Results 941-960 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [9875/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: Local authority water assets and staff were due to be transferred over to Irish Water, Uisce Éireann, on 1 January. It is now 28 February and this has not happened. This is something worthy of public comment, in my opinion. What happened? Water workers across the country rebelled against the framework document which outlined the path to the transfer. The four trade unions that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: Some 10 million people living with AIDS do not have access to lifesaving treatment. Not a single monkey pox vaccine has been sent to Nigeria or the Democratic Republic of Congo, where monkey pox has been endemic for more than 50 years. There are still huge global inequities around access to Covid vaccines. The World Health Organization pandemic treaty is being drafted to address the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9746/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: Europe is rearming and the world is rearming. The International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX, took place in Abu Dhabi from 17 February to 21 February. Arms manufacturers from all over the world participated and big money was made from selling the machinery of death and destruction. The United Arab Emirates signed deals there worth $6 billion. A strong Israeli presence was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council on 9 and 10 February 2023. [8634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the publication of the independent report into historical child sex abuse allegation in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10103/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the greyhound track attendance figures for 2022 by date and track and a breakdown of the figures into, including, paid entry, free entry and entry by adults, children, owners/trainers, bookmakers, press, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (23 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed maintaining regular Cork to Bristol flights with airlines given the strong connections between the two regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9568/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Nursing Homes (22 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and the disabled persons maintenance allowance. [8633/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [8632/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: There are approximately 20,000 community employment scheme workers in the State. They do valuable work in community centres, in sports grounds, with meals on wheels and much more besides. These men and women work a minimum of 19.5 hours per week and in return they receive basic pay of €247.50, which is less than €30 a week more than the basic dole or an additional €1.50...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: We have to put them in three days before.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: I will start by asking a simple question. Do eviction bans work? We have some evidence from this State in the past couple of years which might help us to answer that question. Bear with me while I give a couple of statistics. The first eviction ban we had came in at the start of Covid. In March 2020, the number of people who were forced to live in emergency accommodation in this State,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8379/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday to say that racism and fascism are not wanted in this country. It was an important start to building the militant anti-racist movement we need. Why did gardaí harass anti-racist campaigners as the march began to assemble in Parnell Square? Why were attempts made to prevent members of the Socialist Party handing out placards?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: Adult education tutors are public servants employed by the education and training boards, ETBs. There are more than 3,000 of these workers employed across 16 ETBs, many of whom are fully qualified and registered teachers, but they are paid the unregistered teacher rate. Their hours are capped at 22 hours of class contact time per week and they are not paid for any preparation, research or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: It was hugely successful.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s strategy statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [8377/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2022 will be published. [8378/23]