Results 501-520 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: I find it quite incredible that The Irish Timescould publish the Grant Thornton report on its front page, not one or two days ago but six days ago, and that the Taoiseach's Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has not read a copy of it six days on.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: Has he read a copy of it?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: He cannot get his hands on it. He has searched high and he has searched low. He has searched the highways and the byways for the Grant Thornton report. The poor old Minister cannot get his hands on a copy of it. Who does the Taoiseach think he is codding?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: I note that reports have emerged this morning on an internal Government report of 2014 that recommended a €50 annual charge for the free travel pass. We are told that the report was shelved. I just wonder how it found its way onto the front page ofThe Irish Timesthis morning. Unless the Taoiseach wants a repeat of the great medical card revolt of 2008, he would do well to make sure...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: When the debate is boiled down, the question is are we to have housing for profit or are we to have housing for people. The reality of what housing for profit looks like becomes clearer every day. The RTE programme last week about vulture funds was a huge eye opener and discussion point throughout the nation. Let us talk about vulture funds. In December 2015 Cairn Homes, backed by Lone...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: On the Minister's website it shows the reality of social house building in the third quarter of 2016. A total of 44 council houses were built in the entire State by local authorities in the third quarter. In the first, second and third quarters combined, there were 161.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: In the third quarter there were 65 new housing association homes, and for the year as a whole the figure was 185. The totals combined for the entire year come to 346 local authority homes. In percentage terms, 10,509 homes were built in the State last year, of which 346 were local authority homes, amounting to a historical low of 3%. There were 42 homes in Dublin City Council in the first...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: The battle lines are clearly drawn. We know where the Government stands. The question for Fianna Fáil is which side is it on?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pardons (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has noted the success of the campaign in the UK to pardon persons convicted under the homophobic gross indecency laws of the past; and if she will consider a similar measure here. [41388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 557. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment from the insolvency fund run by his Department can issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41413/16]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: Two weeks before Christmas, the former chairman of the Labour Court, John Horgan, issued a report commissioned under the Haddington Road Agreement, which recommended that gardaí who take industrial action should automatically lose their right to pension entitlements for five years. The Anti-Austerity alliance would be completely opposed to this proposal, which would, as it stands, be...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: Let us take a glimpse into the near future and examine the case of a modern Romeo and Juliet, and Denis Naughten. Romeo and Juliet are engaged in a passionate correspondence. All of their friends have smartphones, tablets and laptops, but this romantic couple feels exchanging words of love via technology is a bit of a passion killer; therefore, they decide to conduct their correspondence...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: Romeo and Juliet may not be the typical stamp buyers. An Post's customer base may comprise more small business people and older people than lovelorn teenagers, but is the Minister of State not concerned that the basic effect of a large stamp price increase might be the same for them? The Government will not hike stamp prices by large amounts without losing customers. The volume of mail is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (18 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impending strike of caterers in a college (details supplied) arising from a ten year pay freeze endured by the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39183/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the quality of emergency accommodation for homeless persons and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed uses for public expenditure on housing under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, including the amount that is earmarked for the construction of new State owned local authority housing and the amount that will be paid in subsidies to private landlords and developers through...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: I noted with interest yesterday's announcement regarding the rural development plan. I also noted the Taoiseach's reply to Deputy Micheál Martin's question a few minutes ago. I further noted the guarantees Government spokespersons offered yesterday regarding the provision of bus services to rural towns and villages. I do not think the Government will be able to provide bus services to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: I have noted the Taoiseach's points.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: This is corporate theft and the bosses who masterminded this crime should be made to do the time. We are talking about bank customers who were denied their right to tracker mortgages or the option to have such mortgages and about cases in which the correct tracker mortgage rate of interest was not applied. The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Philip Lane, reckons that as many as 15,000...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Powers (24 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if the auditor that failed to detect the wrongdoing at an organisation (details supplied) and was subsequently reported to the Revenue Commissioners by a whistleblower, was then subsequently reported by the Revenue Commissioners to the Chartered Accountants Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/17]