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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Will the Minister and his Department undertake an analysis of budget 2023 to ascertain whether it is a progressive budget in the context of its redistributive effects, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The Minister will have to agree with me that we cannot have social solidarity or equality of opportunity alongside gas and electricity disconnections. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action this week that there will be a moratorium on disconnections this winter. With five days to go before the budget, my office...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: I ask that the information the Minister gets from the Minister, Deputy Ryan, be made public today. There is a lot of concern out there about this issue. It is five days to the budget. It is true that the Minister does not have responsibility for energy but as the Minister for Finance, I would have thought he would have known the answer to that question at this point. We had the situation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the aspects of the recommendations of the recent Report on the Commission on Taxation which he supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would support regulations to oblige retail banks to guarantee access to cash across the State through a branch network and ATM network that would allow people to easily access and deal in cash should they so wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46198/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support measures to be taken to ensure that interest rate rises will not be passed-on to mortgage consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (22 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his participation in the United Nations Human Rights Committee's review of Ireland's performance under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva in July 2022; the steps that he will now initiate to fulfil the recommendations of the Committee, in particular those...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: I am opposed to the self-regulatory model for the online tech giants. Therefore, I welcome this legislation as a step forward, however small. There are important issues around finding the best balance between preventing harmful content and the protection of free speech. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has raised important issues in that regard. In this contribution, I would like...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Today in Cork city and county, workers who provide key community services at the Irish Wheelchair Association, EmployAbility and St. Joseph's Foundation are striking for one day. These are section 39 workers, most of whom have not received a pay increase in 14 years. These workers are demanding a pay increase and restoration of the link with public sector pay. In so doing, they are acting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (21 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a suspension of the open hunting season on wild birds in light of the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the measures and initiatives that will be taken to better understand and to reduce still-birth and infant deaths among mothers of African background, and those in poorer social-economic groups following the publication of a report (details supplied) showing inequalities in mortality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: They are not doing it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Last year, the Taoiseach said in the House: All the measures the Minister has taken in placing restrictions on evictions and so on have borne fruit. The tsunami has not happened that the Deputy said would happen a year ago. The Deputy he referred to was my good self. This morning Threshold came before an Oireachtas committee and reported that it has been notified of 462 notices to quit...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [45764/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The question is about new US nuclear weapons in Europe. Will the Taoiseach please answer?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach is for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with European Union and NATO leaders on the margins of a recent NATO summit in Madrid. [45762/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach is on record as saying he wishes to have an informed debate about military issues and this country in future. The NATO summit in Madrid committed not just to an arms race but to a nuclear arms race. The strategic compass declares full support for the "forward deployment of" US nuclear weapons on European soil. At a time when millions of ordinary Europeans face the threat of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures to expedite the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff in the non-HSE and non-Section 38 sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45905/22]

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: Six years ago, Deputy Joan Collins put forward the water in public ownership Bill, which calls for a referendum to ensure that water services remain in public ownership. Yesterday, the Taoiseach was asked when this referendum would be held and when a date for it would be announced. He replied that the Minister " is working on it" and that "We will get a timeline when we are ready for it."...