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Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: We are discussing the mental health budget, which is due to increase by €15 million, or less than 2%, next year. Ten years ago, A Vision for Change set targets for mental health spending as part of a ten-year plan. The truth is that A Vision for Change could and should have been fully implemented by now. We should be moving on to other issues at this stage, such as the need to...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I understand that concessions have been won by the Garda, which will lead to amendments to the Garda Síochána Act and-or the industrial relations legislation to specifically permit the Garda to access the industrial relations fora of the State, and to affiliate to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. My question is whether similar amendments can be introduced into the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defence Forces Deployment (15 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if plans were devised for martial law in the event that gardaí went on strike. [34864/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I am sharing time with Deputy Gino Kenny. We are debating the Social Welfare Bill. In some media circles the budget became known as the "fiver budget" because of the €5 per week increase for social welfare recipients. The budget is actually misnamed because social welfare recipients will receive less than a fiver. The increase comes into effect on 10 March and when one averages a...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Specific issues have been raised with my office, namely that the organisation of the Working Time Act does not apply to the armed forces. Claims have been made by Army rangers and Defence Forces chiefs that have been upheld in the courts, but have not yet been honoured by the Department of Defence. The armed forces suffered the same impositions as the rest of the public service, including...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of indications that the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors will have statutory access to the same statutory industrial relations fora as other trade unions, his Department will extend these same rights to PDFORRA and RACO. [33821/16]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: The Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors are to have statutory access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. Will the Department of Defence extend the same rights to soldiers and organisations such as PDFORRA and RACO?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Like the Garda representative organisations, PDFORRA and RACO have taken a case to the European Committee of Social Rights under Articles 4 and 6 of the European Social Charter seeking the same right of access to industrial relations machinery as other unions have, as well as the right to affiliate to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The claim of the Garda organisations was upheld, despite...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: That is a key lesson of the events of the past couple of days. I ask the Taoiseach to comment on the following points. How on earth can he put forward the idea that it is just business as usual and that there has been no change in the past 24 hours?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I would like the Taoiseach to comment on the points I have made about the similarities between his own policies and those of Mr. Trump.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy, trade and jobs last met; and when the next meeting is scheduled for. [33546/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I always endeavour to.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: Versatile, yes. I note the comments of the Taoiseach on the timing of meetings of the committee. However, important events have taken place since the last meeting. I refer in particular to the result of the dispute between An Garda Síochána and the Government on pay. I probably should not use the word "result" because the feedback I am getting is that the Garda ballot was far...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: What could one do with €2.9 million? One would be able to end the two-tier pay system for young workers in the public sector and restore all the wages and benefits taken from public sector workers in the course of the austerity crisis years. There is a clear alternative if it is prepared to tax the rich. Of course, the Fine Gael Party is a party of the rich and will not entertain the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with outgoing US President, Barack Obama; and if not, his plans to do so before the US President relinquishes his office. [33545/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: We now have a racist, sexist, bigoted billionaire in the White House or at least he will be in the White House from the start of the new year. I listened to the Taoiseach's comments today on that issue. He pointed to the acceptance speech made by Donald Trump this morning and expressed the hope that Donald Trump will heal divisions in US society. The Taoiseach has indicated it will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I will come back to it, a Cheann Comhairle. Mr. Trump has spoken about reducing US corporation tax from 35% to 15%. His low tax model does not go as far as the Irish Government’s rate of 12.5%. The Irish model has produced huge inequality, poor funding for public services and a race to the bottom. I was born in the United States of America in the state of Ohio. This gives me...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I will cede one minute.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the three speakers for their interesting contributions today but also in terms of the overall work of the committee. I have three questions. First, I would like to focus on a sentence in Mr. Gilligan's statement in which he states, "The exact services to which people should be entitled to access should be set out in law so that it is clear to both service providers and service users...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will match the offers made by the Department of Justice and Equality to settle the Garda pay dispute to the representative organisations of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33822/16]