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Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: No problem; apology accepted. The legislation allows the Dáil in five years' time to lower the threshold and bring more and more people into the loop as time passes. That shows the true intent of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with this legislation. They have had to accept defeat through gritted teeth because the people power movement forced it upon them. However, before they...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I start by thanking the staff of Cork City Council and Cork County Council who have been involved in the clean-up operation following Storm Ophelia. They have done tremendous work. I wish to note on the record of the House that it is very important councils are compensated, euro for euro and cent for cent, for the work they are doing and that central Government does not leave them to dig...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: It does not come anywhere near Brexit in terms of consequences and the fact that exaggerations of that kind are thrown into the debate is an indication of the weakness of some of the arguments being made. I am a supporter of strong social services in rural communities. I have been completely opposed to all the cutbacks, unlike some of the Deputies who are proposing the motion. I believe...

Pre-European Council: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the crisis in Catalonia and Spain. I travelled to Catalonia to observe the independence referendum held on 1 October. I was invited by the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia and I was one of 33 European parliamentarians who were there as visitors. On the day of the vote, the Spanish state police went on the rampage. They fired plastic and rubber...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (18 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that will be put in place by his Department to recompense members of the Defence Forces who have been denied their full annual leave entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43991/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I thank the Chair. I have some questions on public transport, and will focus on that because I have limited time. There were some very interesting facts in the Minister's presentation. Half the daytime population of Ireland's three largest cities travel from outside the cities. In 2016, 230,000 people commuted for at least one hour a day each way, which is a 30% increase in long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I did ask the Minister to comment on the case that I outlined for a massive increase in investment in public transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I am talking about a massive qualitative increase in public transport spending to get to grips with gridlock and climate change issues. Throwing a few crumbs at public transport, which has been the case for the past several years, is not what I am talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I thank Mr. Kane for coming to address the committee. We have a huge challenge. People are in serious need, including people whose health is at stake and people whose lives are at stake; there are huge issues here. I am sitting on this side of the table and Mr. Kane is on the far side. I am a member of this committee, the Joint Committee on Future of Mental Health Care. He is a member...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: While I will ask Mr. Kane in a minute, I wish I had the Minister of State sitting across from me so that I could also ask him a question. After 48 reports, what the hell is going on? We are sitting over here and Mr. Kane is sitting over there with remits that seem to be largely the same. It seems to be messing. If I was a member of a family experiencing a mental health crisis at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: European Transport Sector: Discussion with European Commissioner (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: What is the time allocation for each group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: European Transport Sector: Discussion with European Commissioner (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: Can we have a little more time than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: European Transport Sector: Discussion with European Commissioner (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: We will run into difficulties with that system. Let us say each party gets seven minutes and if we stick to that, we will come in on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: European Transport Sector: Discussion with European Commissioner (19 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I welcome the Commissioner. I have only one question, concerning privatisation in the transport sector, which is under way in Ireland. In the case of provincial bus services, for instance, recent Governments have positively encouraged the arrival of private operators onto the scene and have hamstrung the semi-State company. Recently, under a EU diktat, 10% of Dublin Bus services were put...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: No. We would like to propose that the Business Committee be convened later to discuss two amendments to the Order of Business for Thursday. First, given that Saturday is the fifth anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar and in view of the fact that Thursday is the closest Dáil sitting day to that, we would like the committee to consider that a minute's silence be organised in...

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: The decision of the Rajoy government to activate Article 155 and impose direct rule on Catalonia represents a major escalation of both repression and the crisis. It comes on top of the jailing of two leading civil society activists pending charges that could result in 15 years imprisonment for each. These two men are currently political prisoners facing a form of internment. It also comes...

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: Shame on the Spanish state.

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I stand over my comments but I will proceed with my speech.

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: These actions represent not just an imposition by a nationalist Spanish Government on the Catalan nation but also a clampdown on a mass movement for both national and social rights by a right-wing pro-austerity government. The actions of the Spanish state serve to confirm the observation of Friedrich Engels that the state, in the last analysis, can be reduced to armed bodies of men acting in...