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Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I will speak very briefly on this. I will talk about the rights of the people who have been hardest hit by this issue. I will also talk about the rights of the taxpayers. On the issue of the people who live in the homes affected by mica, I will put on record that I believe it is a disgrace that this is being rammed through, that there has not been adequate time for debate and that the...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I ask that the Minister of State communicate this point to the Minister for Justice.

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: In that case, I will set aside my other comments and conclude by saying we need compassion and professional help in cases like this. Jail should not be the punishment for young women who give birth in secret and in shock. I call on the Minister to review sentencing guidelines and to call for this woman's release.

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: A SLAPP is a groundless or exaggerated lawsuit or other form of legal intimidation initiated by state organs, businesses and corporations, and individuals with power and money etc. against weaker parties, including journalists, civil society organisations, human rights defenders and others that transmit messages that are uncomfortable to those with the power and money. The aim of the SLAPP...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I am referring to sentencing guidelines in a general sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Deputy Bruton raised the issue of precedent and also asked the question as to whether there were international examples. The answer to that question is "Yes". If we look at legislation in Greece, France and Portugal, we will see that there is legislative provision for workers to be put at the head of the queue and be first to be paid in a liquidation situation. I note as well that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Nobody disputes that there will be liquidations in future. The question is: how would Ms McElwee prevent Debenhams style injustice? She has not said a word which would indicate how that would be prevented.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Yes, and workers being put down the queue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Chairman, I am tied for time, so I will resume. I note the fact that Ms McElwee was asked a question and she tried to switch it to another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: She has given no guarantee to the Debenhams workers here or workers watching this as to why such an injustice could not happen again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Chairman, I have a few other questions that I would like to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I have heard the way in which she has answered them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: Chairman, I will need more time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: The Bill proposes to change the order in which the creditors are paid. If the workers are put to the head of the queue, can Ms McElwee explain how that in any sense imposes extra financial responsibilities on the State? Where in the Bill does it state that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: It does. That is true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: I note the fact that Ms McElwee has not pointed to anything in the Bill which says that there is, of necessity, an increased charge on the State and that she accepts that the Bill changes the order of creditors. I presume she accepts that legislators have the right to change the order of creditors in that regard. If there was a circumstance, and I will conclude on this, where there was an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: On a point of information, the point has been raised that there could be a question mark over the constitutionality of the Bill. The Ryanair case has been cited, as has the question of the position, as decided by the courts, on a right of disassociation. There seems to be an assumption that a collective agreement is a collective agreement negotiated by a trade union body. Many collective...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: On the Government’s back-to-school package announced this evening, I believe the Government would have closed up shop for the summer after the recess without any package whatsoever had it not been for the pressure it was put under by the Opposition in this House and, in particular and most importantly, by ordinary people the length and breadth of this country who have made their views...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: On 24 June, a couple of dozen people at least were victims of state murder when refugees were crushed to death against fences at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Judith Sunderland of Human Rights Watch said: "Videos and photographs show bodies strewn on the ground in pools of blood, Moroccan security forces kicking and beating people, and the Spanish Guardia...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mick Barry: “Incredibly unkind”, “unprofessional”, and “a huge lack of respect” are the words of Michaela Willis, the author of the State’s 2009 Retained Organs Audit. She is describing the endless delays around the release of a report into the export of babies organs from Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH, to Belgium for incineration without...