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Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (21 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 342. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions that he and his officials have had in relation to the proposed EU-NATO Joint Declaration to be presented before the end of 2021; his views on further EU-NATO cooperation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (21 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 343. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the ideas outlined by the President of the European Commission in their State of the Union address to the European Parliament in which they pointed to EU military missions independent of the UN and NATO combining civilian and military missions, their support for a European Defence Union and their call for political will to use...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on any recent communication he has had with Dublin Bus management or trade unions on industrial relations matters in the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44062/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Will the Minister for Transport report on any recent communication he has had with Dublin Bus management or trade unions on industrial relations matters in the company?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: The backdrop to this question is the fact that 97% of Dublin Bus workers who were balloted rejected the proposals. The proposals were for changes to work practices, changes in their rostering and included lower rates for part-time drivers. The ballot was conducted with the threat of privatisation hanging over their heads but still 97% said "No". I ask the Minister to take serious note of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: In a situation very similar to that at Dublin Bus, we have breaking news this morning that Aer Lingus cabin crew at Dublin Airport have voted by 87% to reject proposals for a 10% wage cut, a four-year pay freeze, lower starting rates, and cuts to sick pay and shift allowances. These austerity measures are proposed by a company where the wages are, in large measure, paid by the State and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his approach to preparation for the COP26 summit in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44063/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: A headline in today's edition of The Guardiannewspaper states, "Governments falling woefully short of Paris climate pledges, study finds". In that light, I ask the Minister if he can report to the House on his approach to preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP26, summit in Glasgow in November?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister feel any embarrassment whatsoever about going to Glasgow as the representative of a Government that is rolling out the red carpet for unlimited data centres? He will be going to an international convention at a time when data centres account for 2% of global electricity use. He will represent a State that allows data centres use 11% of its national electricity output....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Let us look at some of the global issues. Part 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report is not due to be published until March next year. However, scientists associated with Scientist Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion Spain took a decision to leak the early drafts over the summer. Part 3 states that "The character of social and economic development produced by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the role played by data centres in relation to recent shortfalls in electricity availability; the extent to which data centres add to greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his engagements with transport workers and trade unions regarding the move to full capacity on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44061/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: While workers will be back to work on 20 September, the teachers went back to work three weeks ago. The employer, the State, did not set a very good example in this regard either. Best practice ordains that every classroom should have a filter and a carbon dioxide monitor. Proper mitigation measures, according to Professor Orla Hegarty, would cost €10 per child. They were not put...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: The question was whether the Minister of State will join me in making a call to the companies to say that under no circumstances should pay cuts of the kind in question be implemented here. I would appreciate an answer to that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: No clear call from the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to ensure the maximum possible engagement with workers and their representatives in the process of the return to work with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43779/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: I ask the Tánaiste what measures he will take to ensure the maximum possible engagement with workers and their representatives in the process of the return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: On the issue of health and safety and maximum consultation, the Government decided to implement 100% capacity on public transport at short notice the week that schools went back. No opinion was sought from NPHET. There was no consultation with public transport workers who, by the way, played a key role in guiding society through the pandemic. However, the workers rejected the Government's...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: The Zappone affair cannot be explained simply by the sense of entitlement felt by merchant princes. Fine Gael has been in power for more than ten years now. Its Ministers believe that power is theirs by right. The Varadkar leaks affair showed that last year; the Zappone affair shows it this year. As well as being the Minister most caught up in the lobbying, cronyism and deception of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mick Barry: Fifteen minutes ago, the Taoiseach told the Dáil we do not want students living in hotel rooms. However, the Government has failed to stop students being forced to do precisely that. It is not just hotel rooms. In Cork city, 100 students are living in one hostel on Wellington Road at the moment. Officers of the student union in UCC tell us that more than 1,000 students have no proper...