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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be included on the school build programme for a new build on a locally identified site in view of the rapid expansion in numbers at the school since 2013 and the condition of the current building. [51113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will direct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to make an appropriate payment in view of the conclusion of a High Court case (details supplied). [51114/17]

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: When the Minister was in his constituency on 13 November last - unlucky 13 - he received a phone call from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality. He must have been shocked when the Secretary General, having clocked up 40 years' service, dropped a bombshell - out of the blue - and said he was retiring. That was the first bit of news. The second bit of news was that...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: -----the Minister did not put together the fact that there must be some connection between the retirement of the Secretary General and the email.

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Does the Minister think that is credible?

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Anyone who has been listening to the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, in recent days would get the impression that when she got sight of the fact that the Garda Commissioner was taking an adversarial approach to Maurice McCabe, she wanted to intervene to help the whistleblower but she was legally forbidden to do so. That is the impression anyone would have. I am really struck by the...

Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: My final question relates to what is happening today. Tonight, the Government and the Minister are putting blame onto the shoulders of the Department. In addition to what has been said in here, there have been whispers around the House all day to that effect. It is clear from Mr. Waters's resignation letter that the Department is putting a share of blame back into the Government's court....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: There are some important positives in the proposal, such as the possibility of releasing the potential for new housing units above shops. It would be very positive if that were to provide good quality accommodation for those who need it and would also be of benefit if it were to bring people into cities, towns and villages that have a vibrancy during the day but become like a ghost town in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Gino Kenny.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I will use my time to reply to some of the points that have been raised in the debate by those who voiced their opposition to the Bill. However, I will start by commenting on the information that has been provided to us and to the country today on the number of rough sleepers in this city. We are told there were 134 such rough sleepers six months ago and that on the night of the count in...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: That is not good enough. The Taoiseach has said he does not want people being evicted because of minor refurbishment but this is not a minor refurbishment. It is a €3 million refurbishment. If the Taoiseach changes the rule to outlaw evictions arising from minor refurbishment, these people will still get evicted. The Taoiseach has stated he does not want people being evicted in the...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Last week was the week when the mask slipped and the honeymoon ended. We were told homelessness numbers were low, that homelessness was normal, that the homeless were to blame for being homeless. It was cold, calculated, to some extent co-ordinated, and deeply cynical. The people looked and saw the defenders of the system insulting the victims of the system and they did not like what they...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regrading the implementation of the new rosters in Bus Éireann and his engagement with the trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49425/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the tendering of bus routes in County Waterford. [49426/17]

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I have ten minutes. There are some good singers in Cork. One of them is John Spillane.

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: We would clear the House very quickly if that were to happen so I will spare the House that scenario. One of John's songs, which is played on the radio, is "The Dunnes Stores Girl". I do not know if it is possible to have a punch line in a song, but he says of the Dunnes Stores girl, on whom he has had his eye for a while, that "She rules my world". The point of the matter here is that the...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: We are discussing homeless families. The number one reason for homelessness is when someone or a family receives a notice to quit from a private landlord. The number one excuse being given these days is substantial refurbishment. If a landlord wants to raise the rent, get people out, get new people in and charge them more, substantial refurbishment is the way to go. This is particularly...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I will focus on the content of the Bill. There are families being made homeless here. At Leeside Apartments, on the corner of Grattan Street and Bachelors Quay, 70 households have received notices to quit with the reason alleged to be substantial refurbishment and renovation. These apartment blocks were sold earlier this year. The property piece in the Irish Independentsaid that the...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: On the issue of the Bill-----

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: That is true.