Results 1,101-1,120 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I want to be helpful to the Acting Chairman.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I propose that I would resume my seat in less than 60 seconds but-----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I am going to be very helpful-----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
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- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: It hurts me too.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I would just make the observation-----
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: The observation is that if the Acting Chairman feels that this amendment might impact on the financial position of the State, that is an indication that the State might be looking at the idea of reducing the threshold in order to increase its income from the hard-pressed householders of this country.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 35:In page 17, lines 32 and 33, to delete “section 22.”.” and substitute the following:“section 22.(7) Within six months of this Act coming into effect the Minister shall—(a) commission a report on the upgrading of the water infrastructure and the volume of unaccounted water, and (b) commission a report on the changes to building...
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 36:In page 18, line 3, to delete “dwelling.”,” and substitute the following: “dwelling. (1B) Within six months of this Act coming into effect the Minister shall report to Dáil Éireann on the establishment of a grant to domestic households for the purposes of water conservation.”.”.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 37:In page 22, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(4) When prescribing the regulations under subsection (3) the Minister shall ensure one third of the membership of the Forum consists of trade union representatives and one third consists of local community representatives.”. The essence of this amendment is that the composition of the water...
- Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: We are debating how to combat slum landlordism. I will start with a very simple, practical proposal, namely, that undocumented migrants should be permitted to make complaints about their accommodation standards without any fear of deportation or other legal consequences. That is a guarantee that should be given to undocumented migrants by the Minister and I am asking him to give a direct...
- Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “further notes that” and substitute the following:“— successive governments have put in place a system of regulation for the private rental sector dependent on vulnerable tenants complaining about breaches of regulations to councils or the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) rather than preventative State enforcement;...
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: He has been delayed.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 38:In page 29, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:"(d) a representative nominated by the trade union movement.".
- Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: We will call a vote on this question. This is the end of a three-year saga. The Government has been forced to recognise reality and abolish water charges as they were. However, there is a sting in the tail. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have worked together to provide for excessive use charges which have the potential to become water charges through the back door, particularly if the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: When the Taoiseach was in the United States recently he repeated his threat to attempt to restrict the right to strike for workers in essential services. The Taosieach's comment in the middle of a national rail strike has the potential to pour fuel on the flames and to make a settlement more difficult. Can the Taoiseach inform the House of his intentions to bring forward amendments of a...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I want to put on the record what I believe is happening in this debate. There was a recommendation from all parties on the Joint Committee on Health, bar Solidarity-PBP, to stop the progress of this Bill, or to effectively kill it. In the past week, U-turns have been performed by the Fianna Fáil Party and by the Sinn Féin Party.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: That is a fact.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: Sinn Féin has changed its position.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I believe that those changes were made in the face of public opinion-----