Results 941-960 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: Read the transcripts.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: Hear, hear.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: My question relates to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act. In the words of Tom Parlon of the Construction Industry Federation: Irish cranes are Mickey Mouse compared to New York or Dubai cranes. ... We have a maximum height of 12 or 15 storeys. It's not rocket science to drive a crane here. Tom Parlon's view is typical of construction employers-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: ----- whose real agenda is to maximise profits by cutting down on training time for crane drivers.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: It should be six months' training but workers are being put under pressure to do it after less than six days. This is a Mickey Mouse approach to health and safety. It is a key reason for the strike by crane drivers in recent weeks, a strike we fully support. Is the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: -----prepared to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts to strengthen the six-month rule?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the levels of training provided to members of An Garda Síochána in upholding persons' right to protest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33003/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the fact that the ethos condition in the post primary school transport scheme refers to religious minorities constitutes discrimination against other minorities such as those with no religious faith wishing to attend an Educate Together secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a record is kept of the religion of the students qualifying for the post primary school transport scheme to attend minority religious faith schools; if so, if he will provide these figures. [33566/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that Educate Together secondary schools qualify for the post primary school transport scheme on the same basis as minority religious faith schools in view of the fact that these schools are mostly chosen by those not wishing to avail of a school that is of the main religious ethos here. [33567/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Data (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of renewals which have been issued in 2017 of the atypical worker permit for non-EU migrant fishing crew. [28071/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: If we do it on the basis of five minutes per member and we start with the bigger parties, that is going to eat up all the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: The smaller parties will be excluded. We need to find a fairer way to handle it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: There are seven people in the room, who will get five minutes each.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: Would Ireland have to rejoin the Commonwealth?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: Is it beside the Garda station?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: Winning the bid and bringing the Rugby World Cup to Ireland in 2023 would be a hugely positive achievement and opportunity. That is not the focus of today's discussion. The purpose of this meeting is to drill down into the questions and answers that were perhaps skimmed over when the emergency legislation was rushed through the House. According to the Minister's statement, Rugby World Cup...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: I seek clarity on a specific point. For argument's sake, if improvements costing €5 million were made to Croke Park, would taxpayers pay the cost for improvements that will become a legacy benefit for the GAA or would the GAA pay for it in full or in part?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: It will not pay for them or make a contribution to their cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)
Mick Barry: It is not a financial contribution.