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Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I have decided to change my vote in the care referendum from a yes to a no and I want to explain why. I called for a yes vote originally because I wanted to remove sexist language from the Constitution. I saw the religious right and the far right mobilising for a no and I did not want to give any class of a boost to those forces. I criticised the wording for merely striving to support care...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the Cork Area Commuter Rail Programme, when works will begin in relation to each of the new rail stations of Blarney/Stoneview, Monard, Blackpool/Kilbarry, Tivoli, Dunkettle, Carrigtwohill West, Water-Rock, Ballynoe; when each will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when fishers will be removed from the list of unapproved occupations for the general employment permit, thus permitting fishing vessel owners to legally recruit non-EEA fishers for the first time since late 2022, when the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers was abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department's representative sitting on the interdepartmental group overseeing the opening up of the general employment permit scheme to non-EEA fishers can engage with the representations made by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10200/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 679. To ask the Minister for Health to supply information about the relationship between a public hospital, Connolly Hospital, and a private institution, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which has a building in construction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 680. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the relationship between Connolly Hospital's new laboratory and the RCSI; to report on what public funds were used for the development of this laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10192/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Deaths (7 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 338. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the reports of deaths in Cherry Orchard hospital; if he will initiate a full investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11200/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: There needs to be a general election now. Several parties have called for that in the House today and I strongly suspect that a great many people out there in society would also say that it is time for that now. The people should have the decisive say in who the next Taoiseach will be rather than the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party. Deputy Varadkar has been a good Taoiseach for the wealthy...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I think Sally Rooney nailed it. She said that the "Government [is basking] in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those [who supply] the bombs". Even as celebrations were in full swing in the White House on Sunday, Netanyahu and his war cabinet were no doubt making preparations for a ground invasion of Rafah, which is a city of nearly 2...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [12453/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: This is an out-of-touch Government and Deputy Varadkar has been an out-of-touch Taoiseach. Rarely was that seen more than in his interview on "The Six O'Clock Show", where he raised issues relating to care and disability and showed his Thatcherite colours. I suspect that was the moment the care referendum was lost. The Government, however, is about to repeat the mistake. Its Green Paper...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit in his Department. [9340/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I wish to speak up on behalf of 118 workers whose pay will be slashed on 31 March by the Government. They are public health services staff who are out sick with long Covid and have been on full pay as part of a dedicated scheme which the Government plans to scrap on 31 March. Many of them are nurses. They were on the front line and risked their health for us before vaccines were available...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [9341/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I want to challenge the Taoiseach on a point he raised earlier when he said that my approach had not assisted the people of Gaza and had zero effect. By implication he is talking about the approach of socialists. By implication he is talking about the global protest movement of which we are part. His statement is not correct, in my view. Why did the man with whom he was spending time on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reasons his Department facilitated a meeting between an organisation (details supplied) and the EDA’s CEO in September 2023; if he will publish the names of the persons who participated in the meeting between those two organisations; the topics that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13292/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: It was a busy day over at Tweedle Dee's yesterday. I would like to ask the reasons the Minister's Department facilitated a meeting between the Irish Defence and Security Association and the European Defence Agency's CEO in September 2023; if he will publish of the names of the people who participated in the meeting; the topics that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: We are talking about the arms industry here and an emerging Irish arms industry. It seems to me that this is quite a shadowy organisation. It is unlike any other representative organisation that I know of. They do not say who their affiliates are. We are told there are 15 Irish-based SMEs, two research organisations and two multinational corporations. We are told that Mr. Pat O'Connor is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste mentioned that similar organisations exist in other European Union countries. I do not doubt him for a moment on that. The arms industry is shadowy. Are other EU countries as shadowy as what we have here? I imagine that in many other European countries the affiliates of a defence association are on the public record, but that is not the case here. The Tánaiste...