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Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...: — the intervention of many disabled people into the debate around the Government's Referendum on the 40th Amendment to the Constitution "The Care Amendment", highlighted injustices they face due to ableism and the failures of the State to guarantee their rights and was an important factor in defeating that referendum; — in a report by the Department of Social Protection...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: I want to correct the record of the Dáil. Earlier, I mistakenly said that the shortest-serving Taoiseach in the history of the State was John Bruton at 924 days. It was actually the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, at 904 days. Maybe it just seemed longer. A couple of weeks ago, Deputy Michael Ring made the comment that Fine Gael has been too left for too long. If he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Mick Barry: ...a worker on €250 a week with two years' contributions will be €47.30 a week worse off. Who will be hit the hardest by this? Part-time workers, those who reduce hours to care for dependants, and young people and immigrants who have not built up their contributions. Why is the Minister of State supporting a scheme that will reduce the social welfare entitlements of the...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Mick Barry: ...tweet from Conor McGregor after the conviction of Ashling Murphy's killer. McGregor has 1.7 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, very many of them young men. McGregor has been demanding that immigrants who commit crimes should be deported. If enforced in the United States, by the way, this would lead to the deportation of McGregor himself. In 2018, he pleaded guilty to disorderly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Discrimination (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: ...excessive hate speech and racist attitude by abusing their position of authority. I am concerned that a worker facing abuse of this kind is automatically placed in a very vulnerable position by the State's visa policy. Most migrant nurses move to Ireland through the atypical working scheme. A visa only allows a person to live legally in this country for a period of six months. After...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (28 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: Teaching English as a second language is a key task and challenge for our infant and primary schools, given the increased levels of immigration, but the policy of the Department of Education - the Taoiseach's Government policy - is making the task of the schools far more difficult and has the potential to prove very divisive. Until recently, the norm has been for children to be entitled to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: I hope Deputy Mattie McGrath will pass on the information he got about repressive regimes to his constituents. Communities across the State will be welcoming refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere in the coming months. Two things need to be done to help make the changes involved a success. First, there needs to be genuine consultation with community organisations. Suggestions from people...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2021)

Mick Barry: ...public regarding international travel and new variants. People can see clearly that it does not make sense to make significant sacrifices in their lives to drive down the infection levels in the State while leaving the back door largely open. A point was raised earlier and it has not been properly addressed. I refer to the fact that a debate about quarantine should not be a debate...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Mick Barry: ...Instead, we need the coming together of working class people in common struggle on their common interests across the sectarian divide. That is needed now more than ever. I will make some points about immigrants and immigrant rights. Neither the European Union nor the British Government can be trusted on the issue of the rights of immigrants. The European Union operates a fortress...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Citizenship for Children) Bill 2020: First Stage (24 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: ...place to ensure that persons born here post-2005, who are not Irish, UK, EEA or Swiss nationals, will not need to apply for work permits or other organisations to work here. In his reply, the Minister stated that in order to work in the State, all non-EEA citizens require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission issued by the Minister for Justice and Equality....

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Mick Barry: The ban on evictions was introduced on 27 March and it worked. It was a very effective policy. At the end of March, 9,907 persons were in emergency accommodation in the State. By the end of April, that had declined to 9,335. By the end of May, it had fallen again to 8,867. At the end of March, 3,300 children were living in emergency accommodation. By the end of May, that was down to...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)

Mick Barry: ..., there is a Kepak meat plant. Kepak has 650 workers there, of whom more than 120 tested positive for Covid-19 last week. All over the world, meat plants are hot spots for Covid. In the United States, where President Trump has come in for particularly sharp criticism, more than 10,000 meat workers have been affected and at least 30 have died. That international criticism has been...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Mick Barry: ...conditions that those seeking asylum are put in here. They were put into those conditions before and during 2004 and they are still living in them today. Direct provision has been in place in this State since 2000, just four years prior to the change in law. Those seeking asylum were unable to work, and now they have an extremely restricted right to work. The weekly allowance for those...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: ...Union-funded capacity-building initiatives in Libya to which Ireland is contributing, namely, that of the Libyan Coast Guard and conditions within [detention] centres. ... MSF believes that European member states should be focusing on implementing a dedicated search and rescue operation in the central Mediterranean. We caution against any significant shift that would see the priority move...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Mick Barry: ...charging is the best way to deliver universal health care based on need rather than ability to pay. In its world health report 2010, Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage, it states that one of the reasons direct payment is unsuitable to the delivery and consumption of health care is that it inhibits access. This is especially true for poorer people who must often...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: ...Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, along with his promise to "make America great again" that ensured he was able to gain support in the so-called rust belt of the United States. These states are made up of de-industrialised communities in places like Michigan, Ohio etc., whose manufacturing jobs have been destroyed by globalisation and neoliberal capitalism over the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: ...person in the country who puts great faith and stock in Donald Trump’s words this morning. I remind the Taoiseach that this is a man who has spoken of 11 million deportations from the United States over the coming period. There are some points to be made about the idea that it is business as usual. The Taoiseach congratulated President-elect Trump. He said that, on behalf of...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: ...food. There are 70,000 unaccompanied children in Europe, according to the UNHCR. They are at extreme risk of exploitation and trafficking, and 10,000 of them have been reported missing. The Irish State bears a degree of responsibility for this situation. Many of these children are fleeing imperialist wars. Successive Irish Governments, with members from this and the other side of the...

European Council: Statements (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: ...these children are at extreme risk of exploitation and trafficking. How many lone children has the Government committed to taking in this year? The answer is 20. I share the opinion of the Irish Immigrant Council that this is not acceptable. In fact, I would say that it is shameful. Last week, "Match of the Day" presenter Mr. Gary Lineker called on the UK Government to do more and to...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Mick Barry: ...paid €9.15 per hour but also the hundreds of thousands of workers who currently try to live or exist on low pay. The national minimum wage is the floor that underpins the entire wage structure within the State. There are hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers earning 50 cent, €1 or €2 more than those at the bottom of the chain who are condemned to low pay in what...