Results 41-60 of 474 for cork speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Mick Barry: It is not unusual in rural areas for people to live 15 minutes away from a fire station, but it is practically unheard of in built-up urban areas. That is, unless they live in Ballincollig in Cork city, one of the State’s 25 largest population centres. Ballincollig fire station was closed two years ago in November 2021. Since then, Cork city has had its fourth fire pump reinstated,...

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

Mick Barry: ...with courtesy and respect. According to reports in the Irish Independenttoday, migrant nurses may have been treated with anything but courtesy and respect at one of our largest hospitals, namely, Cork University Hospital, CUH. One nurse with more than a decade's experience in nursing claimed that a manager said to a group of nurses there: You only move here to steal our benefits; you...

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

Mick Barry: ...and getting properties to buy. It's difficult if you want to teach in Dublin and if you are from outside the area you can't get accommodation. It is not just a Dublin 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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: ...people of Mallow. This could be a community centre. It could be turned into a park. It could be used for affordable apartments, shops or a hotel. I understand the owners bought it cheap and I think Cork County Council should use its compulsory purchase powers to buy it back cheap, take it into public ownership, put something useful in there for the people of the town.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: More rain fell in parts of County Cork in a few hours yesterday than would normally fall in a month. Midleton, Castlemartyr, Glanmire, Killeagh, Cloyne, Whitegate, Blackpool, west Waterford and other places all experienced devastation to one degree or another. In Midleton, patients had to be evacuated from a hospital and children had to be carried out of a childcare centre by parents via...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: Yes. If we are to be ahead of the curve here, and we see what is coming in terms of climate change, then in Cork city we need to be looking at options like a flood barrier. There are many experts, and I am referring to people who are qualified to speak on this subject and not lay people, who have said this is the way to go. I strongly urge the OPW and the Government to look at this...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: ...to school in the morning. The Government has serious questions to answer on that. I wish to bring to the attention of the Dáil the situation facing the people of Glenville in my constituency of Cork North-Central. In particular, I wish to raise the situation facing 12 students and their families. These students have been, as the saying goes, knocked off the bus. They attend...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Mick Barry: When will work on the Cork event centre commence? What will the overall cost be? What will be the bill for the private investors and what will be the bill for the taxpayer? Last, but not least, and there will be plenty of people in Cork listening in on this answer, when will that centre be opened? I remember being a councillor in Cork City Hall in 2014 when we were told that the...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: ...he really understands, for example, the anxiety of a mother in a situation like that. How could he until such time as he has stood in her shoes? I will give a real-life example from the city of that Cork. On the south side of the city at the moment on Dean Street beside St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, eviction notices have been served for an entire building containing 24 units. The landlady...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: I raise the case of 15 Cork-based nurses who are being denied the €1,000 Covid bonus. These nurses are members of the SouthDoc community intervention team. They administer intravenous injections of fluids, antibiotics and so on to patients who have been discharged from hospital back to their homes and communities. All 15 of these nurses were patient-facing during the Covid...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: I bring before the House the issue of mass evictions due to take place in Cork city this Christmas. The evictions are taking place at Chorister's House in Dean Street on Cork's south side, beside St. Fin Barre's Cathedral. Ironically, the evictions take place right next door to the constituency of Cork South-Central, which hosts three Government Ministers who voted to lift the eviction ban....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (21 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that issues of overcrowding at Cork University Hospital are addressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (20 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: ...does not own or operate early learning and childcare services. These services are privately operated." In reality, the Minister of State is saying we have a significant crisis on the northside of Cork, 100 families have been left without childcare, people are trying to manage this situation, hold down jobs and cannot get into other childcare facilities, and the State does not take direct...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (20 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: The Before 5 Family Centre in Churchfield, Cork, closed at the end of August and went into liquidation. The centre provided preschool, crèche facilities, after-school and homework facilities, play therapy and adult courses. Approximately 170 children lost out as a result of the closure. More than 100 families were affected and 14 workers, some of whom have been there for 28 years and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Job Creation (20 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: 1. To ask the Taoiseach how many new jobs were created in Cork during the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [33642/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: More than 100 families on the north side of Cork city were told yesterday they will have to wait until at least next year for early learning and crèche places to be put in place for their children at the old Before 5 family centre in Churchfield. The fault lies not with the company taking over the running of the services on the Churchfield site following the liquidation of Before 5; it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Mick Barry: ..., in that Dáil term? That was the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. Question No. 3: does the Minister know what a food library is? The Minister can nod or shake his head. A food library? No? The Cork Penny Dinners charity is now rolling out food libraries in schools and crèches across that city. These are mini food banks that include rice, pasta, tins of beans and tins of peas....

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: ...solution to the crisis. Social housing must be quality housing and when the State is a landlord it must be an exemplary one. This is not always the case and it is certainly not always the case in Cork city. I want to bring to the attention of the Dáil the case of the Noonan's Road flats in Cork city. There are 60 units in these flats. The vast majority are occupied by Cork City...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (11 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 46. To ask the Taoiseach how many new jobs have been created in Cork for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [33642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 Jul 2023)

Mick Barry: 839. To ask the Minister for Health when dental surgeries in the Cork University Dental School and Hospital will have access to a theatre to allow them to perform dental surgery; the waiting list for dental surgery at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34297/23]