Results 801-820 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (10 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action she will take to ensure that the €200 cost-of-living payment that was due in April will be extended to State pension-qualified adults; if it is not to be extended, whether the disproportional impact on women has been factored in by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21883/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20683/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [21669/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20682/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: We do not have rising incomes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the average costs associated with the running of the shared island unit in his Department. [20294/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: Last Wednesday saw tens of thousands of workers striking in Northern Ireland. It was the biggest strike there in ten years. The strike involved four civil service unions and five teacher unions defending pay in the face of cost-of-living crisis. More than 2,000 workers attended the strike rally at Belfast City Hall. Meanwhile, Oxfam has advised that workers in the Republic of Ireland have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Queen's University Belfast conference to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement. [20293/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: I note in passing that tomorrow is the final day in the ballot for industrial action by staff at the National Ambulance Service. Like the firefighters, they face a crisis in recruitment and retention. The new grades and pay rates agreed in their review need to be implemented now. On the issue of the Cork city fire services, the mantra from City Hall just is not good enough. Cork City...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Mick Barry: For the past two weeks, Cork city’s firefighters have taken limited industrial action and protested outside the city’s fire brigade headquarters for half an hour each day. They are highlighting the fact that since the city’s boundary extension in 2019, they are required to serve an area five times the size with double the population, with the same number of full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: 232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the regulation that pertained during the existence of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers whereby no more than 50% of the crew of an eligible fishing vessel should have consisted of non-EEA nationals still applies in the context of non-EEA nationals currently in the fleet being stamp-4 visa holders; and if he...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: The Socialist Party has a unique, distinct and socialist viewpoint on the Good Friday Agreement. The key gain from the 1990s was peace, which was vital for both communities and for every individual living on this island. How did peace come about? First and foremost, it was the result of pressure from below, including the large street protests and strikes against the atrocities of the early...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19497/23]

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: We are only quoting what the Chair said during the debate.

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: Some incredible statements were made in the course of the debate this morning. A lot of them were made by the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, who said the rental sector is working well for most landlords and tenants. He also said he felt the Government was striking a balance between the interests of renters and those of landlords. I do not think too many of the renters who are paying...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith.

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: The skyrocketing rents in Irish society are causing very high levels of stress. Renters ask themselves: “Can I pay? If I miss a payment, will I be evicted?” The housing charity, Shelter UK, estimates that one third of renters lose sleep and one quarter of renters from time to time feel physically unwell because of housing worries, with the price of rent the top concern. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: There are a number of issues with the sectoral employment order that has been proposed for construction. First, on a cost-of-living point the proposal is for a 1.9% increase in September of this year, to be followed by a 3.5% increase in August of next year. Breaking that down, it equates to a pay increase of 40 cent per hour, or €16 per week, in the middle of a cost-of-living...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: Very briefly, I welcome the Minister of State's comments about the importance of the organisation of labour. I am aware of the position of the workers' representatives with regard to the SEO and I am aware that they are minimum rates. I will stress this point again that it is a matter of great importance that workers organise, organise, and organise again within construction so that these...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (25 Apr 2023)

Mick Barry: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council which he attended. [19146/23]