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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if a group has been established in his Department to examine the provision of free contraception; if the group has formulated a comprehensive response to the development of a free contraception service; the funding to be allocated to the development of this service for 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss failings in the market access system for obtaining drugs for the condition. [24558/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transport of Animals (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if violations (details supplied) involving Irish trucks can be investigated. [25430/18]

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

Mick Barry: 1109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Workplace Relations Commission at hearings held on the 29 May 2017 and 17 June 2017 concerning working conditions on the merchant marine fleet and fishing fleet, respectively that an adjudicator ruled that vessel owners were not required to provide medical cover for crew; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 1258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the expenses received by elected city and county councillors as distinct from their salary is reckonable as income when means testing a cohabiting couple in circumstances in which one partner is a councillor. [25427/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 1259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the disability allowance. [25428/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I have been asked by 16 families who live in Cork, the second city of this Republic, to ask Ms Farha a question. I am aware that Ms Farha is dealing with broad brush stroke issues here and does not want to get too involved in the specifics, but I want to ask her if she would like to comment on this matter by perhaps dealing with the broader issues that surround it. The 16 families are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: There is an Irish company involved. It is linked to Bain Capital, with which, I am sure, Ms Farha is familiar, which was founded by a man whose surname is Romney. I will not mention his first name. Within weeks, perhaps even days, of the purchase, these families were issued with notices to quit - eviction notices - which are currently under appeal. Two scenarios arise here were people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: These 16 families are facing homelessness on the basis of a money grab. There is an attempt to virtually double rent in this complex. Does Ms Farha wish to make any comments around the broader issues surrounding that? Is she aware of any countries where it would actually be illegal?

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason no audit or action was taken in view of the report submitted by the Adoption Authority of Ireland on illegal registrations in 2011 and which again reported the issue in 2013. [25613/18]

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister for her reply but I challenge her assertion that prior to this there had been "no clear proof" of this criminal action other than in a handful of cases. In 2013, the AAI said that there may be thousands of cases, which is not clear proof, but it also said that there were hundreds of illegal birth registrations. The authority knew this from its own audit and work on the...

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I wish to ask Deputy Zappone, in her capacity as an Independent Minister, about her comment that successive Governments should have done more. I agree with her but it is a mild comment in the circumstances. She has sat at the Cabinet table with the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the current Minister, Deputy Flanagan. The former Minister said that all...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: A report by the United Nations published one year ago said: "Housing and urban real estate have become the commodity of choice for corporate finance, a safety deposit box for the wealthy, a repository of capital and excess liquidity." That report showed that US $163 trillion is now invested in residential real estate worldwide, which is more than twice the size of the entire gross domestic...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: We are discussing and debating an amendment from the Minister of State which would phase in the increase in unpaid parental leave over the period from 2019 to 2022. We are opposed to the proposed phasing-in. We will vote against it when the vote is called. To briefly state why, the proposal for the increase in unpaid parental leave is a very modest proposal. The idea that it has to be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of illegal registrations and or illegal adoptions that have been reported to her Department by Tusla since 2014; and the number reported by the HSE prior to 2014. [25614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department responded to representations made regarding complaints of bullying at a club (details supplied) and failures of process at club and GAA county board level in responding to these complaints; if this matter was brought to the attention of Sports Ireland by his Department. [25909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bullying of Children (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department responded to representations made to it regarding complaints of systematic bullying of young persons at a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25910/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I am sure that every chief executive officer of every State transport company in the country paused for a moment when they heard that Mr. Delaney is applying to go on to the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I would like to be a fly on the wall at some of those meetings when it comes to pass. The demand for just one person with a disability on the board of State transport companies is a very modest demand It is basic common sense, apart from anything else. Obviously it is not an end itself but may assist towards sorting out the issues and problems that exist. The disability campaigners and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Aside from public transport companies dealing with people with disabilities who are accessing the services, I am curious as to the situation of people with disabilities who work for the companies. There are some disabilities that would make it very difficult to do some of the jobs involved in public transport, but obviously there is a significant number of people with disabilities who work...