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

Mick Barry: In 2011 the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus discontinued its adoption service and gave the registers from its mother and baby home at Bessborough in Cork to the HSE. In 2012 senior HSE personnel who were concerned at what was contained therein sent a report to the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on the number of deaths that had occurred at...

National Educational Psychological Service: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The austerity measures in recent years have hit the most vulnerable the hardest. We have seen how this Government and the forerunner the Labour - Fine Gael government targeted some of the most vulnerable people in education. Capitation grants were cut, class sizes remained high, career guidance positions were axed, teachers’ pay was cut and teachers were demoralised. The teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (8 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 57. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies, including those with operations here, for essential medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12061/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (8 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 87. To ask the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by nurses and the pay and conditions faced by nurses in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12060/17]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: If the Minister is serious about his opposition to the eighth amendment, he would urge support for this Bill as the passing of it would show how outrageous is the eighth amendment. It was stated in the debate by a spokesperson on the Government side that while Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution prohibits abortion with certain exemptions, this prohibition would be ineffective without...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: -----that a woman could be jailed for 14 years for procuring an abortion. What a scandal it is that we could potentially involve the police, courts and judges in what is the most intimate sphere of life for any woman. What a horrible law this is and it shows how rotten is the eighth amendment and why it must go. That is in addition to all the other arguments. I will read into the...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Before this session I went for a walk and as I walked into town with Vera Twomey and her army of supporters, there were construction workers on scaffolds who stopped to applaud them, cars that honked and women on the streets with shopping bags who came out to shake her hand. My question for the Taoiseach is this. When will we have progress on the AAA-PBP Bill to legalise medicinal cannabis?...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: That is an outrageous comment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection Services Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incremental credit years that can be carried forward by a person who is employed as a Youthreach resource person and who then transfers to a position within the post-primary sector as a subject teacher, principal or deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a recognised teaching qualification who is employed as a Youthreach resource person can receive incremental credit as a teacher for work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a single person that has access or joint custody of a child or children can access the family rate of the housing assistance payment. [11182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that have had their water supply restricted arising from the introduction of section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 (details supplied). [11570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: 819. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department in co-operation with the Department of Education and Skills institutes procedures and training for the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns by home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11187/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: Where is the sense of urgency? I am not waving at the Minister, I am holding up my hand. There are five days to go before a national bus strike which may well be the prelude to a national public transport strike. Last year, the Minister said being Minister for transport was a doddle. The Minister came to the committee on 1 February, exactly one month ago, and I asked him what the cost to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I am not painting any situation. The situation has been painted by the acting chief executive officer of Bus Éireann, Mr. Hernan. He has painted the situation and said we are looking at the possibility of the insolvency of Bus Éireann by May. We are now in March. It is a matter of weeks. I am asking a straight question. What will it cost the taxpayer for that insolvency in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I asked the Minister on 1 February-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: I asked the Minister on 1 February and he said he would get back to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: We have a national bus strike on Monday. Will the Minister get back not just to me but to the people of Ireland before next Monday and tell us the cost of the disastrous policy the Minister and the Government are pursuing. I do not care if he does it on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday night, but get back to us by then. Can he do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: The Minister is driving towards disaster.