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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Discrimination (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: I do not need to wax lyrical about the role of migrant nurses in our health service, and I do not need to wax lyrical about the role of migrant workers more generally in our health service. We all know their role is critical and that, without their contribution, some say the service would collapse within a matter of days. I suspect it would actually collapse within a matter of hours. Irish...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Discrimination (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: I, too, fear this is not an isolated case. I have to wonder, if allegations such as this can be brought forward by more than a score of nurses in a public sector workplace, which is a unionised workplace, what is going on in some private sector workplaces with vulnerable workers who do not have trade union protection and who are in fact employed in places that are not just non-union but...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: An Irish national teachers' organisation poll of 1,300 of its members, conducted before the summer holidays, found that 98% of teachers who were renting agreed that it was "very difficult" to secure new accommodation in their area. A recent Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, survey of 1,000 schools, this time in conjunction with the Irish Primary Principals Network and the Catholic...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: Sorry lads, if you do not mind, I am trying to speak. She stated: I think it is a systemic issue. It would be very much related to the housing shortage in terms of both rental and getting properties to buy. It's difficult if you want to teach in Dublin and if you are from outside the area you can't get accommodation. It is not just a Dublin problem, it is very much a Cork issue as...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: A Cheann Comhairle, if you would not mind, I am trying to speak with this going on in the corner. He gave up after two months of house hunting, as there was nothing affordable within a reasonable distance by public transport from work. He could not secure preschool places for the kids, as they had no permanent address. The man returned to Greece disheartened. In conclusion, the housing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 10. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recently published annual report of his Department. [46494/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: WCNSF is the new acronym being used by medics tending to victims of Israel's bombs. It stands for "wounded child, no surviving family." More than 4,000 children have died as a result of that bombing campaign. More than that number will need surgery repeatedly throughout the course of their lives. Criticisms of the Israeli assault have been raised in recent days by the Taoiseach and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: I want to raise the issue of the repression of expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people. In Germany, we have seen school students who wear the Palestinian scarf threatened with school discipline. In Paris, people can be fined €135 for wearing the scarf; hundreds have been. In Britain, attempts have been made in universities to ban groups that show solidarity with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on any recent meetings he has had with the British Prime Minister. [47663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools with a religious ethos are not permitted to ask for certificates showing training in particular religious ideologies, such as the certificate in religious studies, when seeking to employ teachers; her views on whether this practice discriminates against people of different religious ideas and backgrounds to the school in which they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider a ban on the use of snares in light of the impact they are having on the protected badger population and other wildlife; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: 951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 26 September 2023, if, now that the process of payments to the owners of fishing vessels being decommissioned under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara permanent cessation scheme is complete, he can provide the list, by vessel name, owner, size and quota and amount of compensation per vessel as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste will be aware that Mallow will be added to the constituency I represent at the next general election. As a socialist, I will do my very best to represent and fight for the interests of ordinary people in this area. While I was happy to recently visit Mallow and introduce myself, I was disappointed to see a large derelict site halfway down the main street. On inquiry, I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Would the Tánaiste agree there are far too many derelict sites in towns and villages throughout the country and councils should be doing more with their derelict sites powers?

European Parliament Directive on Victims of Crime: Motion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: This directive seeks to ensure that the victims of crime receive the right information, support and protection and are able to participate in criminal proceedings. It has been broadly welcomed as a step forward by various organisations across the EU that campaign for the rights of victims. I also welcome it. I hope this directive can provoke a discussion about how the interests of victims...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [45266/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Louise Richardson's Consultative Forum on International Security Policy report referred to neutrality not being necessary for Ireland's reputation. Regarding the triple lock, it stated that, "While there was not a consensus on this point, the preponderance of views, especially among the experts and practitioners, is that it is time for a reconsideration of the Triple Lock as it is no longer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I notice from the introduction that the lowest fatality rate since the establishment of the authority in 1989 was recorded in 2022. That is welcome. I also note the increase in injuries, which obviously needs much attention. One worker who died this year is a man named John Murphy. John died in June, two months after he sustained burn industries in a preventable industrial accident at one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: I will just say that John was a husband and father of three children. There have been several fires across the site since that fatal accident. Four have resulted in evacuations. Many workers at the site will say that health and safety improvements and investment are going on but they are not the expensive fixes. They are the smaller jobs rather than the more expensive fixes. For example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: If Ms Byron could send me the statistics, I would appreciate it.