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Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: The spanner is still in the works, Minister.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: That is precisely what I am talking about.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: That is precisely what I am talking about.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 3 o’clock Concerns have been raised in Cork, and I am sure in Kerry also, in respect of the Technological Universities Bill 2015 and the proposed merger of the Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee to form the Munster technical university. Workers in these colleges are expecting job losses, and I believe they are probably right to expect job losses....

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I am well aware that when I criticise the Government I am, in passing, criticising Fianna Fáil on this issue. Deputy Byrne has said that my comments are scandalous, represent a red herring and are typical of the far left. The Deputy, however, does not remark on the fact that a significant body of trade union opinion among the workforce in the Cork and Tralee institutes of technology...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I have the answer. There is no guarantee.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I would like to hear that one word.

Other Questions: Public Service Retirement Age (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Public servants will now be able to work until the age of 70. The question is whether they will be compelled to do so or whether they will they do it out of a desire to work. The Minister says that the decision for those public servant workers is completely voluntary. I put it to him that he has put in conditions which mean it is not completely voluntary. I will list three: the increased...

Other Questions: Public Service Retirement Age (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: That was a very interesting reply. If the Minister comes into the House to propose a socialist republic with public ownership of the means of production, I will second his proposal.

Other Questions: Public Service Retirement Age (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I bet, however, that the Minister would not do it. He is a defender of the capitalist system and the rule of the 1% elite. Despite all the bluff and bluster from the Minister, many people will be smelling a rat here. It is well known that the Government intends to bring the State pension age up to 68. It is not a wild leap of the imagination to suspect that the ultimate aim of the...

Other Questions: Public Service Retirement Age (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I am looking at the Minister.

Other Questions: Public Service Retirement Age (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he will ensure that public servants who opt to work until 70 years of age will be doing so out of a desire to work as opposed to feeling compelled to do so for economic reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53259/17]

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I will be speaking in this debate for Solidarity and for Solidarity alone. Today Northern Ireland is in crisis. Everyone here almost certainly agrees with this statement, but there are very different views as to why there is a crisis and as to the way forward. The Executive collapsed nearly a year ago and there is no sign of the necessary level of agreement to bring it back. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I think it is important and positive that all the groups and speakers have addressed the committee today. The points raised are relevant and sharp and put it up to the committee and people in a position of power regarding the transport infrastructure. I will not go through it company by company but Dublin Bus clearly has issues and questions to answer. The same applies to Bus Éireann....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Is Ms Lennon saying the legislation will require a lower standard of private services than public services?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (13 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the ongoing incarceration of a person (details supplied) who had their licence revoked in March 2016 but has not received due process or opportunity to answer charges against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Programme (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has prepared legislation to accord enhanced rights for PDFORRA and RACO in anticipation of the outcome of the European Committee on Social Rights case taken by EUROMIL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged with members of a group (details supplied) on 30 November 2017 during their 24-hour protest outside Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Recognition (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will raise with a company (details supplied) which is engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason it does not recognise a union which represents its staff in view of the fact that it recognises a union in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to no longer cover medical and adhesive tape on the medical card; and if alternative funding arrangements have been made to cover costs for those that require it for daily use. [53087/17]