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Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: The waste industry, following privatisation, is being run on a for-profit basis. A recycling policy cuts against the interest of profiteers. A modest proposal cuts against their interests in a modest fashion but a bolder and broader pro-recycling policy cuts more sharply, for obvious reasons. The more successful the recycling policy, the less waste there is and the less profit there is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: The fact that PDFORRA has been forced to embark on the legal proceedings to which the Minister of State refers is a scandal. There should be a settlement forthwith. Speaking of exploitation in the Defence Forces, the report to which I referred yesterday described the privates' quarters in Rathmines barracks as "Hotel Rwanda", with no hot water, broken urinals, and walls encrusted in damp....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: Is the Minister of State saying that there was hot water?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: It took ten years.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces who have not been permitted to take their full annual leave allowance in recent years can be fully compensated for this loss. [32344/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: In recent years, many members of the Defence Forces have not been permitted to take their full annual leave allowance. Does the Minister of State intend to fully compensate them for those losses?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: I submitted a question last year and it took an age for me to receive a response. That response finally arrived in January. I inquired as to how many days over the course of recent years have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph 16 of the DFR A11, which limits an annual carry-over to 19 days, regardless of whether members of the Defence Forces can actually avail of their leave...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: The proposal for Thursday is to take a motion regarding the EU-Philippines framework agreement without debate. As all Deputies in the House will know, there are major human rights issues coming out of the Philippines. There has been a dramatic escalation in-----

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: We are not. The idea that this would be taken without debate-----

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: There needs to be space for a debate. If there is no space for a debate on it this week, it needs to be left until the autumn. It cannot be ratified without debate.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tenders for building construction of more than €250,000 issued to construction companies over each of the past six years for prisons and court buildings; the initial cost of each tender at contract award stage; the amount of the agreed final account or total amount paid in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of building construction consultants and related advisers such as but not excluding architects, engineers, quantity surveyors for prisons and court buildings (details supplied). [32928/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: 678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1874 of 20 June 2017, the number of prosecutions for non-compliance that have ensued. [32343/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: More censorship.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: I am referring to Deputies on the Fine Gael benches.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: I was referring to the comments of the Fine Gael Deputies.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: I will be sharing my time with Deputy Boyd Barrett. We would be delighted to see the Rugby World Cup come to Ireland in 2023 and are inclined to be supportive of the proposals. However, we have some issues and concerns that we will now raise. First, we are not pleased that this Bill is being taken virtually in its entirety on one night. That is not the way business should be done....

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: He should have a right of reply.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: The problem is that there has already been a running commentary.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: Get the facts right. He is replying to the Deputy who was trying to re-run the case and defending-----