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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: Alternative to the agenda that the Tánaiste is promoting of militarisation, increased military co-operation, and edging the society towards closer co-operation with NATO. The list of names the Tánaiste spoke of is more groupthink than a debate in Irish society or a real forum. He has picked the judge, jury and overwhelmingly pro-NATO witnesses. It would seem that members of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste has not got them at this forum. Where are they?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: Not at all.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: That is precisely what the Tánaiste has done with this biased and one-sided speaker list.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste is not going to get away with a speaker list like that.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: I wish to add a few brief words to what has been said about Christy Dignam. I think many people in this country were touched by the news of his passing yesterday. He had a great voice and sang bel canto. He was a fine songwriter. He was a poet, really. He would remind you a lot of another great Dubliner, namely, Philip Lynott. Christy overcame much adversity in his life. He was a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Council of Europe (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: Does the Taoiseach intend to summon an immediate meeting of the Low Pay Commission to address the Government's breach of Article 4.1 of the European Social Charter on the issue of the national minimum wage and young workers in this country? The European Committee of Social Rights has stated that the fact that someone who is 18 gets 80% of the minimum wage and someone who is 19 gets 90% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Council of Europe (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: Shame.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Council of Europe (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Council of Europe. [25549/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: Two thirds of the nation's firefighters are now directly involved in an industrial dispute with the Taoiseach's Government. Our 2,000 retained firefighters risk their lives to protect the public. The Taoiseach's Government has chosen to ignore their justified demand for a better core rate of pay. As a result of this choice, these firefighters have been left with little option but to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Services (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he anticipates water shortages this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the proposed plans byESB to switch its power generation plant at Moneypoint in County Clare from coal to oil by 2025, and how this move will adversely affect the State's emissions instead of significantly reducing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his meetings based on media accounts (details supplied) with toll companies regarding the imminent proposed hike in toll prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department will take to ensure the welfare of all animals currently being looked after by an organisation (details supplied) which has called a national emergency appeal due to the fact that all its centres have reached maximum capacity; and if his Department is considering taking further measures to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if future legislation is planned in the regulation of capitation fees in HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Code (1 Jun 2023)

Mick Barry: 312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given the vulnerability of domestic violence victims, domestic violence leave will be paid in full, at 100% of the person's normal rate of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26786/23]

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Mick Barry: Young people cannot afford to buy and cannot afford to rent. The Government is forcing young people out of the housing market and out of the rental market. They are forced to live at home with parents or forced to emigrate. The Central Statistics Office told us in February that the average price of a house in Cork county was €304,000. The average price of a house in Cork city was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (31 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason (details supplied) in Cork Harbour has been sanctioned despite two of the rivers flowing into the harbour are not meeting their conservation limits; if he would review this decision, given the risk to fish being caught in the nets and the precautionary principle; his views on whether the sanctioning of draft...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (31 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a draft net fishery has been sanctioned in Castlemaine Harbour given one of the rivers flowing into the common embayment area, the Behy river, is closed to angling for several years and the harbour is a mix stock fishery; if he will endorse scientific monitoring samples from intercepted fish in the Behy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which his Department plays a role in ensuring climate action is a key priority across all Departments. [25548/23]