Results 341-360 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Adult education tutors in education and training boards from across the State will protest outside the Dáil at lunchtime tomorrow. They want to know why the Government is making an offer that falls short of equality with other post-primary teachers. Why is the Government not offering equal pay for work of equal value? Teachers in this country progress up the pay scale based on years...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5334/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [4125/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: There are more than 300 children aged four or under in the Churchfield area on the northside of Cork city. Last August, a very long-standing and much-loved childcare and community centre, Before 5, closed suddenly. All other childcare providers in this area have waiting lists. The urgent hope is that a new childcare facility will open at the old location this September. However, for that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Welfare Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what procedures are in place to ensure that those who have recently occupied a previous unoccupied house can avail of the electricity account credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6511/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have an update on approval of its stage 3 report for a planned extension to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6510/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 594. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the amount paid to a number of nursing home groups (details supplied) last year under the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home (details supplied) following HIQA's findings in respect of fire safety issues at the building; if alternative accommodation has been secured for the current residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/24]

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State may guess which topic I will raise. I once again raise the issues of healthcare assistants from outside the European Economic Area, EEA, many of whom come here from India and play a vital role in our health service doing stressful work away from their families. They do not reach the minimum income threshold of €30,000. People who came here last year and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Three hundred and sixty-four jobs are due to be cut at VMware in Ballincollig, Cork city, in the near future, possibly as early as next month. I expect this to have a big impact on what, for want of a better phrase, I will call the tech ecosystem in Cork. It will have considerable knock-on effects. The Minister for enterprise, Deputy Coveney, and the IDA need to make replacement investment...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: We will be watching very closely.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: There is a massive expansion in the Minister's peaking time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: There is a water crisis in Cork city. The issue is dirty, discoloured water - brown and orange - coming from the taps. It is coming from the showers. It surges into washing machines and dishwashers. It does not effect every home but there is no question that it has affected many thousands of homes. Uisce Éireann statistics indicate that on nine separate weeks in the past 18 months,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The title of this session is Leaders' Questions not leaders not answering the questions. The Minister did not answer the Sinn Féin question. He did not answer the Labour Party question and he is not answering the simple questions I put to him. I will repeat them. Will he simply and clearly tell the Dáil and the people who have been directly affected by this that this situation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Completely unacceptable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: He will not use the words "completely unacceptable".

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Bill is not premature; it is way overdue. The majority of people in Irish society, of young people, know that that is the case. In any event, we will move on and debate some of the issues here. We are debating a very modest proposal, which is to decriminalise possession of cannabis for personal use. We are talking about small amounts. The Bill stipulates 7 g of cannabis or 2.5 g...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current average waiting time for a WRC adjudication hearing to be heard from the time the complaint(s) are submitted; whether the delay in the hearing of a particular case (details supplied) can be accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/24]

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The International Court of Justice, ICJ, should have ruled in favour of immediate ceasefire but despite its failure to do so, its ruling is a clear defeat for the Israeli regime. The court has found that it has a case to answer for genocide. The Irish Government must now get off the fence and join the South African action without further hesitation. Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to defy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [3712/24]