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- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: -----on this issue, which is in favour of change. I note the comments of the Fianna Fáil representative, in particular, asking Solidarity-PBP to accept that the Bill is deeply flawed. I do not accept that this Bill is deeply flawed nor do I believe it is perfect. I believe amendments could improve it. It is fundamentally sound and it is not deeply flawed. If that is a signal on the...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I would advise them not to place trust their in the majority of the parties on this issue. They have conducted U-turns in the face of pressure on this issue. People should keep the pressure up and, if necessary, protest for the progress that is needed in the interests-----
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: -----of tens of thousands of people in this country who need this change and who are suffering on a daily basis.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien does not like being called out on it.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I am sure Deputy Curran is.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: Deputy Curran is the one who-----
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: Deputy Curran should look at himself in the mirror.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I will say it again.
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: You are very sensitive, Jonathan. Very-----
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I did not say that. I said it was not deeply flawed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Finance: Discussion (9 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I thank the Chair and the two committee members who very kindly allowed me skip them in the queue to speak because I have to leave at 11.05 a.m. I have three questions and they concern the local property tax; Traveller accommodation; and the question of local government capital income, particularly with regard to housing. By their nature, these questions are probably more for Mr. Geoghegan...
- Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I will start with a question. How many solicitors does AIB have? I am not talking about the hired guns they hire from outside the bank. I am talking about in-house solicitors employed by the bank. According to the Law Society, the answer to that question is 114. If one were to take those 114 solicitors, cut them adrift from AIB and set them up as a separate company, it would be the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase in mental health problems reported in the most recent census; the impact of the level of mental health funding in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48284/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: Census 2016 tells us there was a 122% increase in mental health conditions for females aged between 13 and 22 in 2016 compared with 2011. The equivalent figure for males was 82%. This is quite clearly connected with the economic and social system and capitalism, which have given rise to precarious work, housing insecurity, increased education costs and so on. The increase in the problem is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: How we deal with mental health is really important. Is the Minister of State aware of the report that has emerged in Cork in the past two days of a 14-year-old boy with Asperger's and anxiety who wrote to Cork County Council explaining that he was stressed out because of his family's situation of being on the housing waiting list? Shortly afterwards, his mother received correspondence from...
- Other Questions: Maternity Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: 39. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of anomaly scanning for all pregnancies will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48181/17]
- Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: We are discussing homeless families. The number one reason for homelessness is when someone or a family receives a notice to quit from a private landlord. The number one excuse being given these days is substantial refurbishment. If a landlord wants to raise the rent, get people out, get new people in and charge them more, substantial refurbishment is the way to go. This is particularly...
- Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: I will focus on the content of the Bill. There are families being made homeless here. At Leeside Apartments, on the corner of Grattan Street and Bachelors Quay, 70 households have received notices to quit with the reason alleged to be substantial refurbishment and renovation. These apartment blocks were sold earlier this year. The property piece in the Irish Independentsaid that the...
- Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: On the issue of the Bill-----
- Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)
Mick Barry: That is true.