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Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I have ten minutes. There are some good singers in Cork. One of them is John Spillane.

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: We would clear the House very quickly if that were to happen so I will spare the House that scenario. One of John's songs, which is played on the radio, is "The Dunnes Stores Girl". I do not know if it is possible to have a punch line in a song, but he says of the Dunnes Stores girl, on whom he has had his eye for a while, that "She rules my world". The point of the matter here is that the...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Last week was the week when the mask slipped and the honeymoon ended. We were told homelessness numbers were low, that homelessness was normal, that the homeless were to blame for being homeless. It was cold, calculated, to some extent co-ordinated, and deeply cynical. The people looked and saw the defenders of the system insulting the victims of the system and they did not like what they...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: That is not good enough. The Taoiseach has said he does not want people being evicted because of minor refurbishment but this is not a minor refurbishment. It is a €3 million refurbishment. If the Taoiseach changes the rule to outlaw evictions arising from minor refurbishment, these people will still get evicted. The Taoiseach has stated he does not want people being evicted in the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Gino Kenny.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I will use my time to reply to some of the points that have been raised in the debate by those who voiced their opposition to the Bill. However, I will start by commenting on the information that has been provided to us and to the country today on the number of rough sleepers in this city. We are told there were 134 such rough sleepers six months ago and that on the night of the count in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regrading the implementation of the new rosters in Bus Éireann and his engagement with the trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49425/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the tendering of bus routes in County Waterford. [49426/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: There are some important positives in the proposal, such as the possibility of releasing the potential for new housing units above shops. It would be very positive if that were to provide good quality accommodation for those who need it and would also be of benefit if it were to bring people into cities, towns and villages that have a vibrancy during the day but become like a ghost town in...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: When the Minister was in his constituency on 13 November last - unlucky 13 - he received a phone call from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality. He must have been shocked when the Secretary General, having clocked up 40 years' service, dropped a bombshell - out of the blue - and said he was retiring. That was the first bit of news. The second bit of news was that...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: -----the Minister did not put together the fact that there must be some connection between the retirement of the Secretary General and the email.

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister think that is credible?

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Anyone who has been listening to the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, in recent days would get the impression that when she got sight of the fact that the Garda Commissioner was taking an adversarial approach to Maurice McCabe, she wanted to intervene to help the whistleblower but she was legally forbidden to do so. That is the impression anyone would have. I am really struck by the...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: My final question relates to what is happening today. Tonight, the Government and the Minister are putting blame onto the shoulders of the Department. In addition to what has been said in here, there have been whispers around the House all day to that effect. It is clear from Mr. Waters's resignation letter that the Department is putting a share of blame back into the Government's court....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be included on the school build programme for a new build on a locally identified site in view of the rapid expansion in numbers at the school since 2013 and the condition of the current building. [51113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will direct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to make an appropriate payment in view of the conclusion of a High Court case (details supplied). [51114/17]

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I support Deputy Seamus Healy's amendment, the effect of which would be the complete repeal of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013. It is hard to believe the legislation underpinning the declaration of a financial emergency is still in place in 2017. In less than a month we will be in 2018, but the first reports that the recession was bottoming out and that a...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Those of us on these benches are often given lectures by the Deputies on the Government benches.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: We are, but in a proper and balanced way I want to make a point to the House. We are told that we are extreme and that the Deputies on the opposite benches are the moderate Deputies, the parties of the centre.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: "The reasonable Deputies", that is right. Is it not interesting that, on the basic simple principle, which would have the support of the overwhelming majority of ordinary decent people in this country, equal pay for work of equal value, the people who are taking the extreme position are the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Farrell and members of their party, and the people taking the...