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

Mick Barry: This is like listening to Radio Moscow back in the old days.

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

Mick Barry: I visited the property last night in order to see it for myself. This landlord is trying to evict families with children at Christmas on the grounds of renovation. Who is extreme? Is it the parties in the Dáil that would ban this practice or the parties that allow it to happen under the law? I will list some of the key changes provided for in the Bill and comment briefly on some of...

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

Mick Barry: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Last week, Threshold published its annual report 2017. The report revealed that 32% of the 75,000 calls it received last year were in regard to eviction notices. The previous year, 2016, eviction notices accounted for 14% of calls to Threshold. Calls regarding eviction notices have more than doubled in one year. According to Threshold...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for sharing the time. The only issue with which I want to deal is affordable housing and what housing will cost under the affordable scheme. A lot of people are interested in hearing the answer to that question. I note the Minister has informed the committee that he intends to publish next week the criteria for the affordable housing arrangements. People will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: If the developer were to pass on the full value of what is covered by the serviced sites fund, SSF, it would tend on average to result in an approximate €50,000 reduction. In the case of Dublin, if the figure was €378,000 it would bring it down to €330,000. Is that the way that it works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: The Minister was trying to soften up the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products Supply (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive the medication they need for their condition. [52408/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: Will the extra expenditure needed for family hubs be extra money for extra hubs or the same number of hubs which will cost more and if so why, or will it be a combination of both?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: No, I do not. As I understand it, this is for both extra hubs and for hubs that are costing more than expected. What will be the balance between the extra expenditure on those two elements?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: This Sunday a 34 year old mother will leave her home in Wilton in Cork city and travel up to Dublin. On Monday she will head out to the airport and take the 7.50 a.m. Ryanair flight to Barcelona. Her name is Noreen O'Neill. She is the mother of a two year old boy, Michael, her first and only child. Michael will not be going on the trip as flying is not good for him. He was born with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: There is a system in place but the system is not working. There are thousands of people in this county who need medicinal cannabis, sometimes for their children. How many have got the licence? Only 12 have got the licence, which means that less than 1% of people who need it have got it, and 99% of people who need it have not got it. One of the reasons for that is there is a chill factor...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I seek clarification on amendment No. 25, which relates to planning for the transfer of staff. That is a key, sensitive and important part of the changes and it is important that it would be done right. I could support amendment No. 25 provided that section 13 (7) and (8) in the original document are not replaced or deleted. I think that is the case but I am seeking confirmation from the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: Are they being replaced?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I am not sure if the Cork City boundary agreement has a backstop. Perhaps it should.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I have three points to make. I will first make an observation about the attendance at the meeting. I came in here a couple of weeks ago for a discussion on Traveller accommodation. Four members of the committee were present. We are having a discussion this evening on increasing pay for councillors, and there were 12 people in attendance when I came in the door. That says a lot about...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: I join in the criticism of Deputies being asked to make so many decisions on so much in such little time. Obviously, the clock is ticking on getting this business done. The problem rests with the slow pace in getting matters to this point. I am not going to comment on the issue of directly elected mayors now as I will make my comments at some other time. In the time available to me...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: -----that, three weeks before Christmas, these workers get the money they need? They have not been paid for five weeks now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: They have to buy presents for their kids and pay rent. The Social Insurance Fund should be activated immediately to assist them. Will the Government also support activation of the fund?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: We need protections for workers too.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Mick Barry: The overnight closure of Grafton College English language school, just three weeks before Christmas, comes as a terrible shock to hundreds of students and 25 workers, several of whom have been affected by a closure of this type not for the first or second time but for the third. It brings into focus the question of precarious work in the sector, which is worth in excess of €1.5...