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Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Tom Barry: Solving this problem will require positive engagement with all mortgage holders. Those in arrears who do not contribute or engage are leaving themselves open to the threat of repossession. That fact cannot be avoided and mortgage holders must recognise it. There is not a person in this country who does not have some iron in the fire with respect to financial debt, which was also a...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Tom Barry: This is the soft landing, Deputies. This is the soft landing that Fianna Fáil promised. This soft landing is damned hard. The Deputies might like to argue about funding for five or six months but this is the landing their party promised would be soft. If the Deputies do not understand it they should go back and look at a particular apartment block in Cabinteely in Dublin 22, where in...

Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this motion. It is disingenuous in the extreme to attack the employers of this country in the sweeping way the tone of this motion seeks to do. It sends out the wrong signals internationally from a small, open economy such as our, which has a very good track record in employer relations. Those employers include some of the 200,000 small business...

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Tom Barry: I congratulate the Minister on his swift action. He was present with me when the first load of fodder came into the country. We discussed the matter at length. It was the Minister's idea to pay for the transport. He was completely on top of his game. The arrival of the first load was a glad day for many farmers but it was also a very sad and poignant day. It is sad that Ireland, which...

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Tom Barry: What about the former Minister for Agriculture and Food who did away with the sugar industry?

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2013)

Tom Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Paul Connaughton and Deputy Joe O'Reilly.

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2013)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As a research graduate in biochemistry in University College Cork, I do understand the area. I must criticise the contribution by Deputy Boyd Barrett because I do not like people who make assumptions based on what they read in the newspapers. He said that nobody in the House understood this matter, but I am afraid to say he is completely...

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Barry: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/13]

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Tom Barry: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, County Cork; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14330/13]

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The Government is committed to the eventual dissolution of the HSE. However, this is a complex process which will take time and this Bill is a transitional measure along that path. The Bill is all about accountability and its aim is to make the HSE more directly accountable to the Minister for Health. The provisions of this Bill will see...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2013)

Tom Barry: I wish to deal with a few aspects of the Finance Bill. I will start on section 19, which deals with the tax treatment of farmers. I welcome the extension of the stock relief. This, especially the 100% stock relief for young trained farmers, is comforting news to the agriculture sector. These are measures which mean a great deal in the farming scene. The Bill also mentions that these...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Tom Barry: I wish to contribute on the issue of mortgage distress, something with which I have been involved for quite a while. Set into the Irish psyche is the need to own one's own home. This desire was probably ingrained from Famine times when the Tenant Right League began to demand the three Fs, namely fair rent, free sale and fixity of tenure. The rush of a new generation to buy a family home...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Tom Barry: I am delighted to speak on this motion. I will not go into the minute details of the deal. This is a very good deal for business and for jobs. People are wondering whether this will benefit them. Of course it will. Last Monday, I spoke to a business person in Cork with whom I deal regularly. He said he had been contacted by one of the pillar banks for the first time in almost four...

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Before discussing it, we must acknowledge the work that has been done for children during this Government's term of office. There was the establishment of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the referendum on children's rights and the drafting of the action plan by the anti-bullying working group. Much work is being done in this...

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: I understand that but it is insulting to those of us who tried to maintain the industry. I could spend ten minutes talking about why we do not have a sugar industry and I am upset that Deputy Ó Cuív is not here to respond to me.

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: I will resume my seat but it is an absolute disgrace that Deputy Ó Cuív tabled this question and his colleagues know that.

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: It is insulting for those of us who have suffered. I am not going to allow this sort of behaviour. The Deputy tabled a question but he knew damn well-----

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: I understand that.

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: I understand that but the Deputies on the other side know that their party was responsible for closing down the sugar industry. It is a disgrace-----

Other Questions: Sugar Industry (13 Dec 2012)

Tom Barry: The Fianna Fáil Deputies brought it inside the House.