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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 22: In page 20, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(a) the person can demonstrate that they pay a ‘living wage’ to their employees, (b) the person can demonstrate that they facilitate their employees to join a trade union that has been or will be recognised by them as a body to deal in collective bargaining with employees...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I wish to make some points about the CRSS scheme and the conditions attached to it. Amendment No. 22 proposes that four conditions be attached. In order to be eligible to get the CRSS an employer would need to demonstrate that he or she pays a living wage to employees. If an employee wishes to join a trade union, he or she must have the facility to have the union recognised in the...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "8. The Minister shall, by 1 March 2021, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the Help-to-Buy scheme which shall cover the following areas: (a) the impact on overall house prices of the scheme; (b) the impact on the profits in construction, banking, and other related property...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I will be brief because we had a lengthy debate on this on Committee Stage. I will repeat some of the key reasons we would support the production of a report examining this issue. We believe the scheme is flawed in a number of respects. First, we have issues with the supply of housing at present. The scheme will increase demand. It is quite obvious what happens in a situation in which...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: The actor Elliot Page announced yesterday that he is transgender and his announcement has focused world-wide attention today on the issue of transgender rights. The national transgender healthcare steering committee was set up to "develop a seamless and integrated service" for those who present with gender identity issues, with clear pathways of care so that the needs of patient and their...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — 4,000 student nurses and midwives have been working on the frontline in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic; — these students are carrying out essential work and are compensating for the long-term understaffing of our health service as well as covering for Covid-19-related absences of qualified staff; —...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I was not here for the event but I learned on the way over that at the start of his speech, Deputy Sherlock apologised for having supported the increase in the pension age. Someone told me he repeated the apology at the end of his speech. I do not know whether the Labour Party as a whole intends to follow the example of Deputy Sherlock on this issue and apologise to the people of this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Uniforms (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider initiating an investigation into allegations that females in a school (details supplied) were asked not to wear certain items of clothing due to them allegedly being revealing; if she will report on measures taken to counter sexist attitudes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40068/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Uniforms (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: The question is to ask the Minister if she will consider initiating an investigation into allegations that females in a school were asked not to wear certain items of clothing due to them allegedly being revealing; if she will report on measures taken to counter sexism in schools, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Uniforms (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: The school in question is being asked for a report. Are the school authorities alone being asked to supply the report or is contact being made with the student body to get a report and information back from it? Something happened in that school. Would a petition come forward to be signed with thousands of names for no reason? It appears that protest took place in the school, including...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Uniforms (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: On the broader issue of sexism in schools, I think it is fair to say that young people in general, including teenagers, have been ahead of the curve in Irish society on social issues. They were ahead of the curve on LGBT rights, including gay marriage. They were ahead of the curve on abortion rights. I think they are ahead of the curve on sexism in schools as well. They ask many...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: I am unsure whether the member of the Greyhound Racing Ireland will take up the challenge from Deputy Cairns for a public debate, but I know one thing: if the debate has already started, I think he is losing it heavily at this stage. I intend to focus on the greyhound side of the funding. The proposal is for €96 million to go to the Horse and Greyhound Fund. One fifth of that money...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [38329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to increase the amount of black and Traveller history in the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40069/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 116. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will report on measures to implement the Duffy-Cahill report on collective redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if those who are studying in the UK for a postgraduate certificate in education but have not yet completed the course have any option of returning to Ireland and completing their qualifications here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39922/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Mick Barry: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the scope of the July stimulus funding for higher education to include assistance to the students who started courses in this academic year, given the significant financial hardship and disruption to studies that have been experienced by this cohort; if he will examine extending funding to those who started the postgraduate...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: Nursing is arguably the most dangerous job in the country in this pandemic. Around 50 nurses a day have to stop work because they have either contracted Covid or are a close contact of someone who has. More than 3,000 student nurses have done placement work in our hospitals in the last few months. If someone studies nursing in college, Covid risk is on the curriculum. The Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax, VAT and excise reliefs and exemptions that currently exist in Irish tax law for armed forces from another state; the estimated cost of these reliefs and exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagement he made at a European Council level in the approval of Directive (EU) 2019/2235; if he opposed the reliefs for NATO and EU CSDP troops based outside their home states contained in that directive; if he sought a derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39216/20]