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Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill) 2023 focuses on trafficking for sexual exploitation. There is still a need for dedicated legislation to cover trafficking for labour exploitation. I will give a recent example. I have seen correspondence between the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Garda relating to a case where fishers from Ghana were issued...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: I am stepping in to ask this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith. I need the Taoiseach to clarify a point for me. More than 150 children lost out when the Before 5 childcare facility in Churchfield on the northside of Cork city closed suddenly last August. Before 5 had served the surrounding communities for 50 years. Three months ago, the organisation chosen to restart a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Many parents on the northside of Cork city are hanging on his answer here and are in very difficult circumstances and need this place reopened as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: "Nothing about us without us" is the motto of the movement for disability rights. The Government's failure to respect this principle led to its decision to launch a Green Paper on disability reform without proper consultation. Its failure to respect that principle meant the Green Paper was doomed from the start. When the Taoiseach was elected, we were told it would open up a new era for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17379/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [18013/24]

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...

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...