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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will waive visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals leaving Ukraine that seek to enter this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12387/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that persons who are in Ukraine who are not Ukrainian nationals regardless of their legal status in Ukraine will be given access to the State; if she will raise the issue of non-Ukrainians and undocumented persons in Ukraine seeking to leave Ukraine at European Union level to ensure they are able to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Covid-19 travel regulations will be applied with flexibility for those coming from Ukraine to avoid them being a barrier to travel to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: This debate in under way and will continue over the coming weeks and months. We look forward to participating fully in that debate. Part of the debate has to be the question of the links European governments had with the Putin regime and its supporters, including the blind eye that was turned in this country. Some €118 billion worth of wealth was sloshing through the IFSC from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Ukraine's agony continues. Some 1 million refugees have left the country and thousands of civilians have been killed. Cities, homes and healthcare facilities have been bombed to smithereens. Seven days after the Russian tanks began to roll across the border, Ukraine remains unconquered and the capital is holding out. Amid the horror of Putin's war two key positives shine out, namely, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that possession of a public services card will not be made obligatory to obtain a driver’s licence or learner’s permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure there are no barriers in relation to waiting lists for social housing that pressure persons to remain in abusive relationships in order to maintain their position on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Breaking news, Eurozone inflation is 5.8%.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Wow. It is 5.8%. The Taoiseach may have said it this morning, but it is breaking in the past hour. There are big cost-of-living increases on the way that are not included in those figures. The Russian invasion of Ukraine moves the cost-of-living crisis to another level. The price of bread, groceries, heating and fuel will rise. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already warned of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Polish border.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [10112/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [10111/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Yesterday in this House, I questioned the Taoiseach about reports of people of colour fleeing Ukraine, being discriminated against at the Polish border and being turned away. In his reply, he stated, "we neither support nor have any evidence ... of any racist approach to facilitating migration into Poland". There is plenty of evidence now. Ignorance was not really an excuse yesterday,...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: I want to express my solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We have watched our television screens in horror as their country has been invaded, their cities attacked, homes destroyed and their lives taken or shattered. I state my support for the right of the ordinary Ukrainian people to defend themselves and resist, arms in hand, the invaders who threaten their homes and lives. It is for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: Look at your phone. It is all over it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach should not turn a blind eye.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: The Department of the Taoiseach is in charge of Ireland's interests abroad. Those interests should have nothing to do with turning a blind eye to racism. The following are the words of Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland from Ukraine. He stated that he and his companions had been chased back and hit by police armed with sticks. The Polish Government denies this is happening,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: There has to be a comment on what is happening on the Polish border.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: That is scandalous.