• Solidarity TD for Cork North Central
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Work Permits, Fishing Industry, Workplace Relations Commission, Departmental Contracts

(based on written questions asked by Mick Barry and answered by departments)

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

“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)

“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)

“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.”

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• Has spoken in 151 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 168 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 23 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mick Barry speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 813 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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