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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State used a lot of statistics in his reply. I am not going to use statistics. I am going to give him the words of a parent in the form of an extract taken from a letter that was sent. This parent had to move her child out to another school. She wrote that her family is being literally ripped apart and that instead of dropping her three children to school, she is now only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: How many children with autism in the town of Ballincollig have been let down badly by the State and the Government? I know of 21 straight off the bat. They are the boys who attend the Scoil Eoin primary school, who are forced to struggle along in mainstream classes when special classes are what they need. This was recognised three years ago by the National Council for Special Education,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, Mr. Fintan Hourihan, chief executive of the Irish Dental Association told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that he found it profoundly worrying that a decision was made to cancel the building of a new dental school and dental hospital in Cork. A new dental school and hospital would bring a multiplicity of benefits. Number one, it would be a big improvement on the current...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Okay.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Irish Property Owners Association issued a call on Monday for the abolition of rent pressure zones. It was backed by the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers whose chief executive, Mr. Pat Davitt, said, "many, many landlords are renting ... their properties way, way under the rent". They are not getting market rent for their properties and, "The market needs to relax and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17377/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17378/24]

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: I will make some comments about the EU migration and asylum pact. This pact strengthens fortress Europe, and what has fortress Europe done? More than 3,000 human beings lost their lives in the Mediterranean last year. Between the years 1993 and 2023 there were more than 50,000 documented refugee deaths as a direct result of fortress Europe, which the Government and its allies in Europe now...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the measures she intends to take to end overcrowding in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19620/24]

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: The survivors suffered abuse; they suffered trauma; they suffered pain. They were children and now most of them are elderly. They feel strongly that this Bill does not represent justice and genuine redress. They are right. It is important that their critical voices are heard in this discussion. Tom Cronin, a member of the consultative forum said, "The Government is using this Bill to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [15405/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: For the third week in a row, I raise the issue of water in Cork city. The privatisation of water has proved disastrous in the UK. Creeping privatisation is proving disastrous here now. When Cork City Council was responsible for supplying water to households, the water, as a general rule, was clean and safe. When Uisce Éireann took over and hired a private company to design, build...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [18015/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: There are currently delays of up to four or five months to obtain an appointment for an Irish residence permit at the Cork city immigration office at the Anglesea Street Garda station. This is causing havoc for people from outside the European Economic Area, including problems with employers and landlords and with opening bank accounts. For some, it makes it impossible to travel home for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the anomalies in the VAT treatment between different mental health professions, namely psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists and examine a coherent and consistent approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those who are on disability allowance and therefore in receipt of a qualifying payment for the free travel scheme who have a child and are therefore temporarily moved to maternity allowance if they should then lose access to the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19304/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: Can I have a minute of my time back-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: -----if I steer clear from any comment on the DPP?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: After rowing with the Ceann Comhairle, I want to agree with him that George Nkencho should not have been killed. I repeat, he was shot five times, twice in the back. His grieving family deserve answers on how their son was killed. Will the Minister agree the GSOC report is a matter of great public importance about how Garda killings are investigated, about how people can get answers on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: I repeat my question to the Minister. There was a GSOC investigation. The investigation went on for two and a half years. There were hundreds of witness statements. There was video evidence. There is a lot of stuff in that report. Today, that report is not available to the family. It is not available to George's grieving mother, brothers and sisters. I believe that report should be...