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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (28 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 64. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continued requirement for children to travel to other European states to avail of medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/18]

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: It is under-investment.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: Underinvestment, Tánaiste.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: On the business for the week, I scanned the business paper and I could not find anywhere within it the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. This Bill is not everything that we would want but it contains important proposals, such as a curtailment of zero-hour contracts. It is a key issue for many workers, including the LloydsPharmacy workers who are being forced out on strike...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: I accept that there are competing interests. One of those competing interests is the interests of low-paid workers who are working in retail and the like through the summer who cannot wait until the autumn for this House to bring in the necessary improvements and the issue must be dealt with before the summer recess.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: The Business Committee should meet and discuss how it can be processed before the summer recess.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of eliminating all forms of two-tier pay discrimination in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29101/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: My question asks the Minister to set out the estimated cost of eliminating all forms of two-tier pay discrimination in the public service, and to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: The two-tier pay discrimination is still very much in place. Apart from being bad news for young workers, it is bad news for our public services because the Minister cannot fill much-needed positions in the public service, partly because of low basic pay rates but also because of two-tier pay discrimination. In teaching, he cannot fill the positions in mathematics and information and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, must be the only person in Irish society who does not believe there is a problem recruiting and retaining nurses for our hospitals. I will leave him on that. Tomorrow in Macroom, County Cork, young archaeologists who have been working on the Macroom N22 bypass will place pickets over a dispute on union recognition and low pay. Their direct employer is the...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: It is 7.5 minutes.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: This Bill proposes several positive steps that Solidarity will support. In particular, we welcome the proposal to increase the vacant site levy from 3% to 25%. We also support the removal of the right of the landowner to appeal the valuation of the vacant site as determined by the planning authority. We support giving the planning authority the power to value some vacant sites at a zero...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Consultation Process (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements his Department will have with the public sector committee of an organisation (details supplied) between now and budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29100/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public private partnership model of funding public projects has been reappraised in view of the winding up of a company (details supplied) which had publicly funded projects sub-contracted to it from another company which has also gone into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29099/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: External Service Delivery (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a cost-benefit analysis will be conducted into the outsourcing of public service work to private agencies across Departments and State bodies versus the creation of directly employed public service posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/18]

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: The migration deal that was signed last week has been described by Oxfam as "a recipe for failure, [which] directly threatens the rights of women, men and children on the move". Médecins sans Frontières, MSF, has said that the deal "aimed to turn away even the most vulnerable people from Europe's shores". Compare and contrast the comments of Oxfam, MSF and many other NGOs with the...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: I will conclude on this point-----

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: I will conclude. One cannot have capitalism without racism. We need to challenge these racist policies and the system that gives rise to them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of non-teachers marking leaving certificate examination papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Barry: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the progression to Committee Stage of the Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018 will be discussed at Cabinet (details supplied). [29330/18]