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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Homelessness Strategy (28 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: It is the morning after we learned that more than 10,000 men, women and children are now homeless in this country. Nearly 4,000 children are homeless in this country. What measures are being taken by the Minister's Department and the agencies reporting to her to protect the welfare of homeless children and will she make a statement on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (28 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a property registered in the name of a person (details supplied) forms part of a site that facilitates the offices of his Department and forms part of an overall site that also accommodates the offices of the Revenue Commissioners. [14605/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: I welcome the men and women from the National Ambulance Service who are here in such large numbers that they could not all fit into the Public Gallery and who are interested in hearing the Taoiseach's answer to my question. Late last year, the HSE commissioned a polling company to conduct a nationwide survey of HSE staff. One of the questions was as follows: "My organisation clearly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: It is up to the workers to decide which union they choose to represent them. It is not up to the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health or the HSE. This is not an inter-union dispute. There are plenty of sections of the public sector where the State recognises four trade unions, not the six, seven or eight that the Taoiseach attempted to distort the facts with. There are plenty of places...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: Where is the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment? We are discussing a very important environmental Bill and the process surrounding it but the Minister is not here. The senior Ministers of the Government are not here. Do they understand the growing sentiment among people on the issue? Do they understand the powerful sentiment growing among the young generation on...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: We will come back to process in a second. The State faces fines of more than €600 million for failing to meet the 2020 emissions target let alone the far greater fines that will kick in if the 2030 targets are not met. It is a disgrace that the Government is mobilising its Senators and using process to block the debating of the Bill. Globally, 100 corporations are responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: 1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that although fibromyalgia is a life-long debilitating condition that effects the ability to work it is not listed as a disability and thus creates difficulties for sufferers in accessing social welfare in the cases in which they cannot work or cannot afford medical expenses of...

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: This morning, Britain's Conservative Government announced its tariff plan, to be implemented in the event of a no-deal Brexit. It included tariffs on shoes, some clothing items, cars, beef, dairy, etc. Beef imports are to be hit with tariffs of 7% and cheddar cheese will have a tariff of £20 per 100 kg. The Minister of State said the tariffs would be absolutely disastrous for Irish...

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

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Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: I hear the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I do not believe that multi-millionaires should benefit from bailouts paid for by taxpayers. Another man who is also a cofounder of that company - I will not name him - has personal wealth of €96 million. The man who is perhaps the best known beef baron in the country has personal wealth of €820 million. He is knocking on the door of being a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (13 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits for migrant non-EU fishers currently issued under the atypical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12686/19]

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: An issue which has not figured in this debate to date is the question of worker exploitation at the national children's hospital project site. This is an issue which must be dealt with and stopped wherever the hospital ends up being built, be the St. James's site, a greenfield site or Connolly hospital. The contractor at the site, BAM, has a network of subcontractors. One of the...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: You are grand, Deputy. Work away.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: I told the Deputy he is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: We are approximately 45 minutes into the session on the progress report on the Rebuilding Ireland strategy. I will start my contribution by making a point that has not yet been made. The number of people living in emergency accommodation is greater than at any time in the history of the State. In his presentation the Minister mentioned that the number had reduced in December, that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: Is the scheme closed in any local authority area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: What is the position in County Kildare?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister have a time limit on those talks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: What about these particular talks about the home loan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Mick Barry: Therefore, the Minister cannot say-----