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Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Reference was made in various speeches this morning to the global crises of Covid and cost of living with which this Government has had to contend. These were big shocks but the Government had some advantages in dealing with them. Economic buoyancy was one. Cheap money was another. These are advantages the Government will not be able to rely on in its second half. The backdrop in 2023...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice Found There, published in 1871, featured the characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee. According to Wikipedia, "The Tweedle brothers never contradict each other ... they complement each other's words, which led John Tenniel to portray them as twins in his illustrations for the book." Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are the Tweedledum and...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Will the Minister answer the question about pay-as-you-go families? A question was asked on their behalf. The Minister has a minute left. Will he answer that question, please?

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: We know that, but the Taoiseach told the Dáil yesterday that no one would be cut off during Christmas week.

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Is there a deal in place with the companies to give people a guarantee or is the Taoiseach hitting and hoping? Is that a guesstimate?

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: So there is no guarantee-----

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: -----and not even a one-week moratorium for pay-as-you-go customers.

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: That is a disgrace.

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: I have some questions I wish to ask the Minister of State. I am going to come back into the House at 11.40 a.m. to hear his reply because this is not just an answer I want to hear; there are many pay-as-you-go customers around the country who want to hear the reply to this question. Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach about the issue of pay-as-you-go gas and electricity customers and whether...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the French Republic. [61295/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (14 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [61296/22]

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: -----as a blueprint for privatisation, which is what it is. In the past month we have seen general strikes in Belgium and in Greece. What is needed now is a 24-hour general strike in Britain and Northern Ireland. That would involve co-ordination between workers in the struggling health service, the railways, the post office and elsewhere. It would also mean increased co-ordination of...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: In this country, screening for bowel cancer starts at age 60. That is not nearly good enough. In France and Germany, it starts at 50, while the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that screening at 50 be reduced to 45. Ours is at 60, however, and 2,800 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year while 1,000 people die from it. I support the campaign being waged by...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Three and a half thousand children are forced to spend Christmas in emergency accommodation, some for the second Christmas, some for the third and some even for the fourth. It costs €20,000 per year to rent a house in Cork city and €25,000 per year in Dublin. The price of a house has gone up by more in one year than the annual wage of many a young worker. A generation of...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: The Journal.ie did a fact check on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [60884/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: Householders are burning through their €200 energy credits at a rate of knots in this cold snap. I spoke to a woman on the north side of Cork city last night living in a council house with a poor building energy rating, BER. She is spending €10 per day on electricity, €10 per day on gas and €7 per day on coal and blocks. She is a pay as you go customer and her...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: As I do every Saturday afternoon.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: We will talk about that in a minute

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Mick Barry: We need a Dáil debate on the issue of this cold snap. We need a debate on how we will help people to keep their homes warm despite the massive increases in gas and electricity prices. The Government will say there is the €200 credit, but there are households who are burning through that €200 energy credit in the seven to ten days of this cold snap alone. Some of these...