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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (21 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 75. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: The Deputy did not mention The Who.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Last Saturday morning Vera Twomey and her family packed their bags, left their home in Aghabullogue, County Cork and travelled to the Netherlands where they will remain not for days or weeks but for months, at least. They have done this to obtain medicine for their sick child. They have effectively been forced out of the country by Government policy. Shame on the Government. Last December...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I served as a member of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare over the course of the past year. I thank the Chair of the committee and the secretariat for their work. I agree that the Trinity team are worthy of special mention. In particular, I thank all the groups and individuals who engaged with the committee either in writing or by attending meetings. There were many of them. ...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Members of his party signed up to the report and if the Government does not implement it, groups campaigning on the issues in society will take the matter up and apply pressure. I support the idea of an Irish national health service, the cornerstones of which would be public ownership of the hospitals and primary care centres, free at the point of use and funded from a steeply progressive...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I will conclude on this sentence. Between 50% and 70% of multinational corporations are paying no corporation tax. There needs to be serious corporation tax and we need a steeply progressive tax system so that it is not ordinary working families and the middle class who pay, but those who can well afford to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the atypical worker permit for non-EU migrant fishing crew; if such a review is planned; and if he will meet representatives from the international transport federation that have concerns regarding the welfare of non-EU migrant fishing crew operating on Irish vessels. [28072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can be directed to cease the practice of forcing its employees who are certified sick on a long-term basis being forced to go through the hardship of having to obtain fresh sick certificates on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures taken to avert the possibility of heavy fines being imposed on Ireland for exceeding CO2 emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29934/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I ask the Minister what measures are being taken to avert the possibility of heavy fines being imposed on this State for exceeding CO2emission targets.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I did not hear many solutions there. I did hear many excuses. Are the Minister and the Government au faitwith the seriousness of the potential fines they could be bringing down on the country? Joseph Curtin from the Institute of International and European Affairs says the country could face fines of €610 million by 2020. That is money that could otherwise be invested in health,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: As the Minister mentioned transport targets, let us talk about transport. Transport emissions increased by 4% in 2015. It is estimated that they may increase by as much as 10% by 2020. That is not surprising when the Government spends twice as much on roads as it does on public transport. That is the plan. Public transport should get a major boost if we are serious about reaching the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Will he also comment on the fact Ireland is one of two European Union countries that are least likely to meet their targets?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Once a stockbroker.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I mentioned in last week's debate on this issue that in 2011 the Irish Independentsurveyed 168 members of the Bench in Ireland and found that 56, or exactly one third, had what were described as personal or political connections to political parties in this State. In 2012, Mr. Justice Peter Kelly said that appointments to the Supreme Court were "purely political".In the same year, Judge...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since the US President Trump's announcement that the US was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence dated 13 April 2017 from a group (details supplied); and if he will meet representatives of the group to discuss the way in which it can secure an alternative premises to continue its valuable work. [29685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the deferment of the application of the pay-by-weight refuse collection regime that was originally scheduled for commencement in July 2016; if he will intervene with a company (details supplied) that opted its customers into a form of pay-by-weight unless they opted out; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with responsibility for climate change since President Trump's announcement that the United States of America was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29935/17]

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I welcome the members of the Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers group, the Wives and Partners of the Defence Forces group and PDFORRA who are in the Gallery and watching this debate on television. I believe that a large number of people around the country are paying careful attention to what is being discussed in the House. In light of issues of muscle ache, memory problems, mood changes,...