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Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: The public are looking in-----

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Mick Barry: -----and they are seeing Deputies-----

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Mick Barry: -----who are more upset about the House being suspended-----

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Mick Barry: -----for ten minutes-----

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Mick Barry: -----than 20 people having their homes suspended forever more.

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Mick Barry: Agreements that are made during the break, a Ceann Comhairle-----

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Mick Barry: -----should be kept to.

Other Questions: EU Budgets (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the proposal by the European Commission to increase funding to PESCO and other military spending in the draft multiannual financial framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27729/18]

Other Questions: EU Budgets (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: What are the Minister of State's views on the proposal of the European Commission to increase funding both to PESCO and to other military spending, which is contained in the draft multi-annual financial framework? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: EU Budgets (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I understand there was a meeting yesterday of the European foreign affairs and defence ministers. Who attended representing the Irish Government? I understand it was agreed yesterday to establish a co-ordinated annual review on defence, CARD. The review of defence spending by the European Defence Agency covers individual member states. The aim is to provide an overview of national defence...

Other Questions: EU Budgets (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State might tell us what happens if CARD makes a recommendation on increasing defence expenditure in this or that area in this State and the State, Government or this House does not accept it. Could the Minister of State please clarify the position? What is agreed in these proposals is European Defence Fund expenditure of €13 billion over seven years. That is not...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: We are fine with amendment No. 3, which deals with the drafting error. However, we are not fine with the deletion called for in amendment No. 4. This is an interesting proposal to delete an amendment tabled by the Minister. The amendment proposes to delete the burden of proof on an employer that a worker's complaint is not justified. Where would it place that burden of proof? In reality...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I urge all special needs assistants in the country to get organised if they are not already organised. They should join a union if they are not already members of a union. The special needs allocation for schools for the following year was announced in the month of July in each of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 - four years in a row. When SNA allocations are announced in July, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Will the Tánaiste report on his recent visit to the Middle East, specifically on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel? Were the recent attacks against the Palestinian people discussed at that meeting?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Some 130 people died over ten weeks, more than 60 Palestinians were killed in one day and more than 1,300 were injured in one day. It is State-sponsored murder. The Tánaiste had talks but what about actions? The expulsion of the Israeli ambassador is something I would support. The Tánaiste does not support it, although he expelled the Russian ambassador on far lesser grounds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Okay, it was diplomats. The Tánaiste knows the point I am making. The State buys arms from Israel, some €14.7 million worth in the past decade, including bullets, drones and targeting devices, material which is marketed as being "battle proven" on "human test subjects". We trade with those who profit from the murder of Palestinian people and buy weaponry which may well have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: The Minister says that his sole interest is to advance the cause of the Palestinians and he mentioned the importance of preventing violence and bloodshed. I ask him about the Irish companies that exported nearly €6.5 million worth of goods to Israel since 2011. This was both military hardware and materials that have a dual use. What have these weapons been used for? Can the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Noreen O'Neill and many of her supporters are climbing a mountain at the weekend to highlight this case but they have to climb a mountain every day to fight for the healthcare needs of their children. It is a disgrace that this State is forcing people to go abroad to access healthcare. I am not talking about Britain but to the Netherlands, the Spanish state and beyond. The events in the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased repression in Spain, in particular the increased state repression against migrants and their supporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dietician Service Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ketogenic diets for children with particular reference to availability in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/18]