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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Mick Barry: ...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 let those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: ...that I know of. They do not say who their affiliates are. We are told there are 15 Irish-based SMEs, two research organisations and two multinational corporations. We are told that Mr. Pat O'Connor is the chair, Ms Caitríona Heinl is head of policy and Ben Tonra, the UCD professor, is involved as well. We are not told who all the other affiliates, organisations and individuals are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: ...of 13% showed this State was doing better. I put it to the Taoiseach that a better way to phrase that would be to say that in this country we are doing less badly than the EU. There should be no pats on the back here. There is a long way to go. In this country, a key contributor to the gap is the State's grossly inadequate and expensive system of childcare, which forces many women...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Mick Barry: .... The rate of inflation for low-income households is well above 9%. The Government has cut their incomes in real terms. It has done this at a time when it has refused to levy extra taxes on the super-wealthy in society. This budget pats the wealthy on the back and puts the needy on the rack. Furthermore, many of the Government's new measures will be undermined by the failure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (1 Jun 2022)

Mick Barry: ...months pregnant, a person with terminal cancer and a family with five kids. Several landlords are involved in issuing the totality of these notices to quit. One of them is the Supermac's boss, Pat McDonagh. Many of these families face eviction into homelessness. On average, just six homes are available to rent in Limerick city each month. I congratulate the tenants on choosing to...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Mick Barry: ...Government Ministers and Fianna Fáil Front Bench spokespersons over the last week. Government Ministers have said that the €350 pandemic unemployment payment is unsustainable. Supermac's boss, Pat McDonagh, has said that he cannot recruit staff because the €350 payment is discouraging people from taking up part-time work. Fianna Fáil's Deputy Anne Rabbitte has...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: ...the fact that when workers are drawn into the city to work in their enterprises, there is a major problem with finding basic accommodation at the moment. A senior official of Cork City Council, Mr. Pat Ledwidge, appeared before an Oireachtas committee recently and spoke about the scarcity of development land within the existing city boundaries. That fact is sometimes used by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Mick Barry: ...committee and the representatives of the IOC. I have an open mind on that but I accept the Minister’s point that it is difficult to get witnesses in from abroad. There is, however, a case for compelling Mr. Pat Hickey to come in here and answer questions. It is outrageous that he has not had to answer questions other than through interviews he has granted in this country. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)

Mick Barry: ...it quite short. I thank the Chairman for calling me to speak. My question is solely directed at the representatives from Cork City Council. I will say hello to Ms Valerie O'Sullivan and to Mr. Pat Ledwidge, both of whom I know from back in the day. A report entitled "Investing in the Right to a Home: Housing, HAPs and Hubs" - a good alliteration - by the authors Dr. Rory Hearne and Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Mick Barry: ...had many Ministers for transport. We have had Jim Mitchell, Ray MacSharry, John Wilson, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Charlie McCreevy, Brian Cowen, Michael Lowry, John Burton, Alan Dukes, Mary O'Rourke, Martin Cullen, Noel Dempsey, Pat Carey, Leo Varadkar and Paschal Donohoe, with Seamus Brennan having served twice. There are some proper tulips in that group, but none of them ever brought...