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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: In that case, I will be supporting the motion. However, I wish to make clear that if the Minister, the Government and the board carry on the way they are carrying on, we are headed for a bus strike. Anyone in the country who is interested in workers' rights and the future of public transport will need to get behind the bus workers. That includes the Dublin Bus workers and the rail workers too.

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The acting chief executive of Bus Éireann has raised the question of declaring the company insolvent as a real possibility. It is striking that there has been little public debate on this issue. Bus Éireann plays a major role in the life of this nation, including rural Ireland, the cities outside the capital and the school transport system. The closure of Bus Éireann would...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste rejects my characterisation of a plan for a low pay agenda at a time when workers are facing cuts in take home pay of between €3,000 and €6,000 per annum. Her position is not credible. The Tánaiste referred to the PSO that is paid. The PSO is 20% down on what it was eight years ago. The Tánaiste's position is not credible. She spoke about...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: It is down 20% on eight years ago.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Workplace Relations Commission labour inspectorate is seeking legal advice on the implementation of the atypical worker permit scheme for migrants working on Irish fishing vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no prosecutions have followed from the 151 infringements against the rights of migrant fishing crew that have been uncovered in the industry (details supplied). [12376/17]

Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach is treating the House in a similar fashion to the way he would have done in the previous Dáil when his Government had a thumping majority in the House. He is not treating the House the way it should be treated, given that his Government is in a minority position and the fact that to satisfy even the basic norms of accountability the Tánaiste should, at the very least,...

Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Statements were requested last Saturday.

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, while arguing that she should stay in the top job while the investigation goes on, the Garda Commissioner said we have to keep the lights on while we are rewiring the house. It is an interesting analogy. The people who should be the keyholders of the house, the people of Ireland, have lost all faith in the chief electrician and believe she should be given the sack. This may well...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: If this House votes that she be removed as Garda Commissioner, will the Tánaiste respect the will of the House or will she refuse to act, defy the will of the House and keep her in her job until the next scandal arises?

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: There has been one scandal after another: Maurice McCabe, John Wilson, Dave Taylor, Nicky Keogh, Keith Harrison, the bugging of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, the tapping of calls from Garda stations and now the falsification of Garda records on an industrial scale across the country. It underlines the strength of the socialist demand that there be a sharp break...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The courts will reach into the Dáil to try to grab a Member tomorrow. Where is the separation of powers in that light?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Government's response to the application being taken to the European Committee of Social Rights by EUROMIL on behalf of PDFORRA seeking enhanced employee and representative rights for the Defence Forces akin to that won by the Garda organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I thank Deputy Lisa Chambers for allowing me to leapfrog with the taking of my Question No. 3 before her Question No. 4. An application is being taken to the European Committee of Social Rights by EUROMIL on behalf of PDFORRA seeking enhanced employee and representative rights for the Defence Forces akin to those won by the Garda organisations. Will the Minister of State indicate his views...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister appreciate that a head of steam is building up in the ranks of the armed forces and their families over a litany of grievances that I have raised with him both in oral and written questions during the past few months? It is not just a question of grievances, of which there are many, on the issues of pay, pension rights, the theft by this State of annual leave entitlement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I agree with the Minister of State on one point: things in the garden are not rosy - not by a long shot. Before Christmas, I tabled a parliamentary question which took his Department until the middle of February to answer. It concerned the number of days' leave entitlement surrendered by members of the armed forces because those on tours of duty could not carry over untaken leave. A...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Action Plan (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will block progress towards the establishment of a common European fund for military research and co-operation to prevent the further militarisation of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he will take to enhance the search and rescue capacity of the Air Corps as a back-up to the Coast Guard and RNLI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to meet the 2% of GDP spending target on defence agreed by EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Action Plan (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will block progress towards the establishment of a common European military headquarters in order to prevent the further militarisation of the EU. [15485/17]