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Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: I was watching the debate on a screen on a level below the Chamber and heard the Minister taking my name in vain. I wish to reply to what was said in that regard. I will be brief. The Minister stated that I am forecasting a flood of evictions. He should look at the figures. More than 10,000 people were in emergency accommodation when the eviction ban was introduced in spring. There were...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae should correct me if I am wrong. It certainly was the case a few years ago-----

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: The Deputy declared that he is one of the biggest landlords in the House.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: If he indicated that he is one of the biggest landlords in the House, I am quite happy to accept that.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: I will finish on this point. The gobbledygook that comes across from Deputy Michael Healy-Rae about landlords being forced out because of criticisms made in the House of their actions, criticisms of landlords who have hiked rents, evicted people and in many cases made a fortune from the misery of others, is an argument against which I will argue on another day when there is more time to so...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: We are debating the reintroduction of the eviction ban for a period of six weeks and ten days. I welcome the reintroduction of the ban on evictions but the ban does not go nearly far enough with regard to how long it is proposed to last. The ban is proposed to last for six weeks and ten days. This means it will expire exactly two weeks before Christmas. What is going to happen then? It...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: We are debating a proposal to extend the State's emergency powers because of the Covid crisis. There are powerful arguments against extending these powers. I will deal with three. First, there is not adequate discussion and debate on the issue. We are discussing huge curtailment of people's freedoms, including the right to move freely, the right to meet up and the right to have a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: I want to focus on a particular issue. Since 2005, following the passage of the racist 2004 citizenship referendum, people born in this State have not been entitled to Irish citizenship unless their parents belong to one of the categories we mentioned earlier and are not from outside the EU or whatever. Those born in 2005 or 2006 are now 14 or 15 years old and are knocking on the door of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: It is estimated that there are between 15,000 and 17,000 undocumented persons living in this State. I want their voices to be heard in the Chamber. I will read a few quotes from a report by the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland. A chap whose name was "Billy" - that is not his real name - said: To get my papers ... would be a dream come true. I won’t have to worry every time there is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the transfer of functions will take place from her Department of matters relating to discrimination in accessing third level education, public services and employment by minors and young persons who were born here or are long-term residents here but who are not Irish, EEA, UK or Swiss citizens; the steps that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she supports legislative change to ensure that persons born here and-or have been resident here long-term as minors but who are not Irish, EEA, UK or Swiss nationals will be able to access work, third level education and other public services on the same basis as persons with one of those nationalities; if she will review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to ask my questions now. Question No. 6 is to ask the Minister for Justice the date on which the transfer of functions will take place from her Department of matters relating to discrimination in accessing third level education, public services and employment by minors and young persons who were born here or are long-term residents here but...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: There is something seriously wrong in this. The women who went through the abuse of the mother and baby homes experienced many horrors. The one thing they all had in common was that there were other people telling them what was best for them, what was supposedly in their best interests and making decisions for them. These people might have been the parents who drove or brought the young...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish information in relation to the terms and conditions of persons employed as contact tracers including the rates of pay, the length of the contracts, the number of hours work guaranteed per week, pension entitlements, holiday and sick pay arrangements; if the recruitment and ongoing HR issues are managed by an outsourced firm; if a copy of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: In nine hours and 23 minutes' time the country will go into national lockdown for the second time. There will be tough times for many people, especially ordinary working people. The Tánaiste said he expects that more than 150,000 people will lose their jobs. Many others think that is a conservative estimate. We are talking about working people who are the backbone of this country and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: Mr. Sibley used the example of a retail worker. I will concede there might be retail workers and their families for whom the best solution is not a payment break, but there are many other workers who will be badly affected in the course of the next weeks and months for whom a payment break is precisely what they need. The point, however, is they do not have a right to that. It is not...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether legislative change is required to ensure that all students who are long-term residents and or born here but who are not Irish, EEA, Swiss or UK nationals will be eligible for the free fees scheme to apply for SUSI grants and to be considered EU students in relation to fees; if he will undertake a review of the situation;...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: The question asks the Minister his views on whether legislative change is required to ensure that all students who are long-term residents and-or born here but who are not Irish, EEA, Swiss or UK nationals will be eligible for the free fees scheme to apply for Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants and to be considered EU students in relation to fees; if he will undertake a review of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: The issue is that there are young people in schools in this country who were born and have grown up in this country and who, because of a racist referendum in 2004 and the legislation introduced on foot of it the following year, do not have Irish citizenship. As a result of this, they do not have an automatic entitlement to free fees under the SUSI scheme. This may have been an academic...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Support Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Mick Barry: The Minister gave the example of Eric, which was a well-known case of about two or two and a half years ago involving a potential deportation. It may not apply to Eric directly but there are people in a similar situation to Eric who will face being effectively barred from going to third level education for financial reasons unless the law is changed. The Minister seemed to indicate it needs...