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Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: An aspect of this Bill that has not yet been mentioned in this debate is the requirement to take "reasonable measures" to "maintain the dwelling fit for human habitation during the refurbishment or renovation". I have raised the issues being encountered by the Leeside residents in Cork on a number of occasions in this House. The apartment building in which they live was purchased by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: The rural bus link is a positive idea. This is a pilot programme, and I am informed, to quote my sources, by Deputy Michael Collins that there are two links in the pilot programme in County Cork. If there were to be a comprehensive service for the county, the Deputy believes that 35 to 40 routes would be required, which is approximately 20 times what is available under the pilot scheme....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: One would get the impression from the discussion thus far that rickshaws are only being operated in Dublin but that is not the case. For example, rickshaws are being operated in Cork. Earlier this year, 19 rickshaws were seized as part of a Garda operation, conducted jointly with the Revenue Commissioners. There are three options open to us: first, we can allow the current situation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: Except when the Minister talks to Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister have the video of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: Was Deputy Mattie McGrath there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mick Barry: We might have lost the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (31 May 2018)

Mick Barry: There is shock, disgust and rage in the communities of the lower harbour in Cork at the decision announced this morning by An Bord Pleanála to give the green light to a 240,000 tonne per year hazardous waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy. I got a text before coming to the Chamber from a resident of Cobh, one of the harbour communities, who told me that the phrase on people's lips was "Only...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (31 May 2018)

Mick Barry: The Minister mentioned the question of levies, so I will ask a question about levies. Were I him, toxic incineration of this kind would be knocked on the head. A previous Minister, former Deputy John Gormley, introduced something that was not a ban on, but disincentive of, incineration, namely, the incineration levy. Another former Minister who is a member of the party that the current...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (31 May 2018)

Mick Barry: It was not a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Mick Barry: I want to discuss the issues of council powers and directly elected mayors. Local authorities have seen their powers diminish year after year in recent times. For 12 years I was a member of a local authority - Cork City Council - and witnessed that diminishment of powers. For example, bin collection services were run by councils, but they were then privatised across the country....

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Church and state were separated more than 200 years ago in the United States and more than 100 years ago in France. In the 19th year of the 21st century, however, church and State continue to be entwined in Ireland. We have church-controlled schools, hospitals and so on. Ireland lags behind and the Government lags behind. Where blows have been struck to this arrangement - and we saw a...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Let us deal with the substance of the issue rather than side issues.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: That is what we are going to do. I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach said there will not be an opt-out for institutions but there are ways and means of opting out. The Taoiseach is well aware of this as a previous Minister for Health. He is well aware that, at the age of 21, Claire Hogan was refused tubal ligation at St. Vincent's Hospital despite the fact that the medical case for it...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Because, unlike the Taoiseach, I stuck to my time.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Does he?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Does he support church involvement in hospitals or schools, or not?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Estonia there are plans to make public transport free at the point of use (details supplied); and if his Department will conduct a cost-benefit analysis to carry out same here. [25392/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his comments at the recent public transport round-table event regarding the possibility of an employee share ownership scheme being introduced in the CIÉ group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from his Department will agree to meet the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss its request for a new school building. [25620/18]