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

Mick Barry: There is a crisis in Cork city with the bus service. For weeks, commuters have been mass-reporting buses that are late, never come or are full and drive past the stops. People are arriving late for work, college and hospital appointments. The root cause of the problem is a crisis in the recruitment and retention of drivers. The 2017 drivers’ contract offers no enhancement of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she supports the removal of guardianship rights for parents who intentionally kill the other parent of their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38221/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister support the removal of guardianship rights for parents convicted of intentionally killing the other parent of their children?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: It might come as a bit of a shock to most people in this country to learn that men who are convicted of killing their partners fully retain guardianship over any shared children. The killer continues to have the legal right to make decisions that directly influence the lives of those children including, for example, access to therapeutic supports, going on holidays, changing schools and so...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: There is absolutely no question that a woman who kills in self defence and who has been subject to violence through the years is certainly an exception to what is being proposed here. If Ireland was to change the law we would not be the first country in the world to do so. Laws similar or bearing a strong resemblance to Valerie's law have already been passed in Argentina, Israel, Italy and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: But the paper was due at the end of September was it not?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: Can we clarify one point briefly?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Guardian Status (26 Sep 2024)

Mick Barry: On one brief point, because clarification is needed for families. A paper was promised for the end of September on the guardianship status of convicted killers. It is my understanding that this deadline has not been met. My understanding from the Minister's comments is that it has been pushed out now. Will the Minister clarify this please?

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: It is a disgrace.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: My God, what could have been done with this budget when we look at the wealth in this country. Oxfam has advised that 1% now own 35% of financial wealth and 10% own 54% of total household net wealth. Profits trebled in the last ten years. Corporations might have made more than €300 billion profits after tax last year. If we had a government that was prepared to use the State...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline, since the announcement on 3 July 2024 regarding the quota of 150 general employment permits for the role of sea fisher, the number of applications for these permits that have been made by vessel-owner employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38857/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to the announcement on 3 July 2024 regarding the quota of 150 general employment permits for the role of sea fisher, the criteria for eligible vessels upon which fishers can be recruited match that of the former atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (1 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38786/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, as Government TDs were basking in self-congratulation after the budget had been introduced, Pfizer went and spoiled the party somewhat by announcing plans to cut 210 jobs. These jobs are to be lost across the Pfizer sites at Ringaskiddy in County Cork, Grange Castle in west Dublin and Newbridge in County Kildare. In a statement the company said the job losses were being...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: The reason the Chief Whip is asking the Dáil to approve a new start time is to enable the Taoiseach to both take Leaders' Questions and catch a plane to the United States. The Taoiseach will be flying over to meet President Biden, ostensibly to celebrate 100 years of diplomatic relations, but in reality to celebrate Joe Biden's presidency before he leaves office.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: I will be brief. The Taoiseach should not be celebrating the presidency of a man who is arming and financing a genocide against the Palestinian people. There should be no farewell drinks for President Biden, and no place at Shannon Airport for US planes bringing arms to Israel. There is a huge gap between the Taoiseach's words and the Taoiseach's actions on this issue. If I cannot call a...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: -----I will call a vote now on the Chief Whip's proposal. I also urge people to join the protest at Shannon this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: Not agreed.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: We need to talk about private procurement, phone pouches, security huts and bike sheds. The bike shed is actually illustrative of what goes on. A total of €336,000 of public money was spent on a shed for 18 bikes. There has been much media commentary to the effect that this is what happens when the State is in charge of a project or when the public sector is involved with one. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. What a cowardly and craven performance by the Taoiseach in Washington last night, by the way. I wish to address what has happened in our health services on the Tánaiste's watch. Ten minutes from now, trade unionists will assemble at the gates of the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore and at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to protest against the...