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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in co-operation with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment he will elaborate a policy for the expansion of public transport and the radical reduction of public transport fares in order to avert the possibility of fines being imposed on Ireland for not reaching its CO2 emission targets by 2020; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department has taken to ensure the protection of the rights of passengers that booked flights with a company (details supplied) that have subsequently been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a complaint made to the Health and Safety Authority regarding alleged unsafe practice by a company (details supplied) with regard to the training of drivers in the operation of the new routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42031/17]

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: The housing crisis exposes the reality of capitalism today. There is an urgent need to build thousands of new homes. The Government has presided over a 25% rise in homelessness from August 2016 to August 2017 according to Focus Ireland. There were 1,442 homeless families in August, and 3,048 homeless people are children. These are shameful facts and are an indictment of capitalism, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I will not make a speech about this but the fact that the committee invited Mr. O'Leary to come before it should be registered. He said he did not have time to do so but he clearly had time to get a firm of solicitors to send us a letter trying to gag the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: It is an insult that Ryanair representatives have not attended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I will start with what I feel is a statement of fact and one that I can stand over: Ryanair benefits big time in this country from soft touch regulation. There are men and women, mainly men, who fly Ryanair planes, operate to a Ryanair schedule and wear the Ryanair uniform who are officially self-employed. This company operates bogus self-employment on a grand scale and the Revenue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ryanair Service Provision: Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and Irish Aviation Authority (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I do not see anything responsible about social dumping and I believe the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection have turned a blind eye to this practice for far too long. I will park the point there. In terms of the regulators that we have before the committee this afternoon, I have listened carefully to the points that have been raised by Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: The issue is how should the committee proceed. It has been the practice for delegates invited to address the committee to present their remarks in written format. Members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association are here and have been waiting for nearly four hours for their turn to speak. I have never seen delegates wait so long. We will have the opportunity to receive a written version of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: To clarify the point, is the Chairman saying he would have been okay with the Irish Airline Pilots Association making a presentation without a script had it gone first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: Can we have a vote on that proposal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: I oppose that proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revise the requirement for greyhound owners to register with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been received in the past year by the HSE from persons seeking a licence to use medicinal cannabis products here; the number of these applications that were granted; and the criteria that were used in accepting or rejecting applications [41306/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of reporting that has been sought by the city of City of Dublin Youth Service Board from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in terms of the range, volume and frequency of activities it organises with the funds it receives from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41303/17]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: This motion from Sinn Féin is on social and affordable housing. We support the motion although we believe it does not go far enough in some respects. However, we will speak and vote in support of the motion. I suspect that the motion will be defeated by the combined votes of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael or that it will be gutted by the amendments that have been tabled. The main...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: My question is about the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill. We were told the aim of this Bill is to amend the 1990 Act to give the Garda representative associations access to the State's industrial relations institutions. Yesterday, however, we read about a working group report produced in advance of the legislation, which advises against trade union status. Interestingly, the report...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the repeat capture of hares for hare coursing; and the measures she will take to prevent this occurring. [40718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: 74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the issuing of hare coursing licences for the coming season. [40719/17]

Flooding in County Donegal: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Barry: I appreciate that. The floods which hit Donegal in late August, as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will know, were devastating. The report I read - I am not even sure if it was the final report - indicated 47 households registered as being displaced and 300 issues relating to the road network, ranging from extensive structural damage to bridges to stretches of rural roads being completely washed...