Results 161-180 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to restore the cuts that were made to the arts budget and increase funding further to 0.3% of gross domestic product; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19892/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement an increase in arts funding to 0.3% of gross domestic product as sought by the National Campaign for the Arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19891/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on work being done in her Department to deliver the Culture 2025 strategy. [19893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to publish a draft of the Culture 2025 strategy. [19894/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (7 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reconsider the decision not to grant a person (details supplied) assistance in crèche fees under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. [20206/16]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: We are here.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I would like to begin by making a point about emergency legislation. After the 1998 Omagh bombing, which left 31 people dead and 220 people injured, the then Government introduced emergency amending legislation in the form of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998. Every year since then, the Dáil comes back to debate the provisions of that Act and to vote on whether to...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: The Government Whip went on radio on Saturday and sang a song. It was a fitting way to round off what had been a most musical week in Dáil Éireann. Did not half of the Cabinet spend the week accusing the poor Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, of not showing sufficient "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" for the views of the Attorney General? The stage trapdoor opened and...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: As for the Taoiseach, like Sinatra, he did it his way and now the end is near and, if Deputy Brendan Griffin has his way, he soon will face the final curtain. My question to the Tánaiste today concerns water charges. I start with a confession-----

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Now, now.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I have to confess that, as one of the founder members of the national boycott campaign, I never expected to see a 73% non-payment rate. The anti-poll tax campaign which, by the way, ended the political career of the Iron Lady, Maggie Thatcher, never achieved a 73% non-payment rate or anything like it. If one was to find a fitting historical comparison, one might need to flick through the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Does the Tánaiste seriously believe the Irish people will not believe the water commission is rigged? Joe O'Toole let the cat out of the bag. The cat ran across the floor of the Dáil and everybody has seen it. The song the Tánaiste might like the members of the water commission to sing is "Silence is Golden".

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: However, although the members of the commission are not talking to the press, the Tánaiste cannot bury their past statements. Xavier Leflaive of the OECD is on the commission. He once said, "Water pricing can be used to signal scarcity and to create incentives for efficient water use in all sectors". At another stage, he said, "It is well acknowledged that metering is the best...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21000/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Does that mean that Deputy Connolly will get an opportunity to speak after me?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I will do that and I appreciate this. My question is to ask the Minister for Health for his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: The Minister is right in saying there is a long history of provision of health care by such service providers but we are now in the 21st century. The Minister said the key issue is the whether the service is being provided, so let us get down to the nitty-gritty on that. I refer to an article in The Sunday Business Postof 9 May. The headline stated: "Catholic ethos restricting St....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: A dedicated State-funded service with the specific remit of catering to homeless pregnant women has been provided by a so-called pro-life organisation, Life Pregnancy Care, which recently branded itself as Anew, and now claims to be multidenominational. According to its audited financial statements for 2014 provided to the Companies Office in November 2015, its directors include Lorcan...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Where was it agreed?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: It is grand.