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Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: My question will not even take 30 seconds. I have one question only and may come back in depending on the Tánaiste's reply. It is essential for companies that wish to recognised as EU air carriers to be majority owned and controlled by EU legal or natural persons. The European Commission has underlined this. Can the Tánaiste explain the position of Aer Lingus on the one hand and...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: My supplementary question is in two parts. Are Aer Lingus and Ryanair currently majority-owned and controlled by EU legal or natural persons? If not, and we have a crash-out Brexit in the short-term, how long will they have to put their house in order? Do they have a matter of weeks, months or years? Can the Tánaiste give the House information on that? This is a matter of major...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: What is the Minister’s understanding of the position? Is that currently the case?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: It has been said that the issue of Brexit will dominate Irish politics in the weeks and months ahead. While that may be the case and while Solidarity and the Socialist Party intend to give it the time and attention it deserves, I make the following point in the first week of the new Dáil term. We will not allow the Government to use Brexit to push issues like housing and nurses' pay to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: Last night, the Government shot down reports that it plans to table fresh pay proposals to nurses next Monday. In doing so, it brings the country closer to a national pay strike of more than 40,000 nurses, the largest strike organised in the country in quite some time, which Solidarity will support to the hilt. If my constituency of Cork North Central is anything to go by, the nurses enjoy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: Once again the Taoiseach has tried to play up the question of inconveniences to patients as a way of making his case against the nurses' strike. Before coming to the Chamber, I looked up this morning's trolley watch figures. They have fallen slightly, but for the third consecutive day the figure is in excess of 500. The Taoiseach and the Government have no credibility in trying to pose...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications Data (15 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority builds here in 2018. [1457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the most recent statistics on residential landlord profits here. [1456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the homeless population that are female; and the details of comparable data for other EU countries. [1460/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons categorised as homeless for a period of 12 months or more. [1458/19]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I will make two brief points. First, what was achieved today was, first and foremost, down to the Dunnes Stores workers on the picket lines. Let us not obscure that in any way. Second, it is clear from the debate that there is demand for bogus self-employment to be dealt with in a serious fashion at the start of 2019. Let us have no delay in that regard.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: We will oppose the idea of the issue being kicked down the road. There is also a significant cost to the State. The Connect trade union reckons that €300 million per annum is being lost in taxes and PRSI that otherwise would be collected if it were not for this scam. I note the Minister spoke about bringing forward measures next year. If I remember correctly that was said...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: We will vote for the Bill and subsequent legislation. However, we oppose this amendment to remove a previous amendment to the Bill. Previous speakers made the point that this is an important issue. Workers are being denied holiday pay, the minimum wage and statutory maternity leave entitlements. We are not talking about small numbers of people. In the construction industry alone, there...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: We will act as we like. We will act responsibly in the interests of the tens of thousands of workers who are being exploited day in, day out, week in and week out, through bogus self-employment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (19 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53860/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: The Irish Examinerinforms us this morning that one third of Threshold's clientele in Munster are currently facing notices to quit, which points towards a wave of evictions of renters in the early new year, no doubt encouraged by the Government's decision to give 100% tax breaks to landlords who renovate and who will be carrying out "renovictions" in some cases. The Roscommon eviction is the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I believe that mass, peaceful, people-power protest can stop evictions in towns and cities, beginning with people taking a stand and refusing to quit. On legislation, last Thursday, the Anti-Evictions Bill was passed by 45 votes to 39 on Second Stage in this House. Will the Taoiseach assure the House that Fine Gael will not attempt to put this Bill into cold storage on Committee Stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for applicants for the special rate of postgraduate grant awarded via SUSI who are long-term unemployed but had a short period of temporary employment in the year of assessment; the options available to a student who is only informed he or she has not qualified for a special rate grant after the course has begun and first...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (18 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new offshore wind farms planned to be built; the locations of the planned wind farms; and when they are due for completion. [52916/18]

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: The private sector is throwing people out of houses.