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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Minister for Health (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I will resist the opportunity to make a jaundiced comment about that. It is a case not just of what we want to deliver for people but also of how we do it. Nye Bevan saw the instrument for doing this as a national health service free at the point of use, funded from general taxation of a progressive character and underpinned by legislation putting the responsibility on the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The motion is effectively calling on the Minister to intervene at Bus Éireann. I will be voting for the motion. Even at this late stage, I wish to add my voice to the voices calling on the Minister to intervene in the situation. However, in large measure the motion is being overtaken by events. As we speak, an emergency board meeting of Bus Éireann has been under way for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I am dealing with the issues involves in the bus strike. Can you allow me that flexibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: In that case, I will be supporting the motion. However, I wish to make clear that if the Minister, the Government and the board carry on the way they are carrying on, we are headed for a bus strike. Anyone in the country who is interested in workers' rights and the future of public transport will need to get behind the bus workers. That includes the Dublin Bus workers and the rail workers too.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the collapse of the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the talks between management and unions at Bus Éireann were destined to end without agreement due to the parameters of their discussion being constrained by the level of subsidy provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to cover the costs of the Respreeza drug taken by sufferers of alpha-1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14354/17]

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: An article in The Daily Telegraphin 2014 cited the words of Christy, who was adopted from the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork.My arms and legs were very badly scarred. But when I asked my mum why, she basically said when you arrived your arms were very sore and they were bandaged. I didn't know anything about vaccination trials. I've since been to a few doctors and they said...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I will speak for Solidarity and for the Socialist Party which organises North and South on this island and has sister socialist organisations across the world, including in Britain. I want to bring a distinctly left, progressive and explicitly pro-working class and pro-migrant perspective to this debate on Brexit. In practice, that means recognising all the key negotiating stakeholders in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency Reports (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action which has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the formal review of the EPA conducted by a person (details supplied) and the lack of accountability of the EPA resulting from its immunity from prosecution. [13932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Negotiations (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any contact or discussions with his US counterpart on the issue of climate change and targets contained in the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Closures (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been provided with information on the proposed closure of 200 post offices; the estimated effects this will have on jobs and postal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13928/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the grants for integration projects are cut down to €600 million in her Department compared to €1,321 million in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person (details suppled) can have essential maintenance performed on their council home. [13496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 1139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a low-cost option for persons telephoning Government Departments and offices from mobile phone networks could be instituted by his Department, in view of the fact that mobile phone ownership is far more extensive than landlines, including among the poorest sections of society. [13291/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 1253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of the cuts sought by Bus Éireann management on rural connectivity. [11745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Residency Permits (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 1278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a record of any employer making an inquiry regarding employing and sponsoring the residency of a person (details supplied) on the basis of their skills. [13494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 1306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is grant aid available to a scout group (detail supplied) to assist it in acquiring some land or the use of some land to further its activities. [13802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (21 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 1311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 815 of 28 February 2017, if the specific issue of the initial non-response of Tusla to the complaint lodged by a person (details supplied) to them will be explained. [14052/17]

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Hear, hear. Excellent.