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Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: I welcome those child care workers, trade unionists and campaigners for decent pay and conditions who are in the Visitors Gallery and who are watching on television screens around the country. I want to indicate that we, on these benches, will be supporting the Sinn Féin motion when the votes are taken. The average hourly rate of pay for a child care assistant in the State is...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: The news has just come through from the Central Criminal Court and I am the first to report it to the House. Deputy Paul Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Michael Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Kieran Mahon, not guilty; Frank Donaghy, not guilty; Michael Banks, not guilty; and Scott Masterson, not guilty. That is a stunning defeat for the Deputies on the Government benches and the political...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: More than €10 million will be spent on trying to make out that the accused in Jobstown are guilty. Let us save some money here and be prudent. Let us drop all the remaining charges.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I congratulate-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I congratulate the Jobstown defendants, the community of Jobstown and the men and women of the jury for defending the right to protest.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I have a question and I will soon come to it. Could the Tánaiste comment on the appalling vista that now opens up regarding the role of the Garda Síochána in this affair? The jury has just thrown out a case that was based on 180 witness statements from members of the Garda Síochána, three of whom – a chief superintendent, an inspector and a sergeant –...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: This is a stunning defeat for the political establishment. A Government Minister gave evidence for the prosecution in this case. The former Tánaiste was the star witness for the State. To the crimes of the Labour Party of heaping austerity on working class voters down through the years we can now add a shabby attempt to frame socialists and working class activists for standing up for...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Ordinary people will think the role of the Labour Party in this affair has been shocking.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Clearly, there was an attempt to gain revenge against those of us on the left who have defeated the Government on bin charges.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Does the Tánaiste disagree that what was at stake, with four of the six defendants who stood in the dock today being members of Solidarity, was an attempt, following the surge to the left and the Corbyn surge in the UK, for the Government to get its retaliation in first and to knock the left back? That has failed quite spectacularly and the left is on the front foot now.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department will take to support efforts to eliminate bogus self-employment practices in the English language teaching sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (29 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the unfolding dispute between crane operators and construction employers. [30409/17]

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I welcome the members of the Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers group, the Wives and Partners of the Defence Forces group and PDFORRA who are in the Gallery and watching this debate on television. I believe that a large number of people around the country are paying careful attention to what is being discussed in the House. In light of issues of muscle ache, memory problems, mood changes,...

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State can confirm that in the House.

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Okay. We would not want a double standard within the Defence Forces in this regard. I note the assurance that the Minister of State has given the House. It is an important point. A number of Deputies have stated that there is a bigger picture. I agree with that point. Members of the Defence Forces are denied trade union rights. 8 o’clock Not alone do they not have the right to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Administration (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Sport Ireland has delayed in responding to the application for additional funding for the national women's soccer team for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (28 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the unfolding financial crisis Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I mentioned in last week's debate on this issue that in 2011 the Irish Independentsurveyed 168 members of the Bench in Ireland and found that 56, or exactly one third, had what were described as personal or political connections to political parties in this State. In 2012, Mr. Justice Peter Kelly said that appointments to the Supreme Court were "purely political".In the same year, Judge...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: Once a stockbroker.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: I did not hear many solutions there. I did hear many excuses. Are the Minister and the Government au faitwith the seriousness of the potential fines they could be bringing down on the country? Joseph Curtin from the Institute of International and European Affairs says the country could face fines of €610 million by 2020. That is money that could otherwise be invested in health,...