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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the expert group report on a company (details supplied) will be finalised; his views on the way in which the company's lettings are proliferating at the expense of traditional lettings in city centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26808/18]

Other Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (19 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she envisages a ban will be introduced on zero-hour contracts, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26578/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce legislation to ensure private companies cannot unilaterally downgrade their employees' pension schemes from defined benefit to defined contribution or close defined contribution schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26579/18]

Independent Clinical Review of Maternity Services at Portiuncula University Hospital: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: First, I thank the families affected who came forward with their concerns about maternity hospital services at PUH. I express to them the condolences of the Solidarity-People Before Profit group. The manner in which this State has treated women and children has been both a recurring theme and a major issue for Irish society. Indeed, the recent referendum was part of the overall debate...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: We are discussing something that was an illegal practice. It is was the falsification of birth certificates. To my knowledge, only one person has ever been prosecuted for this crime in the history of the State, a woman named Mrs. Keating who ran an illegal adoption agency or racket from her private nursing home, St. Rita's, in Ranelagh. Her activities were first brought to the attention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I apologise to the witnesses for my lateness, I was delayed on the picket line at Lloyds Pharmacy in Stoneybatter. As the Vice Chairman has asked me to be brief, I will ask one question. It relates to the question of a referendum, which featured strongly in the correspondence back and forth between the ICTU and the Minister. ICTU supports a referendum to keep water publicly owned, as do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I also support a referendum without strings and that it should be held as soon as possible. ICTU received one answer from the Minister and I would be very interested to see whether the Taoiseach would give the same answer. At any time I have heard him speak on the issue, he has not been seeking to hold a referendum on this issue any time soon. I am asking the question the other way around....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: If not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: However, support for a stand-alone utility is in the hands of the ICTU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Until 2021.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I am happy to allow Mr. O'Brien to make his point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I want to direct my questions to the representatives of the Union of Students in Ireland and Threshold. Before doing so, I would like to comment briefly on some of the issues that have been raised by the representatives of the IPOA. I congratulate the association on its gallant attempt to persuade the committee that landlords are one of the most oppressed groups in Irish society. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I do not intend to get into a long back-and-forth with the representatives of the Irish Property Owners Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: Perhaps we can continue the discussion in different forums. There are votes coming up in the House. I will respond to one question I was asked which relates to substantial refurbishment. The majority of people who come to my constituency clinic and who are facing notices to quit are being evicted on the basis of not being able to afford rent increases above the caps brought in on the...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: We are discussing and debating an amendment from the Minister of State which would phase in the increase in unpaid parental leave over the period from 2019 to 2022. We are opposed to the proposed phasing-in. We will vote against it when the vote is called. To briefly state why, the proposal for the increase in unpaid parental leave is a very modest proposal. The idea that it has to be...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: A report by the United Nations published one year ago said: "Housing and urban real estate have become the commodity of choice for corporate finance, a safety deposit box for the wealthy, a repository of capital and excess liquidity." That report showed that US $163 trillion is now invested in residential real estate worldwide, which is more than twice the size of the entire gross domestic...

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I wish to ask Deputy Zappone, in her capacity as an Independent Minister, about her comment that successive Governments should have done more. I agree with her but it is a mild comment in the circumstances. She has sat at the Cabinet table with the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the current Minister, Deputy Flanagan. The former Minister said that all...

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason no audit or action was taken in view of the report submitted by the Adoption Authority of Ireland on illegal registrations in 2011 and which again reported the issue in 2013. [25613/18]

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister for her reply but I challenge her assertion that prior to this there had been "no clear proof" of this criminal action other than in a handful of cases. In 2013, the AAI said that there may be thousands of cases, which is not clear proof, but it also said that there were hundreds of illegal birth registrations. The authority knew this from its own audit and work on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Barry: I am sure that every chief executive officer of every State transport company in the country paused for a moment when they heard that Mr. Delaney is applying to go on to the board.