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Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise with a company (details supplied) that 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [53234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (12 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will raise with a company (details supplied) that are engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason they do not recognise a union which represents its staff in view of the fact that they recognise a union in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53236/17]

Business of Dáil (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Why the rush so?

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: We have seen the draft document for Culture 2025 and we are being told the document is being finalised. The draft document contains no mention whatever of Traveller culture. The new Minister with responsibility for this portfolio was sharply criticised last week, including from these benches, for previous comments and actions relating to Travellers and Traveller rights.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Yes. The Minister has spent much of the past week protesting that she is not anti-Traveller. Will the House be given an indication or guarantee that the finalised Culture 2025 document will be inclusive and deal with the question of Traveller culture?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reconsider his Department's refusal to fund a new space at a school (details supplied) for resource teaching; and his further plans to reconsider his refusal to a previous request that his officials have a face-to-face meeting with the principal and board of management of the school. [52002/17]

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I wish to speak to the Minister's reply. There is a point that the Minister made-----

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I will be brief. I welcome the fact that the Government will have to come back to the House and present a report which will give us an opportunity to continue the debate. It will also give young teachers and their unions an opportunity to exert more pressure on the Government on this issue. However, I want to comment briefly on a point that the Minister made in his speech which has not...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: Those of us on these benches are often given lectures by the Deputies on the Government benches.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: We are, but in a proper and balanced way I want to make a point to the House. We are told that we are extreme and that the Deputies on the opposite benches are the moderate Deputies, the parties of the centre.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: "The reasonable Deputies", that is right. Is it not interesting that, on the basic simple principle, which would have the support of the overwhelming majority of ordinary decent people in this country, equal pay for work of equal value, the people who are taking the extreme position are the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Farrell and members of their party, and the people taking the...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: I support Deputy Seamus Healy's amendment, the effect of which would be the complete repeal of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013. It is hard to believe the legislation underpinning the declaration of a financial emergency is still in place in 2017. In less than a month we will be in 2018, but the first reports that the recession was bottoming out and that a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the professional development service for teachers to review the level of continuous professional development for teachers of mathematics particularly in the Cork area in which an absence of such a service is reported by teachers. [51548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place regarding proof of address for independent students applying for the SUSI grant in view of the predominance of precarious tenancies and the rise of apartment living (details supplied). [51582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in County Cork whereby children in special class placements are not entitled to access to transport with an escort (details supplied). [51583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision not to provide funding applied for by an organisation (details supplied) for an education and information officer; and the considerations in the new allocation model for SNAs that was given for children with dyspraxia in view of the fact that the new guidelines mean persons with this condition are likely to be overlooked. [51912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of illness benefit do not receive a Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51913/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (5 Dec 2017)

Mick Barry: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fund the appointment by local authorities of additional staff in order that timely inspections of HAP properties can take place in cases in which persons make complaints regarding standards of accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51911/17]