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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I do not know if the Taoiseach has ever been in the town of Mallow when traffic is heavy, but I can tell him it is quite the experience. If he has been there, I do not know if he has ever wandered down to a place called the Plaza to have a look at a traffic system which just does not work. Mallow needs a relief road. Why will the Government and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: Our position is clear, a Thaoisigh.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: It is clear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: You know my position.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: Before I ask my supplementary question, I will just say that the points I am going to make apply to the Taoiseach and the representatives of the Government. They also apply to all parties in this House, however. In our view, no party in this House should attend a celebration with Joe Biden while this Israeli terror campaign is being waged. That applies to Sinn Féin as much as it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: I want to talk to the Taoiseach about his planned visit to the United States next week. The World Health Organization was unable to visit hospitals in Gaza in November, December, January and part of February. Only recently has it been able to restart its work in this regard. To date, it has discovered that 15 children starved to death in those hospitals. The United Nations tells us that...

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: A lot of appreciation was shown for the-----

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Can they do so within the next 30 days?

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Can they claim jobseeker's payments as well?

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: I appreciate that.

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: This is a really relevant amendment and is particularly so tonight to workers across the country who work in The Body Shop. They have been told the Irish stores will be closed tomorrow. they are being closed by the new owners, Alma24. According to The Guardian, Alma24 has an owner and majority shareholder who is an executive with close links to Aurelius, a vulture fund that is well known...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [9342/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Many of the groups which campaigned against marriage equality and appeal are the groups which lead the "No, No" campaign, including the Catholic Church hierarchy, the far right, and now Elon Musk, Conor McGregor, and all. I want to ask the Minister about the emergence of a "Yes, No" camp, which supports "Yes" to the family referendum and "No" to the care referendum. The criticisms raised...

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Union busting is a term we associate with the United States of America, but it is an international practice and it is very much alive and well in the Republic of Ireland. In 2015, Tesco employed the union busting legal firm Eversheds Sutherland as it prepared its union busting strategy Project Black. Attacking union subscriptions and the check-off system was very much part of the project....

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Recently the Children's Rights Alliance gave the Government an E for its performance on youth mental health. I wonder what it would have given the Government for youth mental health services in the Cork and Kerry region? At the end of September, there were 728 young people on the waiting list in our region. This is 16% of the total on the waiting list nationally with just 11% of the...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: We are discussing the series of arson attacks we have seen across the State over the past five years. Let us imagine that for the past five years there was, instead, a series of protests outside the holiday homes of the super rich and famous demanding that these homes be taken into the ownership of the State and used to accommodate homeless people. Let us imagine that two or three days...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget. [7451/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he expects to develop the shared island initiative in the context of the resumption of the Assembly. [7450/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: 20. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussion with the UK Prime Minister. [7449/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: Israeli war cabinet minister, Benny Gantz, said on Sunday, "If by Ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue to the Rafah area". Ramadan begins this year on 10 March. That is the start of the week in which the Taoiseach presses his shirts and packs his bags to fly off to the United States for a celebration with President Joe Biden. Has the Taoiseach considered the fact...