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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: Could this happen in 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: Could Mr. Coyne tell members and the workforce about the lean management arrangements that are part of the deal that was hammered out and how they will work? How does Mr. Coyne see the deal producing savings for the company? That is not a breach of confidentiality, it is a straight question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: When Mr. Nolan states that terms and conditions must be within the market but not the lowest common denominator, can he give an idea of what that might mean? A driver who is on €X per week, is Mr. Nolan talking about reducing that by 5% or by 10%?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle child homelessness in the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23029/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister with responsibility for housing on tourism-related measures to alleviate the housing crisis; if he has considered prohibiting the advertisement on a company's website (details supplied) of professional lettings of whole apartments or houses in the greater Dublin area,...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: One aim of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to allow the reimbursement of some over-the-counter medical products, including emergency contraception, to medical cardholders. I, along with Members from the Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit, AAA-PBP, will vote for this. It is better that those on medical...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: I will be brief. In 2014, the Council of Europe upheld an earlier ruling that members of An Garda Síochána should be permitted to strike and participate in trade union activity. In our view, such human rights legislation should also permit gardaí to refuse to be used against trade union and community campaigns such as we saw with the water charges campaign. Does the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the concerns of a group of parents whose children attend a school (details supplied) that classes are too big in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (4 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the indications from the ASTI that it will ballot for strike action on the grounds of the use of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation against it. [28389/16]

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I am a member of the committee. We have heard a range of very valuable and interesting witnesses. I will talk in this session about a key witness from whom we heard this week, namely, Professor Allyson Pollock, the professor of public health research and policy and the director of the global public health unit at Queen Mary University of London. The committee asked Professor Pollock to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the ongoing investigations of the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland portfolio, he favours halting any more sales of NAMA portfolios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the European Commission's findings that the State breached EU rules regarding the tax treatment of a company (details supplied), he has identified any other corporations which are based here for tax purposes that may have a similar tax liability; if so, the number of corporations that have been identified and the amount of the liability...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I understand legislation is promised by the end of the year to provide protections for workers on insecure, low-hour contracts but, given that a publicly-subsidised State-owned public transport company, namely, Bus Éireann, is looking at introducing a low-hour and low-pay regime for those workers in its expressway service, scandalously lowering the terms and conditions of hundreds of...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I have three questions for Professor Pollock. Can she hear me okay?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I am moving in as close as I can. I thank Professor Pollock for her presentation. I would like to ask three questions. It has been suggested that there should be a shift in the Irish health service towards the establishment and strengthening of a model of hospital trusts. These trusts would have the power to raise their own finances independently and to outsource services from the private...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I would like clarification on the question that had been asked on the issue of why systems with private health care are more expensive, in Professor Pollack's opinion.

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: I will start with a quotation from a man whom the House will not hear me quoting too often. A former Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, said in December last year that dealing with drug companies brought out "whatever socialist instincts may be buried in me". The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is entirely right in the sense that putting the activities of the pharmaceutical multinationals...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet with the newly announced UK Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May. [22242/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel. [22241/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Services (27 Sep 2016)

Mick Barry: 446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will be defending findings with the assistance of legal professionals with regard to a case (details supplied). [27307/16]