Results 481-500 of 583 for speaker:Tom Barry

Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: I will be voting against this Bill because it provides a populist approach to a serious issue. It is poorly written and displays a staggering lack of understanding of the oil industry in providing for the Minister for Finance to review excise duty on mineral oil on a quarterly basis, taking account of the price of oil. The price of oil fell by 28 cent per barrel today to $117 per barrel. A...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: I welcome the chance to speak on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012. The major issues to be dealt with are the one-parent family payment and the phased reduction of the age limit of the youngest child from 14 to seven for the purposes of the entitlement. The Bill also extends the list of bodies authorised to use the personal public service numbers. The rest of the Bill provides for...

Private Members' Business. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill, against which I will be voting. I believe in preserving and protecting human life. This is an emotive and difficult issue and as such, it is easy to find merit in almost every single one of the many hundreds of representations that most Members and I have received in recent weeks. What I cannot get away from is the fact that I know of two...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his practice to impose full fines, even when the situation is under review; if this is pre-determining the result of the review and causing financial hardship to those involved. [18405/12]

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether the exit of Ireland from sugar production was due to Greencore availing of the processor's fund, with regard to our national quota; if the decision to cease sugar production here was signed off by a Government Minister and if so, which Minister; if a copy of the relevant document will be made...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate. First, we must keep it simple. The treaty, in effect, is about reality and common sense. It is critical that everyone should sell the treaty by expounding on its virtues. The treaty is about sensible financial governance, removing doubt and putting certainty at the heart of all we do. I am surprised when I hear so many speakers today...

Written Answers — Schools Funding: Schools Funding (6 Mar 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding distributed among vocational and voluntary sector second level schools in Fermoy and Mallow, County Cork, between 2000 and 2012. [12706/12]

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (6 Mar 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider adding an estate (details supplied) in County Cork to the list for household charge waiver. [12716/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if steps can be taken to ensure that social welfare recipients who are required to transfer from one payment to another are notified on time in order that there is no period between their renewed claim and payment of the second benefit (details supplied). [11698/12]

School Accommodation (23 Feb 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his policy to concentrate second-level funding in vocational education committee schools rather than voluntary schools; and in relation to the additional funding that is being provided, the population growth projections on which the funding allocations are based. [10017/12]

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2012)

Tom Barry: Each year, hundreds of children from other jurisdictions are welcomed into Irish families and this tradition of inter-country adoption is in evidence throughout Ireland. It is a wonderful thing to do to offer a new life to a child who cannot be placed with a family in the country of his or her birth. However, I agree with the Minister that the rights of the children must always be at the...

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (7 Feb 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) received €50 million specifically for the provision of former workers' pensions upon the cessation of sugar production at the Mallow plant. [6346/12]

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (7 Feb 2012)

Tom Barry: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if attempts can or will be made to access the remaining processors' fund finances to assist with the re-establishment of sugar production here. [6347/12]

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: I value speaking in the debate, although the timing is poor. I have no doubt that it is a simple request but the scenario is complex. The timing is poor because today this country re-entered the bond markets - quite successfully at 5.15%. Nobody would have predicted that up to now. That is not bad but I do not hear any praise for it. One must recognise that the Government is steady in its...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: This is a very serious topic and I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on it. I am also glad so many guidance counsellors made the effort to come to the House today. I have spoken to a number of these teachers who are fine principled people, very skilled and focused in what they do. They are the type of people I would be proud to have teaching my sons or daughters. Let us focus on...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: It could be done in a manner that might cost €20 million. Eighty per cent of the school transport system is provided by private operators, in any case.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: There is a suggestion that parents' funds are being used to subsidise the private business of Bus Éireann. This must be looked at. If we have to make savings let us come up with solutions. There is no point in shouting across the floor, saying, "It's wrong!" Of course it is wrong. We are trying to correct the situation we are in, which is a financial mess. There is no point in getting...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: The second is to accept that our school transport system must be looked at again. Ultimately, it is there to provide a service for parents. It is costing a great deal of money but in my view is not providing the service. As long as we operate under the conditions of the Croke Park agreement, which is working for many people and is keeping peace on our streets in the matter of...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: Did I say anything against the Government?

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Tom Barry: You are all talk.