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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: My question is short. The Foreign Ministers of the six nations that founded the European Union met separately on at least three occasions before the Brexit referendum and again afterwards. Representatives of this state were not invited to attend those meetings. That is very strange. I can only imagine what the reaction might be if Irish representatives met representatives of five other EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the meetings he had with other EU leaders in Brussels during the recent two-day summit on Brexit. [19474/16]

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: A request was made on the floor of the House yesterday that the speaking time allowed in the debate on the citizens’ assembly be increased from five minutes. It was agreed that it would be considered by the Business Committee.

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Is it now ten minutes?

Business of Dáil (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for clarifying the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of detections made of undocumented non-European Union migrant fishing crews in Irish ports in 2016; and the number of prosecutions ensued thereafter. [21496/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the discovery of the use of angel dust in a herd in the County Monaghan area, if sufficient safeguards are in place to ensure that growth hormones do not enter food for human consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in reference to comments made by the German Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, following the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union, the measures he will take to protect the incomes of small farmers and investment in rural communities should the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy be reduced; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine subsequent to the establishment of the atypical worker permission mechanism, established to allow the owners of Irish fishing vessels regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, if he has received any representations seeking to increase the number of permits available beyond 500 or any other...

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 1:(a) To insert the following after "diminished public trust in the sector":"-- the charity sector has been used by successive Governments to elude their responsibility to provide essential State funded services especially in areas of housing and health; the unregulated nature of much of this sector is a reflection of its misuse by Governments as a substitute for State...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: It is grand.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: An historic one. Put it on the record.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Where was it agreed?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21000/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Does that mean that Deputy Connolly will get an opportunity to speak after me?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: I will do that and I appreciate this. My question is to ask the Minister for Health for his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: The Minister is right in saying there is a long history of provision of health care by such service providers but we are now in the 21st century. The Minister said the key issue is the whether the service is being provided, so let us get down to the nitty-gritty on that. I refer to an article in The Sunday Business Postof 9 May. The headline stated: "Catholic ethos restricting St....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: A dedicated State-funded service with the specific remit of catering to homeless pregnant women has been provided by a so-called pro-life organisation, Life Pregnancy Care, which recently branded itself as Anew, and now claims to be multidenominational. According to its audited financial statements for 2014 provided to the Companies Office in November 2015, its directors include Lorcan...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: Does the Tánaiste seriously believe the Irish people will not believe the water commission is rigged? Joe O'Toole let the cat out of the bag. The cat ran across the floor of the Dáil and everybody has seen it. The song the Tánaiste might like the members of the water commission to sing is "Silence is Golden".

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)

Mick Barry: However, although the members of the commission are not talking to the press, the Tánaiste cannot bury their past statements. Xavier Leflaive of the OECD is on the commission. He once said, "Water pricing can be used to signal scarcity and to create incentives for efficient water use in all sectors". At another stage, he said, "It is well acknowledged that metering is the best...