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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mick Barry: I will move on from that particular line of questioning. I note that when I asked the question about debt collection agencies being ruled out, I did not hear the word "Yes" from either of the representatives of the two banks. I will move on. This is again a question for the representatives of each of the banks. Their mortgage books are being transferred but credit cards and current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Sorry, I meant to ask about current accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mick Barry: I suspect that many observers might say it has less to do with customer choice than making decisions that are profitable for the banks. I have limited time so I will move on to the issue of the shedding of jobs and the closure of branches. I am not speaking about the future but about what has happened in the past. It seems this is making it more difficult to be able to carry out this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Any serious strategist will hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The witnesses have expressed their hopes they will be able to carry out these changes in the timeframe outlined. There are serious observers, including in the Central Bank and on the committee, who are doubtful the process can be completed within the timescale. The question then arises as to what happens in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Mr. Jansen did have the opportunity to have those customers and he chose to leave those customers behind. There is real pressure on them as a result of this. No doubt the committee will engage again on this in the months ahead. A key takeaway of the discussion we have had so far is the indication from the banks that they will at a certain point next year sell non-performing loans. They...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: The chair of the St. Vincent's Hospital Group, Mr. James Menton, told the Joint Committee on Health yesterday that the St. Vincent's Hospital Group is a secular organisation. This is the St. Vincent's Hospital Group still has St. Vincent in its name. Does it not still have religious statues and icons in its grounds and in its hospital? At the same time as that contribution was being made,...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Ah yes, the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan. Abraham Lincoln once said: "You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” I hope I have that right but the Deputy knows the quote to which I refer. Fine Gael jumped on the Repeal bandwagon very late in the day but it will be lot clearer to the people...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: I want to raise again the case of George Nkencho. It is my understanding that the inquest into the death of George Nkencho is due to reconvene in June. However, it is also my understanding that the inquest cannot properly reconvene until such time as the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into his death is complete. That investigation is not yet complete....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Bus Éireann is proposing it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24531/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [24529/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [24530/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: When the pandemic raged, bus drivers kept society on the move, risking their health day after day as key front-line workers. How are they being repaid? They are being repaid with a kick in the teeth. Bus Éireann is threatening to freeze their wages, not just for 2022 but for next year as well. While prices continually increase, this represents a massive pay cut. What does the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Supporters of the militarisation of Europe were in full voice at the recent Conference on the Future of Europe. Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen and others linked what they saw as the need to militarise with changes to the European treaties, including an end to unanimity clauses. Where is the Government in this debate? Will the Taoiseach support a two-tier Europe and if so, which tier...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Talk to Mr. Macron.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Finland and Estonia. [23441/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the measures taken to challenge sexism and bullying in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23820/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: Let us say that defence spending is increased by €1 billion. Is the Minister going to take the pay increases out of that €1 billion or will they be covered by another Department? Will the Minister give us a breakdown of where he sees the increases going? How much will there be for capital spending, for military equipment and for pay, if his Department is to cover the pay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister for that clarification. The representative associations have been locked out of the public sector pay talks.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Mick Barry: They have been locked out in that they have not been allowed a full voice at the talks. Pay talks are about to get under way. Are the representative associations going to be not only present at the talks, but given a full voice and full say at them? On the issue of the democratic rights of Defence Forces personnel, in other jurisdictions, including Sweden, defence forces personnel have the...