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Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Mick Barry: I am acutely aware that when we discuss this topic we are talking about matters of life and death. If the Government continues to refuse to intervene boldly to protect people from energy price rises, not only will that severely eat into the budgets of large numbers of households but people will die. That is not hyperbole from these benches. There is such a thing as excess winter deaths. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Oct 2021)

Mick Barry: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround times for first time passport applications; the steps taken to reduce these turnaround times; if there has been additional staff allocated to first time applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47846/21]

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: "[This] report is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk." These are the words of United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, at the launch of the IPCC report earlier this year. Global...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: I am in favour of disclosure and communication which is open, consistent, compassionate and timely, but what I want to know is whether those families were informed their babies’ organs and tissue were put in with medical waste, sent to another country and incinerated. The two families that accepted - were they told that? The one family which asked for regular contact – were...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Can I clarify, were they told the organs and tissue had been disposed of or were they told the organs and tissue had been disposed of in another country with medical waste by way of incineration?

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Is the Minister saying that, as it stands, he is not sure or clear whether those families were told their babies' tissue and organs had been disposed of along with medical waste in another country by way of incineration? He is not sure of the position and he needs to clarify? Could he clarify on that?

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Finally, is the Minister aware of some reports that some of those parents received phone calls from the hospital the night before the "RTÉ Investigates" programme went out, telling them that their babies' organs and tissue had been disposed of along with medical waste by way of incineration in another country and that it was communicated to them by phone almost immediately before the...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Leona and Glenn have been really brave and articulate in telling their story. I want to ask the Minister about the other 17 families. He said they were contacted in mid-May of 2020. They received registered letters and were offered a meeting. When those registered letters were sent, were those families told their babies' organs and tissue had been sent to Belgium with medical waste for...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Last night the Dáil voted on a Social Democrats motion calling for a moratorium on data centres pending an environmental impact assessment. Given data centres now consume 11% of Irish electricity output, as opposed to a global average of 2% to 3%, this was a very modest proposal. It was, for example, significantly less strong than the People Before Profit-Solidarity Bill that goes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Retired company quartermaster sergeant Karina Molloy says "it is absolutely systemic". It is not a case of a few bad apples, but systemic. Of course, misogyny is part of the DNA of armies and police forces in all capitalist societies. While that is not to say all members of those forces are sexist, it is to say that sexism is part of the culture. Wayne Couzens, the killer of Sarah...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken to investigate recent allegations of sexual harassment in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47147/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: I express my solidarity with the Women of Honour. Their bravery has forced this review. Action should have been taken long before now. Sexual abuse in the Defence Forces was highlighted by Dr. Tom Clonan more than 20 years ago. He has since said: These problems I demonstrated were systemic. In 21 years, I have never been approached by anybody from the Department of Defence. Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Negotiations (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to participate in the upcoming COP26 summit; if he will be supporting calls for measures to be taken to curb the pollution of large multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47161/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Agreements (30 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the input he or his officials will have with the EU Commission in their preparation of a joint declaration with NATO; his views on the increased use of the EU budget and EU structures for military use; if he will participate in any summit on EU defence called by the French Presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on...

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Despite proclamations by the Taliban that it will be different this time, the horror of rule by extreme Islamic fundamentalism is already there for all to see in Afghanistan. Female employees in Kabul's city government have been instructed to stay at home. High school girl students have been instructed not to return to class. Executions and amputations have been restored as punishment for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: The answer is to put a condition on the payment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: You should tell Aer Lingus that in order to continue to get the money, it has to stop kicking the hell out of its workforce.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [44873/21]