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Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Mick Barry: New politics my neck.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (24 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to request Irish Water to publicise its payment figures for water charges for the past two billing periods. [11570/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to direct local authorities to accept social housing applications from victims of domestic violence who have fled their homes but who are ineligible if they retain joint ownership of the home occupied by their abusive partners. [11571/16]

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste should answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a permanent school building available for Abacas in Kilbarrack, in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a school bus system to pupils, particularly at emergency accommodation locations where there is no alternative public bus route, for example, at the Clayton Hotel on the R139, given disruption many homeless children face in their schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider a waiver system for those with illnesses that give rise to above average household waste, for example incontinence, given the introduction of compulsory pay-by-weight refuse collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalties in place for landlords who refuse to accept rent supplement or the housing assistance payment as a form of payment. [10772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 152. To ask the Minister for Health to make special arrangements to permit persons committed to mental health institutions not to be prohibited from leaving the building to smoke. [10774/16]

Adjournment Debate: Industrial Disputes (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: What is the Luas dispute about? It is about whether the Luas drivers will get a real slice of the profits they have created for their company. In 2014, Luas drivers carried an extra 2 million passengers on the line. Transdev's profits from 2014 to 2015 increased from €24 million to €82 million and the profits for one of the two parent companies, Veolia, amounted to...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: Variable mortgage interest rates in the State are 2% above the European average. In other words, there are states in Europe in which variable mortgage interest rates are more than 2% below the rates charged here. This equates to an extra €167 per month for a household per €100,000 owed on a mortgage. For someone with a €200,000 mortgage, we are talking about a...

Order of Business (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: I wish to make a brief point on behalf off the AAA-PBP regarding the Order of Business. Our grouping has not been included in Leaders' Questions this week nor are we included for next week. I understand this is because the House is currently operating on the basis of what we would call the old Standing Orders. We have been offered the facility of a technical group as an opportunity to...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste has been asked a question. Will she answer it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Mick Barry: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision following the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. [10142/16]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach says it will not be a disaster here, so maybe we will ask for a commitment on this. The companies that got the contracts in the UK have been the subject of an investigation by the National Audit Office regarding their financial claims about the numbers on the schemes and this and that. It has become a major topic of debate in the House of Commons. One of the companies that...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Mick Barry: After 70 days we have a Fine Gael and Independent minority Government, but it is a three-legged Government not a two-legged Government. It is a statement of fact that the Fine Gael-Independent minority Government cannot survive without the support of Fianna Fáil, which will prop it up for the lifetime and the duration of this Dáil. Thus, we might say that we have in the form of...

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Mick Barry: Ignore the reality of climate change and we risk dislocating the world economy to a greater extent than it was dislocated during the Great Depression, the First World War or the Second World War. That is according to the Stern report on the economics of climate change presented to the British Government in 2006. In fact, the author of the report says that he underestimated the position....

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: The immediate backdrop to this debate is the recent deal struck between the European Union and Turkey to contain the flow of refugees into the European Union via Greece. The President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk, accompanied the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, to a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border and stated at a press conference that Turkey was the best example...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Mick Barry: A secret document.