Results 1,601-1,620 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (11 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent defending a tax judgment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30962/18]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: I made visits this morning to picket lines at Dublin Airport and at LloydsPharmacy in Coolock. I am going to try to bring a little of the spirit of those picket lines to this Dáil exchange. In October 2016, Michael O'Leary attended a fundraiser breakfast in the Shelbourne Hotel where he made an attack on trade unionists, making reference, for example, to RTÉ as a "rat-infested...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: I too regret the stranding of passengers. However, unlike the Tánaiste, I put the blame where it belongs; at the feet of Ryanair and Mr. O'Leary. I also place blame at the feet of the Government. Who facilitated Ryanair's bogus self-employment practices? Who stood back while workers in Ryanair uniforms flew Ryanair planes, yet were officially declared to be self-employed? Who...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: Thanks to its workers.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: Mr. O'Leary launched the class warfare.
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: It would be fitting and appropriate to pass this amendment on the day that is in it because one of the most important things to happen in the country today, if not the most important, has been the stand taken by workers at Ryanair for workers' rights in a company where workers' rights have been trampled on for many years. One of the big issues in that company is-----
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: One of the big issues in this company – I was just about to say the words, a Cheann Comhairle – is bogus self-employment. How many times have we heard on the media today, and we heard it earlier from the Tánaiste that some of the pilots have joined the picket lines today, the implication being that they do not have the support of their colleagues? The reason their...
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: We will operate on the basis that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: There are some important differences, particularly on the issue of defining bogus self-employment. Although it is not perhaps as strong as the legislation that we put before the House-----
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: -----we think it is a progressive amendment and that parties and individual Deputies who support progressive legislation that will benefit ordinary working people, and I include Sinn Féin in this, should vote for such an amendment if the Deputy allows it to be put.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information from the local authorities and an organisation (details supplied) on reports they receive and act on annually related to the welfare of greyhounds is collated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (12 Jul 2018)
Mick Barry: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an inspection of a fur farm (details supplied) can be organised to check on the welfare of the minks. [31914/18]
- Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: This is a real blow to rural communities, to pensioners and to people who are dependent on social welfare. It is the biggest cull of post office services in the history of the State - 159 closures, effectively in one fell swoop. The post office in Allihies has been mentioned as one of the post offices in County Cork that will be closed. The nearest post office to people living in this area...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: Half a million young people are locked out of the housing market. They cannot afford to buy and they cannot afford to rent. They are the locked-out generation. Yesterday, Fr. Peter McVerry said that emergency situations require emergency action. He gave his support to the Take Back the City campaign, which is being supported by many of those young people. It is well established and I...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: The buildings have been vacant for years.
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (19 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: Yes.
- Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (19 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: I want to make a few points about the Home Building Finance Ireland Bill. This is a market-based policy aimed at fixing a housing crisis which was caused by the market in the first place. It aims to route more public resources to private developers who have failed to invest during the greatest housing crisis the State has ever seen. The Bill aims to finance developers to whom, in many...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: In July, the Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 was published. The report made very important recommendations that, if delivered, would mean people under the age of 16 would be able to have recognition of their gender identity and recognition for those people who are non-binary and intersex. These are important proposals. I note the fact there is no mention of a gender recognition...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: While anybody looking in on this debate would find it very technical, detailed and difficult to follow, some key issues need to emerge from it. I was surprised and interested to learn when I was researching this matter that Ireland has been Ghana's largest source of foreign direct investment since 2012. Tax revenue accounts for 16% of GDP in Ghana, which is a very low figure. The European...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Mick Barry: I will leave it at that.