Results 61-80 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the treatment of a person (details supplied) received at the hands of health and psychiatric professionals, if it will be arranged that they do not have to undergo a further three year wait for hormone therapy from an endocrinologist. [13215/16]

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: In 1948 a leaflet was delivered to every home in the United Kingdom. It stated:Your new National Health Service begins on 5th July. What is it? How do you get it? It will provide you with all medical, dental and nursing care. Everyone – rich or poor, man, woman or child - can use it or any part of it. There are no charges, except for a few special items. There are no insurance...

Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: I welcome the workers, trade union activists and trade union officials who are in the Visitors Gallery. Today, the union Unite published a report entitled The Truth About Irish Wages. The report shows that Ireland is a low-pay economy and has a high level of income inequality. It showed that low-paid employees constitute a disproportionate percentage of the Irish workforce compared to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (1 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the permanent mission of Ireland to the United Nations at Geneva in Switzerland has received communication from the United Nations special rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, and from the United Nations special rapporteur on the human right to adequate housing and on the access to sanitation and housing in County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Rights Issues (1 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the opportunities he had to raise the rights of the victims of symphysiotomy during the United Nations Human Rights Council. [10143/16]

Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: That is correct.Yesterday one of the largest trade unions in the State published a very significant report on the issue of wage levels in this country. The report found that Ireland is now a low-wage economy. It found that there is a disproportionate percentage of people working in low-paying jobs. In effect, Ireland is now competing with Portugal to be the low-pay capital of Europe. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (2 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel of the Health Service Executive will conduct the assessments under the proposed fit for work programme contained in the programme for Government or if it will outsource this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13747/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions (2 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 103. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the closing of the defined benefit pension scheme of the Central Remedial Clinic, given that some of the persons affected were previously Health Service Executive employees who were forced to have their then pension fund transferred into that of the Central Remedial Clinic; and to address the possibility that the executive take over the pension...

Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. Woody Guthrie might have been writing about the insurance industry in this country. Profits on car insurance were up 12% in 2014 and they were up 26.5% last year. According to Mr. Ken Thompson, the chief executive of Insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Accommodation Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the long-term effect of homelessness on children, their welfare and their educational attainment; the actions she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14847/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Industrial Relations (9 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to report on the industrial relations situation in Oberstown youth detention centre. [14846/16]

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit wish to express their sorrow and anger at the horrific terrorist attack on the LGBT community in Orlando, Florida. We wish to show our solidarity with the LGBT community in the United States and internationally. We echo the view in the LGBT community that this should be an occasion on which to show unity and solidarity among ordinary...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on housing is due to next meet. [15863/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on health is due to next meet. [15864/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: The Deputy is running down the clock.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: Last night I attended a heartbreaking public meeting organised by the parents connected with Cara junior school on the Banduff Road, just outside Cork city. I was given to understand it was the only autism-specific primary school in Cork. They were the parents of 60 children, some of whom are autistic and some of whom have learning disabilities, allergies, epilepsy and sensory and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform is due to next meet. [15865/16]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: This annual motion to extend the draconian measures in the Offences Against the State Act (Amendment) 1998 have been consistently opposed through the years, first by Socialist Party Deputies and now by the Anti-Austerity Alliance. This year, we will oppose it again. The measures were introduced in the wake of the Omagh bombing, which saw widespread shock and revulsion on the part of people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Relations (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the justification of the pay claim of Irish Rail workers, given the industrial norms and the pay freeze they have experienced in recent years. [15626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (14 Jun 2016)

Mick Barry: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the settlement of the Luas dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15627/16]