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Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: A game of divide and conquer is being played here and I believe it is entirely deliberate. There are 58,000 survivors of mother and baby homes in this State. The redress scheme will provide financial compensation for 34,000 of them. Thousands will receive no compensation whatsoever. These include the children who were boarded out and all those who left the homes before attaining the age...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [55900/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: This Thursday has been designated by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Of course, violence against women is very much on the rise. We have had the pandemic and we have had the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence. Does the Taoiseach feel any degree of shame at the fact that in the city and county of Cork there are currently a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016. [57287/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: It is getting cold out there. Why is this country almost always near the top of the European league table for excess winter deaths? That number is consistently more than 1,000, sometimes as high as 1,500 and can go as high as 2,000. Can the Taoiseach explain why countries like Denmark or Norway consistently have a lower excess winter death per head of population figure than Ireland?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department ensures that all those working in schools have racial sensitivity training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: 323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 9 September 2021, if he will report on the progress on allocation of further resources to reduce the processing times for applications to the foreign births register; the number of applications on the foreign births register system currently awaiting processing; the current processing time for...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I and every Member of this House received email correspondence regarding this Bill from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Many points were made in that email but there are two points to which they asked us to pay particular attention. The first is that a victim support-advocacy voice should be specifically named in the legislation, and we support that. Second, they emphasised the view that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: A protest took place last week outside the Glanmire Community College in Cork. As I understand it, the protest was organised by students who felt that racist attitudes were not being taken sufficiently seriously by the school authorities. I also understand that the protest took place following the suspension of two students who had vocalised this point of view. The protest was, I...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I will vote in support of the Bill. Recording the carbon footprint on the labelling of products would represent a small step forward. It is something large numbers of ordinary people will respond to. The point has to be made that a measure such as this is a drop in the bucket. I support it. Let us get it done, but there are much bigger issues that we need to address such as free public...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Energy price hikes are a huge issue. It will cost a household €800 on average. There have already been 30 hikes since 1 January. People are already hard pressed with the cost of childminding, crèche facilities and rent and now they are faced with this. It is an issue of life or death. There is the concept of excess winter deaths. I have been trying to get my head around it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I move amendment No. 94: In page 121, to delete lines 16 to 22.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: I will do my best Lieutenant Columbo impression. I am not sure I understand this, but I think I do. A €150 million bank levy was paid by five banks last year that between them controlled 100%, or at least the vast lion's share, of the Irish banking industry. This year, €87 million will be paid by three banks that between them control 100%, or the vast lion's share, of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Can I ask a question?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: This one is a real head-scratcher. Mention has been made of the disruption to the banking sector in the State next year. However, the beneficiaries of that disruption will be the three remaining banks. They will gobble up the customer base of the two that are heading out the door. The Minister claims he is not increasing the levy on banks because they will suffer disruption, but they will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: When they were here, I wanted to nationalise them.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: They should change their ownership.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Let us vote on it now.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Mick Barry: Deputy Boyd Barrett wishes to comment.