it, but anyway.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste is saying there would be no sense in boycotting the St. Patrick's Day trip. Let us have a quick look at this argument. The first argument put forward by the Tánaiste relates to why should we boycott when it is clear the US is trying to end the conflict. Clear to whom? Biden has pledged $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel. As of Christmas Day, Israel had...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The best quote of the year so far was a tweet from Dr. Panti Bliss-Cabrera: I keep thinking about only a couple months ago and all the fury and outrage and furious tweeting and angry articles provoked by *any* suggestion that Israel had bombed a single hospital - and then Israel went ahead and openly bombed *every* hospital. She put the word "every" in inverted commas but meant virtually...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I wish to raise an issue about women's rights in the workplace. A woman worker at VMware in Ballincollig working off her contract would get six months' full pay during maternity leave, but the new contract put in front of her on Monday by the new owners would cut that to 12 weeks' full pay during maternity leave. There is a company restructuring taking place and there are mass redundancies...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the December European Union Council meeting. [2897/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I will ask about the European directive on combating violence against women, specifically the inclusion of rape in the directive. Every year, more than 100,000 rapes are recorded in the European Union. Backward laws prevent many more from coming forward and prevent many who do so from getting justice. I say shame on France, the Netherlands and Germany for trying to block a more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Sonya Cashman and her family live in Blackpool in Cork city. Their household has been plagued with dirty, discoloured water for 18 months. John Mulcahy lives in Ballyvolane with his family, which includes two-year-old twins. Their household has been plagued with dirty, discoloured water for three years. Sonya and John will be speaking at a public community meeting tonight organised for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I will start by checking on some statistics that were raised Mr. Reidy in his introduction. They related to the level of support for collective bargaining among the supporters of various political parties. I want to check I have those statistics right. Fine Gael is at 69%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: That is 69% of Fine Gael voters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Fianna Fáil percentage is 72%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Is some party on 80%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: What is the percentage for the Labour Party?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: People Before Profit-Solidarity shows 96% support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: We will do a bit of work and aim to get that figure up to 100%. Recital 24 of the directive talks about providing ease of access for trade union representatives to workplaces. This is an issue on which it would be interesting to get more information. I have spoken to union representatives who tried to access some of the large and best-known retail shops in the country. I have spoken to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Can Mr. Reidy give me an example of the types of things that happen, day to day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Where did that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I am on the clock here. We will be fully supportive of legislative change on that, and also increased union organisation in the workplace because I think that organisation on the ground is the key, and legislation is a key back-up. On the issue of union busting, would Mr. Reidy say that this is becoming a bigger or smaller issue in society?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: That would tally with feedback I have received from my contacts in various workplaces in Cork and across the country. The directive speaks about a protection from dismissal at work - that is particularly relevant for trade union representatives - and it speaks about using public procurement as a lever against anti-union and union-busting strategies. The point was made that we rarely hear...