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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: How many people work in the private nursing home sector? Roughly speaking, how many of those would be covered by a sick pay scheme?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: Would perhaps 25,000 be covered and 5,000 not be covered or would the reverse be the case perhaps? I am not looking for an exact figure from Mr. Daly but a rough idea.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: Does Mr. Daly not even have a rough idea of the number of workers who may be covered by a sick pay scheme?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: I find it slightly incredible that Mr. Daly is not aware of even the rough figure. This is a key issue because if a person working in the private nursing home sector wakes up in the morning with a sore throat or a temperature, there may be something going on. If that person has take-home wages of less than €350 per week, there is an economic incentive or an economic pressure on him...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: To be clear, I too place my trust in the staff who have been on the front line and have done heroic work. However, it is not credible to argue that if workers were to suffer losses in pay, in some cases significant losses, this would not be a pressure point, at the very least, to take a risk in this situation. Does Mr. Daly not even accept that it is a pressure point?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Mick Barry: I lost 20 seconds at the start of my contribution as a result of the carry-over from the previous slot. I will conclude, however, by referring to the passionate speech made by Deputy O'Dowd in which he referred to the private nursing home sector putting profit before health and safety. The Deputy has since left the meeting but I point out to the remaining Government members that the reason...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)

Mick Barry: In the Watergrass Hill area, which is on the border of my constituency, there is a Kepak meat plant. Kepak has 650 workers there, of whom more than 120 tested positive for Covid-19 last week. All over the world, meat plants are hot spots for Covid. In the United States, where President Trump has come in for particularly sharp criticism, more than 10,000 meat workers have been affected and...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: I will talk this evening about the FFY, forgotten fifth years. This is a group of approximately 60,000 young people whose leaving certificate studies have been seriously disrupted by the pandemic and who feel that neither the Minister nor the Government are paying real attention to their concerns. Precisely because these young people feel they are being ignored, not listened to and are...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: I asked a question.

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: Is there a single thing that prevents the Minister, morally or politically, from campaigning on behalf of citizens?

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: To be clear, Mandate Trade Union, as well as almost 2,000 Debenhams workers or people who worked at Debenhams, is calling on the Minister, tonight, to appoint an authorised officer to intervene in the Debenhams liquidation. The union cites European law that gives the Minister the power to do so, but even leaving legal powers aside, there is nothing to prevent her bringing to bear political...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an adjustment to the Covid-19 wage subsidy payment to allow for more flexibility to include those workers that had just commenced employment in the weeks prior to the crisis; if the average wage calculation for those workers could be calculated on a period other than January to February; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CAO will allow flexibility for students that may have missed the 1 May 2020 deadline in view of the situation in which sixth year students have not been in schools with direct contact with career guidance teachers; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Mick Barry: 1358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider recommending an extension of the measures to prevent evictions, serving notices of termination and rent increases due to public health measures remaining in place beyond the current deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/20]

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mick Barry: Will the Minister meet the liquidator?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mick Barry: The Minister may ask to meet the liquidator. Will she do so?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mick Barry: When Clerys closed without paying a penny to long-standing workers, the Dáil said that would never again be allowed to happen. It is happening again. It is happening on the Minister's watch. It is happening at Debenhams and more than four times as many workers are involved in this case. Debenhams closed in early April. Liquidators were appointed by the High Court, namely, KPMG....

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Mick Barry: I too want to ask the Minister questions about the Skellig Star hotel in Cahersiveen. First, I wish to make some brief points about the direct provision system in this Covid-19 crisis in general. There are 7,700 residents in direct provision. As of last Friday - the latest information we have is five days old - 149 of those people had the disease, while there were ten clusters, ten people...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Mick Barry: -----for these students in addition to answering my question on school profiling?

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Mick Barry: Will the Minister answer my question on fifth years?