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Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Bill is not premature; it is way overdue. The majority of people in Irish society, of young people, know that that is the case. In any event, we will move on and debate some of the issues here. We are debating a very modest proposal, which is to decriminalise possession of cannabis for personal use. We are talking about small amounts. The Bill stipulates 7 g of cannabis or 2.5 g...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The International Court of Justice, ICJ, should have ruled in favour of immediate ceasefire but despite its failure to do so, its ruling is a clear defeat for the Israeli regime. The court has found that it has a case to answer for genocide. The Irish Government must now get off the fence and join the South African action without further hesitation. Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to defy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [3712/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Last week, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel has a case to answer on a charge of genocide. Who is the individual, outside of Israel itself, who has by far the greatest responsibility for funding and arming that Israeli assault? It is the man the Taoiseach intends to hand a bowl of shamrock on 17 March - President Joe Biden. Will his hand tremble when he hands over that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Vacancy and dereliction are a curse across our cities, towns and villages. A study by the Revenue Commissioners two years ago put the number of vacant buildings at more than 57,000. There is plenty of potential for housing there. One of those buildings was probably the old Central Hotel in Mallow, County Cork. The building has been put onto the derelict sites register. It will have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Is there any comment on the recruitment freeze in Cork University Hospital?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 19. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [3711/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: A total of 71 people were on trolleys in Cork University Hospital, CUH, this morning. It was the second most overcrowded hospital in the State last year, with 12,582 patients admitted without a bed. Already this year, the numbers presenting to the hospital's adult emergency department are up by one third on last year. This morning, the hospital's clinical director of emergency and acute...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3710/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Sonya Cashman and her family live in Blackpool in Cork city. Their household has been plagued with dirty, discoloured water for 18 months. John Mulcahy lives in Ballyvolane with his family, which includes two-year-old twins. Their household has been plagued with dirty, discoloured water for three years. Sonya and John will be speaking at a public community meeting tonight organised for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I will ask about the European directive on combating violence against women, specifically the inclusion of rape in the directive. Every year, more than 100,000 rapes are recorded in the European Union. Backward laws prevent many more from coming forward and prevent many who do so from getting justice. I say shame on France, the Netherlands and Germany for trying to block a more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the December European Union Council meeting. [2897/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I wish to raise an issue about women's rights in the workplace. A woman worker at VMware in Ballincollig working off her contract would get six months' full pay during maternity leave, but the new contract put in front of her on Monday by the new owners would cut that to 12 weeks' full pay during maternity leave. There is a company restructuring taking place and there are mass redundancies...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The best quote of the year so far was a tweet from Dr. Panti Bliss-Cabrera: I keep thinking about only a couple months ago and all the fury and outrage and furious tweeting and angry articles provoked by *any* suggestion that Israel had bombed a single hospital - and then Israel went ahead and openly bombed *every* hospital. She put the word "every" in inverted commas but meant virtually...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Tánaiste is saying there would be no sense in boycotting the St. Patrick's Day trip. Let us have a quick look at this argument. The first argument put forward by the Tánaiste relates to why should we boycott when it is clear the US is trying to end the conflict. Clear to whom? Biden has pledged $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel. As of Christmas Day, Israel had...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: Some 24 residents died in a 51-bed nursing home at Ballynoe in Cork during the Covid emergency. They were just some of the more than 1,500 people who died in nursing homes during those times. Families and loved ones have many questions they want answered about the care that was and, in some cases, was not given in the homes. Ireland's Covid inquiry is due to be set up in the near future....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: And the human rights expert?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: I would have thought you might have a view on it, but anyway.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: What about the question on healthcare assistance?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State, Deputy Neale Richmond, met the employers' organisation Nursing Homes Ireland earlier this month and agreed to its request to defer increases to minimum pay rates for healthcare assistants and home care workers from outside of the European Economic Area who hold work permits. This concession to employers was made despite nursing homes being increasingly owned by real...