Results 481-500 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 128:In page 34, to delete lines 24 to 31.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: No.
- Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: How will that be legally sound?
- Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: Not in the interests of the landlords.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: Shortly before the end of the term of the previous Fine Gael and Labour Party Government, a meeting of the Cabinet was called. It was the last meeting of that Cabinet. It was reported afterwards that the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, told the members of the Cabinet that history would be kind to them and that their legacy would be seen as them having taken the reins when the troika was...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: -----circumvent - thank you, Richard - the rental price caps. What kind of measures are being spoken of there? Landlords are planning to make tenants pay for the property tax where previously they were not asked to pay it, to pay for car parking spaces, and we know they are not cheap, where previously they did not have to pay for them, and to pay key money at the start of a rental...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: Of course it does. It is directly relevant.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: I second that point.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Data (16 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of work permits taken up as part of the atypical worker permission mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Dec 2016)
Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from An Garda Síochána on the raids that have been carried out on fishing ports in an effort to uncover abuses of migrant fishermen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37687/16]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: That is incredible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: On a point of information, I understand what the Chairman said and I understand that cost needs to be the focus but as we are engaging today with officials from Irish Water and the Commission for Energy Regulator there may be a need for some broadening out of the discussion, bearing in mind the key point in hand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: I will ask my questions in one block if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: I probably owe a debt of gratitude to the gentlemen from Irish Water. They say it is good for one's health to get up early in the mornings. There are many communities in Cork city and county who force me to get up very early to meet some of the Irish Water metering crews at the entrances of various housing estates. On the issue of operating costs, the expert commission report states that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: There is a correlation between the two. The roll-out of the metering programme is a cost, so there is a relationship between the two.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: Yes, but there is a relationship with the roll-out of metering. Is it not crazy economics to roll out a metering programme for 10% of households?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: However, there is also the question of rolling out metering to a greater number of households. Let us consider that for a moment. According to the Irish Examinerof 5 January last, the Minister said that he expected the free water allowance per adult to be agreed by the Dáil to be 123 litres per day, or a little more. I do not know how the Minister knows that, but we will leave that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: I am sorry, Chairman, but I need clarification on this. If we were to opt for 123 litres per person per day or even a little higher at 125 litres or 130 litres, and this relates to metering and operating costs, looking at that graph, am I correct that on the basis of such a policy a large minority of households would still pay some direct charge and that it might amount to approximately half...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: Did he ask if you were winning?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)
Mick Barry: Six days ago, we learned that a consultancy firm had recommended to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that Bus Éireann's Expressway operations be shut down. We know the report recommends the axing of more than 500 jobs and the closure of ten bus depots. However, there is much that we do not know. For example, we do not know which bus depots Grant Thornton recommends...