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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I would appreciate that. On the same issue, the taxpayer bailed out AIB with a very large sum of money. It is important the steps that are taken are beneficial ones for the taxpayer. The sale of the shares is a step in the direction of the privatisation of this bank. Clearly, when the shares are sold the bank will still have a majority State holding but it is without question a step in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is not new or breaking news that the Government favours privatisation of this bank. It is also not breaking news, I suspect, that I am opposed to privatisation of this bank. The Minister mentioned two milestones, namely, majority private ownership of the bank and full private ownership of the bank. When would the Minister hope to have achieved those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: Is majority private ownership of AIB achievable within the lifetime of this Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to deliver on the commitment to have 400 non-denominational primary schools by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will take steps to remove the medicalised definition of disability from legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 1115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the submission made to his Department by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission that calls for a review of legislation to better protect carers from discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 1116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on amending the equality Acts to explicitly prohibit discrimination against transgender, intersex and non-binary persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 1273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the situation of delays in the youth justice system; the steps she will take to eliminate undue waiting times for cases to be heard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1740/22]

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

Mick Barry: 1414. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that provision to show information regarding a third vaccine dose is shown on the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (19 Jan 2022)

Mick Barry: 1477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be renewing the contract with private hospitals to access up to 30% of their bed capacity; the costings of the existing contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63367/21]

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

Mick Barry: 1671. To ask the Minister for Health if those who have received the first two Covid-19 vaccines and who have then been infected and have recovered from Covid-19 will be able to avail of an EU Digital COVID Certificate if they have not yet received their third dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1299/22]

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: What will happen in our hospitals in January? On Tuesday Dr. Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization said that the sheer weight of numbers with the Omicron cases will put hospitals under pressure internationally. This morning Dr. Susan Hopkins, the UK Health Security Agency's chief medical advisor, told the House of Commons health committee that the R value of the Omicron variant could...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: I wish to use this opportunity to make a broader point about the make-up of GSOC. It is not representative of communities that are badly policed or over-policed. Where are the young people, the people of colour, the members of the Travelling community or the trade unionists? Where is the diversity and the diverse experience? I cast no personal aspersions, but this deficit will...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: What is Fianna Fáil playing at? Here we have a Bill from a group of right-wing Deputies who supported the de facto abortion ban, a policy which forced hundreds of thousands of Irish women to travel abroad for healthcare, and who are trying to copy the playbook of the Trumpian right in the United States who are trying to undermine Roe v.Wade. The Deputies want to roll back the gains...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: I want to talk about building communities. The average tenancy now lasts approximately two years. How are people expected to put down roots and how are we expected to build communities when people are moved on again and again by landlords, with short notices, in an attempt to maximise profit? A recent report by Deloitte showed that apartment development in Cork city is profitable only if...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: Absolutely scandalous.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: The Minister is supporting vaccine apartheid. In the European Union, 320 million people have been vaccinated and 70 million have received their boosters. That is fine and as it should be, but more than 3 billion people worldwide have not even received their first dose yet. In Africa fewer than one in five have been vaccinated. In fact, in one fifth of African countries fewer than one in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the newly published response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61472/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach he will report on the progress of the Strategy Statement 2021-2023 of his Department. [61471/21]