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Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 59. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high numbers of Travellers affected by suicide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the trolley crisis and emergency department overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 95. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for eliminating waiting times of more than 12 weeks for inpatient procedures, 10 weeks for outpatient appointments and 10 days for diagnostic tests. [48178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (15 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: 98. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been conducted regarding the equality impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol and its potential effects on chronic alcoholics and their families. [48180/17]

Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I will start with a question. How many solicitors does AIB have? I am not talking about the hired guns they hire from outside the bank. I am talking about in-house solicitors employed by the bank. According to the Law Society, the answer to that question is 114. If one were to take those 114 solicitors, cut them adrift from AIB and set them up as a separate company, it would be the...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I did not say that. I said it was not deeply flawed.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I am sure Deputy Curran is.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Deputy Curran is the one who-----

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Deputy Curran should look at himself in the mirror.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I will say it again.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: You are very sensitive, Jonathan. Very-----

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I want to put on the record what I believe is happening in this debate. There was a recommendation from all parties on the Joint Committee on Health, bar Solidarity-PBP, to stop the progress of this Bill, or to effectively kill it. In the past week, U-turns have been performed by the Fianna Fáil Party and by the Sinn Féin Party.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: That is a fact.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Sinn Féin has changed its position.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I believe that those changes were made in the face of public opinion-----

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: -----on this issue, which is in favour of change. I note the comments of the Fianna Fáil representative, in particular, asking Solidarity-PBP to accept that the Bill is deeply flawed. I do not accept that this Bill is deeply flawed nor do I believe it is perfect. I believe amendments could improve it. It is fundamentally sound and it is not deeply flawed. If that is a signal on the...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I would advise them not to place trust their in the majority of the parties on this issue. They have conducted U-turns in the face of pressure on this issue. People should keep the pressure up and, if necessary, protest for the progress that is needed in the interests-----

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: -----of tens of thousands of people in this country who need this change and who are suffering on a daily basis.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien does not like being called out on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Finance: Discussion (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Barry: I thank the Chair and the two committee members who very kindly allowed me skip them in the queue to speak because I have to leave at 11.05 a.m. I have three questions and they concern the local property tax; Traveller accommodation; and the question of local government capital income, particularly with regard to housing. By their nature, these questions are probably more for Mr. Geoghegan...