Results 1-15 of 15 for carers speaker:Mick Barry

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

Mick Barry: ...disabled people seeking rights through the courts and forced them to campaign for services and supports, in particular from the social protection and healthcare systems, with many disabled people having to constantly reapply for a medical card or other entitlements; and — the means-testing of Disability Allowance, Carer's Allowance, medical cards and many other supports results in...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: ...Angered by the Government’s failure to go beyond “strive” and to make mention of support outside of the family, opposition to the amendment began to develop among people with disabilities and carers. People who had faced years of State neglect, who had had to fight tooth and nail for every small thing, decided to draw a line in the sand and put the issue of their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: ...the protest last Saturday what their demands were. They explained that they have four demands, namely: counselling to be available in every region; more inpatient beds; more education for carers; and more accurate statistics. It is not known how many people in the State suffer from eating disorders. I would like the Taoiseach to comment on those four demands.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Mick Barry: ...about the emergence of a "Yes, No" camp, which supports "Yes" to the family referendum and "No" to the care referendum. The criticisms raised here, which have won significant support among carers and people with disabilities in particular, include the charge that the referendum will make little material difference to their lives. I am for "Yes, Yes". I do not want deeply sexist clauses...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: ...rather than "gives to the State a support", is deliberate. If it stated "gives to the State a support", it would, at the very least, strongly imply a legal obligation on the State with relation to improving the carer's allowance, childcare provision and rights thereto and improving care services for the elderly, people with disabilities and others. Therefore, the Government has quite...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: ...get it but now the Government is saying they will not, not for now in any case. That is an absolutely disgraceful position. It is part of this debate because it shows the Government's attitude towards carers and the failure in the proposed amendment to deliver a legal obligation to provide a better life for people who care, who are overwhelmingly women. Getting rid of the...

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Mick Barry: ...a major row-back it is. It is a major row-back because a commitment, and referencing a debt owed by the State, would mean a legal obligation. That legal obligation would open the door to improved carer's allowance, improved foster care allowance, provision of better childcare and provision of better services for the elderly, people with disabilities and many others. The Minister of...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: I extend my sympathies to all those injured in the knife attack on Thursday, especially to the five-year-old girl and her carer who are in hospital and whose conditions are serious, and to their families. This riot was organised and orchestrated by Ireland's far-right, by openly racist and fascist groups. These groups like to portray themselves as the defenders of women and children. Women...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: ...problem, it is very much a Cork issue as well. Here is an example from Cork city. It is the story of a Greek couple, one a nurse with work experience and the other either a social worker or a carer, I am not certain on that. They have two preschool-aged children. The man got a job at Cork University Hospital and came over to find a house, a school place for the kids etc. He gave up...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mick Barry: ...the well documented, systemic medical misogyny. Socialist feminism rejects patriarchal and backward views of the family that propagate rigid gender roles. It recognises that all sorts of diverse carers can make excellent parents, including same-sex couples, those who play a parent role who do not have a genetic connection to the child, single parents and gender non-conforming parents and...

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

Mick Barry: ..., 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]

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Mick Barry: ...fund that wants to evict 12 households, 20 adults and some children, from a number of properties in Dublin. Once again, essential workers are being evicted: construction workers, retail workers and a carer who works in disability services. The vulture fund has a dispute going with an unscrupulous slum landlord who has possession orders against him but has continued to collect the rent....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: ...Constitution in order to give constitutional status to the social teachings of the Catholic Church. It is backward, sexist and sectarian and it is right that it should be removed. The role of carers and care work, including decent pay, job security and pension rights, should be recognised. We need to go further than removing sexist language and endorse the call by the assembly for...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Mick Barry: ..., despite the so-called recovery, are far from restored. Between 2008 and 2015, there was a €159.4 million cut to disability health services. The disability allowance, blind pension, invalidity pension and carer's allowance were cut by an average of 8% from 2009. The budget for 2017 provided for a delayed €5-a-week increase. In responding to the budget in October, the...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Mick Barry: ...the most meagre of meagre increases. In our opinion, it is an insult to people trying to survive on social welfare payments. I want to consider the cases of three groups in my contribution this evening, namely lone parents, carers and young unemployed people. The rules were changed for lone parents last year by the Fine Gael, Labour Party Government. Lone parents' allowance was only...